The Founders Affiliate of the American Heart Association is recruiting to fill a Development Director- Heart Ball position in our Rhode Island market. In this role the Director is responsible for:
- Revenue generation to include: building and developing a pipeline for corporate sponsorships and individual donors, and conducting sales calls and meetings to generate new business and managing existing portfolio of corporate supporters;
- Volunteer/Relationship Management to include: developing and growing relationships with volunteers, sponsors, & key corporate & community leaders to raise funds and awareness, networking within the local area to identify and recruit new relationships for the organization;
- Event Management/Logistics to include: Working with fellow team members to execute year-round Heart Ball events and sponsor activations.
- Achieving a revenue goal of $300,000 for the Providence Heart Ball event;
- Developing and maintaining relationships with AHA corporate and community partners;
- Driving new business development through selling sponsorships and generating participant income for the annual Heart Ball event;
- Developing new company and volunteer recruitment plans as well as drive income goals;
- Recruiting and stewarding c-suite volunteer leaders based on nationally established best practices;
- Driving peer-to-peer fundraising;
- Establish relationships with affluent individual donors and family foundations and achieve dollar results for the Heart Ball
- Monitoring participant fundraising trends and implementing proven strategies to maximize income;
- Conducting a minimum of 10 face to face meetings per week
- Building a network of meaningful volunteer partnerships to advance our mission.
In this role, you will report to the Executive Director for Rhode Island and will be based in our Providence, RI office.
If you want to join our mission and be a “Relentless force for a world of longer, healthier lives”, review the preferred skills we are looking for below: ( Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.)
- ability to achieve assigned fundraising revenue goals;
- ability to accomplish results through strong volunteer recruitment and management;
- ability to successfully identify, cultivate, recruit, and maintain relationships with top level volunteers/customers;
- great organizational, communication, negotiation, and interpersonal skills;
- proven ability to understand and navigate corporate cultures and connect with decision makers;
- willingness to work outside standard office hours as needed, including early morning, evenings and weekends in support of your events;
- 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 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.
Education: Related experience may be substituted as follows: 1 ½ years’ experience equates to 1 full time year of higher education.
Experience: Experience in fundraising or outside sales highly desirable. This experience may also count towards satisfying this position’s educational requirement.
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.