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Vice President, Development - Puget Sound

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Lead the way in making longer, healthier lives possible! The Vice President, Development has bottom-line accountability for achieving the division’s $5 million revenue goal through excellent volunteer leadership engagement, staff management, donor cultivation and corporate sponsorship development, all with a mission-driven, collaborative approach. Reporting to the Executive Director, the VP Development manages a staff team in Seattle and Tacoma.

Areas of Responsibility: 
  • Modeling the AHA’s values and leadership competencies
  • Achieving the division’s revenue goals through operationalizing the vision, building detailed plans and executing with strong accountability for balanced campaign growth
  • Managing the development/fundraising team to own and achieve bold revenue targets
  • Identifying, recruiting, orienting, engaging and developing medical and non-medical volunteer leaders, ensuring representation of the community and the drive to champion the success of all campaigns through their personal and corporate giving and securing the involvement and giving of others
  • Actively prospecting, securing and cultivating donors and corporate partners with a partner-focused plan for acquisition, renewal and meaningful ongoing engagement
  • Regularly collaborating with internal partners to ensure achievement of organizational goals
  • Ensuring understanding of and compliance with all policies, fiscal standards and regulatory requirements
Skills/Experience: 

5 years or more experience in fundraising, outside sales or in a non-profit organization in a similar capacity that includes at least 3 years of experience in a managing sales or fundraising staff and:

  • a proven track record of accomplishing fundraising goals through strong volunteer recruitment and management
  • demonstrated ability to recruit, train, engage, develop and manage a staff team in a results-oriented, dynamic environment
  • knowledge and demonstrated ability to successfully identify, recruit, cultivate and manage relationships with top level volunteers/customers
  • highly effective interpersonal, organizational, influence, and negotiation skills
  • outstanding written and oral communication skills, including large and small group presentations, group facilitation and writing and clear, concise narrative reports and evaluations
  • ability to negotiate, interact and communicate with customers, and to clearly and concisely exchange ideas, facts and information
  • ability to understand and navigate corporate cultures to achieve goals
  • strong orientation for self-initiated continuous learning and development
  • ability and willingness to travel and work nights, weekends, etc., as required including traveling within the region on a daily basis

Organization Info

American Heart Association | American Stroke Association

Overview
Headquarters: 
Dallas, TX, United States
Annual Budget : 
More than $500M
Founded: 
1949
About Us
Mission: 

The American Heart Association's mission is to build healthier lives free of cardiovascular diseases and stroke, America's No. 1 and No. 5 killers.

Founded in 1924, our organization now includes more than 30 million volunteers and supporters. We fund innovative research, fight for stronger public health policies, and provide critical tools and information to save and improve lives.

Listing Stats

Post Date: 
Jul 23 2019
Active Until: 
Aug 23 2019
Hiring Organization: 
American Heart Association | American Stroke Association
industry: 
Nonprofit