Mission Advancement Executive Advisor

Overview

Since our founding in 1924, we've cut cardiovascular disease deaths in half, but there is still so much more to do. To overcome today’s biggest health challenges and accelerate this progress, we need passionate individuals like you. Join our movement, be part of the progress, and help ensure a healthier future for all. You matter, and so does the impact you can make with us.

 

We have an excellent opportunity for a National Executive Advisor in our Mission Advancement Department!

 

This position can be home-based.

Responsibilities

Responsible for advancing the American Heart Association mission by establishing and cultivating relationships with ultra-high-net-worth individuals to increase giving, achieve mutual goals, and build long-term, progressive relationships. Responsible for researching and developing a portfolio of individual donor prospects and family foundations across the country, including developing and implementing a plan to identify, prepare, and present proposals and accompanying materials (including budgets and timelines when necessary).

• Leverages mastery of mission content and charitable estate planning to support creating highly complex gift opportunities to inspire donors to give at capacity. Prepares and delivers presentations, concept notes, correspondence, proposals, grant applications, and other written materials that are compelling, persuasive, and competitive in collaboration with implementation colleagues and subject matter authorities.  Ensures that revenue goals are met, and mission priorities are funded.
• Provides leadership and management for a portfolio of high-capacity donors, ensuring that development plans are strategic and include multiple touchpoints from leadership, implementation partners, and others. Conducts internal and external research on prospective donors and builds an understanding of the donor goals as they correspond to the Association’s mission. Identifies and matches potential donors for priority project funding and, when possible, general support. Engages with leadership and staff across the country to understand needs and participates in planning sessions to maximize funder engagement and revenue.
• Continually adds to the pipeline to ensure adequate support and achievement of goals.
• Personally ensures plans, opportunities, donor and prospect information, and activities for each prospect and donor in the portfolio are accurately and fully detailed in Salesforce CRM in a timely manner. Fundraising performance is measured using Salesforce CRM outputs and records.
• Participates in Association and Mission Advancement team projects and initiatives as requested.

 

 

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• Five (5) – Eight (8) years of experience.
• Experience cultivating high-net-worth donor relationships, including writing proposals, developing budgets, and sharing outcomes/deliverables.
• Experience managing and leading cross-functional groups, facilitating strategy and action with a focus on collaborative solutions.
• Excellent communication, organization, and relationship-building skills.
• Strong critical thinking, judgment, and strategic decision-making.
• Ability to travel up to 40% local and overnight stay.

Preferred Experience:

• Experience and knowledge of public health initiatives.
• Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE) or Chartered Advisor in Philanthropy (CAP) credential preferred.

 

Compensation & Benefits

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.

 

#TheAHALife is our company culture, our way of life, reflecting our diversity, equity & 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, X (formerly Twitter), and at heart.jobs.

 

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.  We offer a base salary with the potential to earn an incen