The Founders Affiliate of the American Heart Association is recruiting for a DevelopmentDirector - Go Red for Women position to be based in our Saddle Brook, NJ office . This position will be responsible for fund-raising and building powerful partnerships for the Northern NJ Go Red for Women movement. The Go Red For Women movement is a year-round movement that harnesses the energy, passion, and power women have to band together to collectively wipe out heart disease and stroke. This position will work to bring together corporate partners, medical leaders, community leaders, and volunteers to raise funds and build awareness of heart disease and stroke in women.
- Revenue generation to include: building and developing a pipeline for corporate sponsorships and individual donors, and conducting sales calls 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 Go Red For Women events and sponsor activations,
You can expect to travel approximately 75% of the time in your territory as well as some travel to regional offices for meetings and training.
In this role, you will report to the Executive Director Development for Northern NJ. You will have the opportunity to work with a number of staff in our fund-raising, program and mission related positions.
You should have the ability to accomplish results through strong volunteer recruitment and management, 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.
- Education: Related experience may be substituted as follows: 1 ½ years experience equates to 1 full time year of higher education.
- Experience: Must have at least 2 years of experience in fundraising, outside sales and/or senior level volunteer management. This experience may also count towards satisfying this position’s educational requirement.
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