Reports to: Festival Producer

Job Purpose: To help find sponsorship funding for the Festival.

Qualifications:

• Previous grant writing and sponsorship seeking preferred
• The ability to work with little supervision 
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Good Networking Skills

Work setting:

• Outdoors rain or shine
• Office type setting

Timeframe:

• Year round, as needed.  Sponsors have deadlines for funding requests, so the grant writer must be prepared and aware of this, seeking funding may begin as soon as a year before the festival

Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Coordinates all grant writing
• Facilitates contact with sponsors and marketing the benefits of the festival
• Ensures sponsors receive recognition on t-shirts, programs, festival passes etc.
• Maintains records and contacts of sponsors for future
• Maintains records of past grant letters and requesting sponsorship packages as examples
• Ensures a safe, clean and friendly environment
• Provides a good impression and enthusiastically answers any questions about the festival
• Understand and complies with the Central Music Fest volunteer regulations and code of ethics 

Benefits:

• Ambassadors for the festival – first impression of festival for most performers and guests
• Opportunity to forge a positive professional relationship with performers and guests
• Comfortable work environment
• Volunteers receive t-shirts, food voucher(s), snacks, free camping
• Meet other volunteers
• Enjoy some really great music
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