Q: I am looking to hire a Benevon team leader. Do you have advice or a job description for this person?

Lise in Ohio

A: Keep in mind that no matter how experienced the person you hire is with this model, this approach really requires the support of a team to be long-lasting and sustainable within your organization. This is not a job for one person, and even if one person could do all the work, the model would not last any longer than that person's period of employment with your organization. To fully implement the model in an effective and sustainable way, you really need to send a full team to the workshop. Those seven people will work together to ensure that this new mission-based system really takes hold in your organization.

Here is the sample job description we provide to our alumni organizations when they are seeking a Benevon team leader:

A Benevon team leader is responsible for the coordination and implementation of the organization's annual Benevon plan. This person attends either the Benevon 101 Workshop or the New Team Member Intensive and possesses the ability to manage a group such that deadlines are met and members complete their assigned tasks. Other duties include ensuring that all data is captured in the database tracking system and personally taking on and/or delegating all tasks needed to fulfill each element of the Benevon plan (this includes coordinating events and being responsible for managing all donor cultivation).

Terry

P.S. If your organization has attended a workshop in the past two years, you can send any newly hired team members to a Benevon 101 New Team Member Intensive to bring them up to speed.