The Southwest Affiliate of the American Heart Association is looking to fill a home-office based position as the Corporate Development Director in our Abilene, TX market . In this role you will report to the Regional VP and will be responsible for fund-raising and building powerful partnerships for local AHA events that bring together corporate partners, medical leaders, community leaders, and volunteers in the community to raise awareness of heart disease and stroke.
Areas of Responsibility:
- Your Key Responsibilities will include: revenue generation, (corporate sponsorships, event tickets sales, corporate and community team fund raising); event management and logistics, conducting sales calls to generate new business and manage existing companies; developing and growing relationships with volunteers, sponsors, key corporate & community leaders; goal setting with corporate companies and individuals to raise funds and awareness, and networking within the local area. In this role you can expect to travel approximately 75% of the time driving locally as well as some travel to regional offices for meetings and training.
Educational Background:
Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university preferred. College coursework combined with related experience may be substituted for a degree.
Skills/Experience:
Ideal Candidate:
- To be successful as a Corporate Market Director we need you to bring your 3 plus years of experience in fund-raising or corporate sales and your ability to build powerful partnerships with corporate and community leaders and senior level volunteers. To help you be succeed in your position you will have access to our award-winning learning platform the Heart U as well as our sales training & relationship development program- Building Powerful Partnerships which received a 2017 Learning! 100 Award from Elearning! Media Group, and various other training and support mechanisms locally and through our National Center.
Requirements:
- You should have the ability to accomplish results through strong volunteer recruitment and management, have a proven track record in exceeding sales/fund-raising goals, possess the knowledge and demonstrated ability to successfully identify, cultivate, recruit, and maintain relationships with top level volunteers/customers, have great organizational, communication, negotiation, and interpersonal skills, and a proven ability to understand and navigate corporate cultures to achieve goals. You must be willing to travel within your territory on a daily basis as well as occasional travel to other locations in the affiliate and to our National Center in Dallas, Texas for meetings or training.
- Education: Related experience may be substituted as follows: 1 ½ years experience equates to 1 full time year of higher education.
- Experience: Must have at least 3 years of experience in fund-raising, outside sales and/or senior level volunteer management. This experience may also count toward satisfying this position’s educational requirement.
Compensation/Benefits:
Attracting talented, committed employees means offering a competitive benefits package, ongoing professional development and training, and a diverse and inclusive environment in which to work and grow. And we do.
Job Function:
Organization Info
Listing Stats
Post Date:
Mar 3 2018
Active Until:
Apr 3 2018
Hiring Organization:
American Heart Association | American Stroke Association
industry:
Nonprofit