The Founders Affiliate of the American Heart Association is looking for a Regional Vice Presidentto lead our Long Island and Westchester markets. The Regional VP is responsible for advancing the mission of the American Heart Association through the planning, management and implementation of revenue campaigns in collaboration with internal and external partners to achieve overall revenue and health impact market and affiliate goals. This includes ensuring that market revenue goals are achieved, active collaboration in driving towards Affiliate Revenue and Health Impact Goals and effectively engaging volunteers and staff across functional areas.
This role manages a team of fundraising staff on Long Island and in Westchester County. This is a mission impact driven, sales-oriented position with overall revenue/management responsibility for the assigned territory.
As the Regional Vice President some of the responsibilities you have will include:
- Responsibility for leading fundraising campaigns to meet/exceed the fiscal year 2018/2019 revenue goal of $3,569,000.
- providing leadership to staff and volunteers for American Heart Association mission and fundraising activities in the Long Island and Westchester regions;
- developing and implementing a plan of revenue and mission growth through key fundraising events, strategic market partnerships and philanthropic donors;
- leading the Long Island Board of Directors to impact mission engagement, revenue goals and leadership recruitment for campaigns;
- supervising, developing and coaching the Long Island’s fundraising implementers and the Westchester Senior Regional Director (who manages the Westchester Fundraising Director and Westchester Board) on best practice strategies ensuring they are meeting revenue and community goals.
In this role, you will report to the Senior VP of Development and will supervise the staff responsible for fundraising events in the Long Island and Westchester region. This position is based in our Plainview, NY office.
If you want to join our organization and be a “Relentless force for a world of longer, healthier lives”, review the preferred skills we are looking for: ( Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.)
- ability to build powerful partnerships with corporate leaders and senior level volunteers;
- be a strong manager with the ability to coach and mentor to AHA best practices, sales methodologies, timelines and volunteer engagement practices to ensure that revenue targets are reached;
- the ability to accomplish results through strong volunteer recruitment and management;
- demonstrated ability to recruit, train, direct and supervise multiple staff in a team environment;
- have a proven track record in exceeding sales/fundraising 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;
- have a proven ability to understand and navigate corporate cultures to achieve goals;
- willingness to work outside standard hours as needed including evening and weekends as required;
- 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.
To help you be successful you will have access to our award-winning learning platform 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.
- Education: Related experience may be substituted as follows: 1½ years experience equates to 1 full time year of higher education.
- Experience: At least 4 years of experience in fundraising, outside sales or in a non-profit organization in a similar capacity is highly desirable. At a minimum 1 year of that experience includes managing sales or fundraising staff. This experience may also count towards satisfying this position’s educational requirement.
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