American Heart Association Charlotte , NC 28201
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Overview
As we celebrate our Centennial year, we invite you to join us in shaping the next century of impact. Be a relentless force for a world of longer, healthier lives as we remain devoted to a future of health and hope for everyone, everywhere. At the American Heart Association, your contribution matters, and so does your career.
We have an open position opportunity for a Vice President of Development in Charlotte, NC. The VP of Development will be responsible for managing a multifaceted fundraising team, as well as collaborating with corporate and community leaders to improve efficiency and effectiveness of fundraising efforts. This role is accountable for revenue generation and community development activities. In addition, the experienced individual will be responsible for managing top corporate accounts, identifying, and recruiting volunteer leadership, and holding volunteer leaders and staff accountable to their fundraising goals and objectives.
The Association offers many resources to help you maintain work-life harmonization through your changing needs and life situations. To help you be successful, you will have access to Heart U, our award-winning corporate university, as well as additional training and support, locally!
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Responsibilities
Operationalizing the vision, management of staff, and implementation of strategic priorities, and volunteer and employee engagement plans.
Owning the adherence to prescribed timelines, standard processes, and staff accountability.
Recruiting and leading C-suite level volunteers and volunteer leadership committees to implement and successfully complete assigned revenue goals and activities.
Engage top employers, Fortune 1000 companies, and major medical institutions in strategic partnerships with the organization.
Achieve Best Practices in volunteer recruitment i.e., committee structure in place 18 months prior to the event, secure three-year commitments of Event Chairs for each event.
Achieving financial targets while managing multiple revenue channels.
Driving new business development and growing the number of new partnerships supporting the work of the organization.
Develop and manage key strategies for individual giving and donor engagement to include but not limited to Cor Vitae Society, the organization's annual philanthropic giving society.
Preparing the campaign budget for the development campaigns and ensuring expenditures are within guidelines.
Growing overall market revenue by implementing organizationally identified standard processes.
In partnership with Executive Director identify and engage potential national corporate partners and top philanthropists.
Participating in community and corporate functions that will provide networking and transparency opportunities to facilitate generating new business contacts.
Limited travel within the market is required up to 20% with expectation of making donor meetings a priority.
In this role, you will report to the Executive Director, Charlotte and will lead a team of nine (9) fundraising directors, and one (1) Event Planning Coordinator.
Qualifications
Bachelor's degree preferred.
At least 5 years of experience in non-profit fundraising and/or outside sales.
3-5 yrs demonstrated ability managing executive-level volunteers.
At least 1 year of managerial experience preferably with fundraising staff in a similar organization.
Knowledge and skills in fundraising principles, practices, and techniques.
Ability and experience recruiting, training, and encouraging top-level donors and volunteers.
Excellent listening skills, including verbal and non-verbal communication, active listening, negotiating, problem-solving and decision-making.
Highly effective organizational skills, time management, responsibility, leadership, and motivation.
Ability to work outside of standard hours which may involve some evenings and/or weekends.
Ability to do daily local travel up to 20%, throughout assigned geographical territory as needed, and potential training opportunity at the organization's National Center in Dallas on occasion
Requires access to reliable transportation at all times on an immediate basis.
Compensation & Benefits
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The American Heart Association's 2024 Goal: Every person deserves the opportunity for a full, healthy life. As champions for health equity, by 2024, the American Heart Association will advance cardiovascular health for all, including identifying and removing barriers to health care access and quality.
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