Sr. Development Director, Lancaster & Lebanon

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 Senior Development Director in Lancaster, PA. The Senior Director is responsible for coordinating, planning, and implementing strategies and resources necessary to achieve Lancaster and Lebanon campaign goals and objectives, while leading a fundraising team and holding them accountable to their goals.

 

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

• Achieving assigned revenue goals by developing and maintaining relationships with corporate and community partners.
• Ensuring your team meets/exceeds annual revenue goals for the market.
• Driving new business development by soliciting and maintaining high-level corporate and patron sponsors.
• Leading your team in the identification, cultivation and recruitment of C-suite and executive volunteer leaders.
• Leading the efforts of building volunteer leadership committees.
• Maintaining an ongoing pipeline of potential sponsors, donors, and volunteer leadership to advance our mission.
• Developing and implementing a plan of revenue growth through key fundraising events, strategic market partnerships and philanthropic donors.
• 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.
• Coaching and mentoring your direct report to ensure their success.

In this role, you will report to Region Vice President and will lead one (1) fundraising director to meet the overall revenue goal for the Lancaster Heart Ball and Go Red for Women campaigns. Daily travel within the market is required when it is safe to do so.

 

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

• University/College degree or equivalent experience, preferred.
• 5 years of relevant experience in fundraising, sales, or equivalent type experience. Knowledge and skills in fundraising principles, practices, and techniques.
• Ability and experience recruiting, training, and encouraging top-level donors and volunteers preferred.
• 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.
• Ability to lift and/or move large objects (such as boxes) with the expectation that heavier items would be broken down into smaller components or requesting additional assistance may be required before lifting and/or moving.

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; this position is incentive eligible based on achieving certain targets.
• 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 emp