The American Heart Association (AHA) has an excellent opportunity for a Traveling Metro Executive . Location can be anywhere within the United States.
The Executive Director will work in major metropolitan markets where AHA has a staff leadership opening. The Executive Director will lead the market for 60-90 days or until a permanent replacement has been hired. While working in the market, the Executive Director will focus on 3-5 of the most pressing issues, working with staff and volunteer leaders to continue the critical work of the American Heart Association. These 3-5 critical issues could include work in the following areas: Strategic planning and overall operational execution, market fundraising goals and objectives, volunteer leadership recruitment, staff supervision, building and sustaining a positive and energetic team, manage and build local partnerships and relationships.
Areas of Responsibility:
- Market leader for the division and a member of the Senior Revenue Team, leads and implements a comprehensive strategic plan designed to produce aggressive growth in primarily unrestricted revenue with the expectation that revenue goals are met and exceeded on a sustainable basis.
- This includes leading and managing division direct and indirect reports, ensuring full alignment with and consistent execution of the organization’s mission and goals and collaborating with colleagues across the affiliate and organization to identify and improve cross-functional/cross-market opportunities.
- Oversees and leads operations to ensure overall campaign goals are achieved/exceeded.
- Responsible for effective volunteer leadership recruitment, development and engagement.
- Drives the ongoing process of identifying, recruiting and activating an influential, financially strong and diverse volunteer leadership base to champion success of the AHA through their corporate and personal giving and influencing the involvement and giving of others.
- This includes Board and Executive Leadership Team recruitment and engagement, individual giving, corporate giving, corporate engagement, company acquisition and retention and revenue collaboration and mission impact.
- Builds and fosters an inclusive, professional work environment that promotes and values collaboration, trust, teamwork, empowerment, integrity and diversity in which communication is open, staff willingly help each other, conflicts are quickly resolved, agreed-upon standards are respected and where disciplined individual and shared accountability are understood to be required for success.
- Crafts, manages and develops partnerships with key organizations and philanthropic individuals to improve the AHA’s visibility, impact and financial resources and actively leads direct reports and others to do the same.
- Actively connects other AHA partners to most effectively steward relationships. Includes identifying and engaging top donor prospects and partnering with Mission Advancement/Philanthropy staff to transform Individual Giving.
- Regularly evaluates and reports on campaign progress utilizing the campaign management tools and reporting systems available.
- Ensures the integrity and security of donor information and adheres to established policies and procedures.
- Operates in accordance with operational and financial standards and policies and all laws, regulations, policies and procedures.
- Sourcing, recruitment, selection, development, succession planning, supervision, management and leadership of staff to build and sustain a high performing, highly engaged and aligned staff team.
Educational Background:
Bachelor's degree in the related field
Skills/Experience:
- Five to eight years of related work experience
- Proven leadership experience in a comparable non-profit or sales organization with 7+ years’ professional experience in setting and achieving aggressive goals on a sustained basis through effective teams of staff and volunteers.
- Solid experience recruiting, engaging and activating executive-level corporate and medical volunteers.
- Demonstrated ability to influence volunteers, staff and other partners to action through building a shared vision and sense of ownership and accountability.
- Established track record in establishing and executing a strategic plan across functional areas and disciplines in a complex and highly dynamic environment, effectively translating strategies to measurable goals and plans.
- Demonstrated strategic agility, utilizing market data and surveying key external and internal trends to lead sustained growth in fundraising and mission effectiveness.
- Schedule Requirements - Approximate 80% of time in the market. Approximate 20% of time working from home.
- Expected to be working in the market 4 days per week with 1 day an office day working from home.
- Employee reimbursed weekly for lodging, meals, flights, transportation, etc.
Job Function:
Organization Info
Listing Stats
Post Date:
Jul 24 2019
Active Until:
Aug 24 2019
Hiring Organization:
American Heart Association | American Stroke Association
industry:
Nonprofit