The Senior Vice President – Development for Colorado is responsible for ensuring revenue and program goals are met within Colorado, 2018 annual goal is 4.5 Million. This position ensures the implementation of effective programs in community service, education, development, and communications by providing inspirational leadership, sound coaching, supervision, guidance, and support to staff to reach market potential and beyond. Works to ensure collaboration and is accountable for revenue generation and community impact activities for assigned territory. Works to ensure assigned markets have the right staff talent and skills, and volunteer resources to achieve goals. Ensures compliance with American Heart Association and affiliate policies.
Areas of Responsibility:
- Guide and direct team to achieve event and revenue goals. Accountable for hiring, directing, training, evaluating and staff development under his/her supervision.
- Direct supervision of the current VP of Development, VP Health Strategies and Communications Director.
- Develop, monitor, and evaluate an annual working plan with dollar and volunteer recruitment goals, budget and timelines for events.Develop contingency plans, as needed to successfully complete fundraising activities. Assumes bottom line responsibility for territory area income goals.
- Communicate with Affiliate Development Officer on a regular basis to review status of territory.
- Review the fiscal records of the territory to evaluate operations and report on successes and concerns to the Affiliate Development Officer.
- Meet with the staff to review programs and policies, and to recommend changes to enhance division efficiency and effectiveness.
- Build relationships with key corporate leaders who can support initiatives and involves them at the appropriate time.
- Encourage diverse leadership of both medical and lay volunteers in all phases of revenue generation activities and health impact goals.
- Build meaningful relationships in the community to drive revenue and health impact.
- Secure 6 figure sponsorships and individual gifts.
- Coordinate all division activities including conducting gap analysis and strategy meetings with volunteer leadership to support goal achievement.
- Work in conjunction with Finance staff to design and monitor money handling procedures.
- Develop, modify, and distribute performance objectives for staff.
- Identify and analyze data to track trends and increase return on investment.
- In conjunction with appropriate staff, direct the design, delivery and evaluation of support materials and content.
- Ensure that divisions and activities function within the parameters of American Heart Association and SouthWest Affiliate policy.
- Integrate community health/educational/advocacy programming.
- Utilize existing national and affiliate materials, products and recruitment tools.
- Serve as a member on the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) and Affiliate Management Team (AMT).
- Communicate campaign status report to SLT and other affiliate development managers.
- Serve as the SouthWest Affiliate representative for National initiatives, as appropriate.
- Provide SouthWest Affiliate and National Center with detailed results for effective tracking. Maintain timely communication with the affiliate and National Center, seeing that all information requests are responded to in a timely manner and the affiliate and National Center information is shared across the territory.
- Willingness to accept other duties and responsibilities as assigned by the Affiliate Development Officer.
Educational Background:
Bachelor’s degree in health education, administration, business/marketing, social science, or a related field or equivalent work experience.
Skills/Experience:
- Minimum of eight years work experience in fundraising or outside sales experience, preferably with a voluntary health agency. Experience in closing six to seven figure gifts is required.
- Minimum three years of management experience. Expertise in the coaching and development of fundraising staff is required.
- Ability to credibly establish and execute a strategic plan across functional areas and disciplines in a complex and highly dynamic environment, effectively translating strategies to measurable goals and plans.
- Knowledge of community organization, sales, fundraising, and marketing principles, practices, techniques, and trends.
- Demonstrated verbal and written communication skills, including large and small group presentations, group facilitation, and training. Skill in written communications to include clear and concise narrative reports, evaluations and similar narrative pieces.
- Ability to read, comprehend and analyze number goals, as well as fundraising reports. Skill in use of spreadsheet/database analysis.
- Ability to function independently with minimal supervision.
- Ability to maintain a rigorous, goal-oriented management approach.
- Ability to delegate and accomplish goals through volunteers.
- Ability to organize and coordinate large and small functions for varied groups.
- Ability to work in a team environment and interact with all levels of American Heart Association staff, volunteers and the public.
- Proven background and willingness to work in an atmosphere requiring flexibility and change.
- Access to reliable transportation and ability to maintain valid driver’s license and auto insurance.
- Ability to transport materials and other supplies to and from meetings and events.
- Intermediate computer skills in MS Office.
Job Function:
Organization Info
Listing Stats
Post Date:
May 8 2018
Active Until:
Jun 9 2018
Hiring Organization:
American Heart Association | American Stroke Association
industry:
Nonprofit