The American Heart Association has an immediate opening for a Heart Walk Director for our Broward market. This position will be based out of our Hollywood, FL office reporting to Senior Development Director. responsible for developing and maintaining relationships with AHA corporate partners, selling sponsorships as well as cultivating donors for one of our key events, the annual Heart Walk. Will be accountable for an overall team goal of $1,000,000+.
Areas of Responsibility:
- Setting and meeting aggressive fundraising goals.
- Recruiting and managing all levels of volunteers to achieve fundraising goals with an emphasis on the "C" Suite
- Daily travel throughout designated territory.
- Developing comprehensive fundraising plans with executive level volunteers and implementing them to ensure the success of a company’s Heart Walk goal through best practice strategies.
- Identify creative ways to motivate and interact with Heart Walk Team Captains and Walkers to ensure retention year over year for Heart Walk.
- Maintain consistent communication with all levels of volunteers to drive fundraising efforts.
- Working with volunteer executives’ who sit on the Vice Chair Committee to achieve fundraising goals including working with them to recruit new companies and sponsors for the Heart Walk.
- Securing and managing high dollar corporate sponsorships
- Ability to keep a large group of customers on track and motivated to reach goals
- Expected to meet monthly fundraising goals and recruitment targets
- Cross selling other fundraising campaigns in collaboration with others
- Maintaining and developing an ongoing pipeline of potential sponsors and donors
- Adherence to best practices and event timelines is required, successful candidates will ideally have a background in volunteer management, face to face sales or fundraising as well as exceptional networking skills.
- You will be expected to meet monthly and quarterly sponsorship dollar pipeline goals in order to achieve your fundraising goal.
- Working with volunteer leaders to recruit teams and sponsors for CycleNation event
Educational Background:
Bachelor's degree and minimum 3 years’ experience in management of special events fundraising or sales.
Skills/Experience:
- Ability to close face to face sales and sponsorships.
- Strong volunteer recruitment and management skills, demonstrated ability to provide a high level of customer service and motivation to business and social leaders.
- Excellent planning, organizational and follow-up skills.
- Demonstrated professional and mature interaction with other staff and leadership volunteers, sponsors, donors and others to engage them toward the achievement of event goals.
- Strong computer skills, proficient with MS Office suite.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Willingness and ability to travel throughout the affiliate and to the national center and work evenings and weekends as needed.
- 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:
Jun 20 2019
Active Until:
Jul 20 2019
Hiring Organization:
American Heart Association | American Stroke Association
industry:
Nonprofit