As the Executive Director Development, you will manage campaign activities and fundraising staff, provide leadership for American Heart Association activities for our Northern NJ market, and provide staff support for the Northern NJ Board of Directors. You will have overall responsibility for achieving set revenue goals while developing and implementing a plan of revenue growth through key fundraising events, strategic market partnerships and philanthropic donors. You will also work with the local market Board of Directors to impact mission engagement and leadership recruitment campaigns; and will supervise the territory’s fundraising implementers.
In this role, you will report to Kelly - Senior VP of Development. You will be based in our Saddle Brook, NJ office and will supervise Judy, Liz, Melissa and Tricia our fund-raising implementers for Heart Walk, Go Red for Women and Heart Ball events in the NNJ market.
Ideal Candidate:
- To be successful as an Executive Director Development with AHA we need you to bring your 4 plus years of experience in fundraising or corporate sales, and a minimum of 1 year of supervising staff at the Director level, and your ability to build powerful partnerships with corporate leaders and senior level volunteers. We need 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. We want people that want to get things. 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.
- If you aren’t scared to get your hands dirty and are willing to do what needs to be done to make things happen then we are looking for you. We move quickly, and our team doesn’t know the meaning of “not my job.”
Requirements:
- If this sounds like you, review the preferred skills we are looking for: (Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.)
- You should have 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; 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.
Experience:
- Must have at least 4-5 years of experience in fundraising, outside sales or in a non-profit organization in a similar capacity that includes at least 1 year of experience in a managing sales or fundraising staff. This experience may also count towards satisfying this position’s educational requirement.
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