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American Heart Association

American Heart Association

Development Manager

Pensacola, FL
Full Time
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    Overview

    Now is the time to join us and make a difference. Be a relentless force for a world of longer, healthier lives. Here at the American Heart Association, you matter and so does your career.

    We are looking to fill a Development Manager for Northwest Florida. The director will represent the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association in the community, recruit and manage a local Board of Directors, cultivate and solicit corporate sponsorships and individual donors, and build employee fundraising efforts for the annual Heart Ball and Women of Impact campaigns.

    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 training and support locally and through our National Center.

    \#TheAHALife is our company culture, our way of life, reflecting our diversity and inclusion, our focus on work-life harmonization and our Guiding Values. Discover why you will Be Seen. Be Heard. Be Valued™ at the American Heart Association by following us on LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and at heart.org.

    Responsibilities

    Some of your responsibilities will include (but not limited to):

    • Setting and achieving assigned revenue goals by developing and maintaining relationships with corporate and community partners, high-level decision-makers, and community leaders.
    • Driving new business development by soliciting sponsorships and generating participant income through developing year-round business and cultivation plans.
    • Driving peer-to-peer fundraising by supporting corporate partners and team leaders effectively.
    • Recruiting, orientation, and managing executive volunteer leadership chairs and committees based on nationally established methodologies.
    • Maintaining an ongoing pipeline of potential sponsors, donors, and volunteer leadership.
    • Monitoring participant fundraising trends and implementing proven strategies to improve income.
    • Planning, developing, implementing, and evaluating assigned fundraising event(s) according to standard methodologies and event timeline.
    • Confirming detailed, timely and accurate data entry of relevant information.
    • Collaborating with other staff and volunteers as needed to promote and support local initiatives and to optimize event market strategy.

    In this role, you will report to the Senior Development Director and will work alongside other Directors to meet the overall revenue goal for the Northwest Florida Heart Ball and Women of Impact campaigns .

    Daily travel within the Northwest Florida market (Escambia, Santa Rosa, Walton and Okaloosa counties) is required.

    Want to move your resume to the top so that you can become a “Relentless force for a world of longer, healthier lives?” Here are some of the requirements:

    Qualifications

    • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
    • At least one year of work experience in sales, preferably special event, or nonprofit fundraising
    • Knowledge and skills in fundraising principles, practices and techniques, notably peer-to-peer fundraising
    • Ability and experience recruiting, training, and cultivating 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 and willingness to travel extensively throughout assigned geographical territory (Escambia, Santa Rosa, Walton and Okaloosa counties)

    Compensation & Benefits

    The American Heart Association invests in its people. Here are the main components of our total rewards package. Visit Rewards & Benefits to see more details.

    • Compensation – Our goal is to ensure you have a competitive base salary. That’s why we regularly review the market value of jobs and make adjustments, as needed.
    • Performance and Recognition – You are rewarded for achieving success by merit increases and incentive programs, based on the type of position.
    • Benefits – We offer a wide array of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance, along with a robust retirement program that includes an employer match and automatic contribution. As a mark of our commitment to employee well-being, we also offer an employee assistance program, employee wellness program and telemedicine, and medical consultation.
    • Professional Development – You can join one of our many Employee Resource Groups (ERG) or be a mentor/mentee in our professional mentoring program. HeartU is the Association’s national online university, with more than 100,000 resources designed to meet your needs and busy schedule.
    • Work-Life Harmonization – The Association offers Paid Time Off (PTO) at a minimum of 16 days per year for new employees. The number of days will increase based on seniority level. You will also have a total of 12 paid holidays off each year, which includes several days off at the end of the year.

    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.

    At American Heart Association | American Stroke Association, diversity, inclusion, and equal opportunity applies to both our workforce and the communities we serve as it relates to heart health and stroke prevention.

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    EOE/Protected Veterans/Persons with Disabilities

  • Industry
    Health, Wellness and Fitness
  • About Us

    The American Heart Association is the nation’s oldest and largest voluntary organization dedicated to fighting heart disease and stroke. We fund innovative research, fight for stronger public health policies, and provide critical tools and information to save and improve lives.

    Heart disease is the No. 1 killer worldwide, and stroke ranks second globally. Even when those conditions don’t result in death, they cause disability and diminish quality of life. We want to see a world free of cardiovascular diseases and stroke.

    The size and scope of our organization, along with our more than 40 million volunteers and supporters, allows us to make a real impact on our shared focus of cardiovascular and overall health.