Development Director

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 bringing our mission to life across the Orange County and Inland Empire. Come join us! We are currently hiring a Development Director for our Orange County Inland Empire Division based in Irvine, CA. The Director will generate revenue for our Heart and Stroke Ball fundraising campaign.  

 

As the Development Director leading the Heart and Stroke Ball campaign, you will be making an extraordinary impact through building strategic relationships with corporate and community partners, collaborating with dedicated colleagues, and inspiring engagement to make longer, healthier lives possible for all. Backed by a wealth of internal resources, a reputation built over nearly one hundred years and the agility that has kept us on the forefront, you will have the support you need to put your passion for a healthier community to work.We have a fast-paced sales type of environment with the main responsibility of driving revenue in support of our mission.  We offer a base salary with the potential to earn an incentive up to 25% of your base pay. The potential incentive is based on achieving certain revenue targets and triggers. 

 

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

• Manages relationships with current and prospective individuals and companies to reach fundraising goals. Applies fundraising practices, including American Heart Association Best Practices, to drive sustainable growth. Directly accountable for achieving revenue goals aligned with funding research, public health, professional education and training and community services.
• Leads and actively participates in the identification, cultivation, solicitation and management of corporate sponsorship and corporate and community involvement. This includes completing research on businesses within assigned market, while developing profiles and strategic plans to secure involvement.  Develop a 3-year plan for account development and corporate sponsorships that allows for maximum revenue based on market potential. 

• Drives the ongoing process of identifying, recruiting, and activating an influential, financially strong and inclusive volunteer leadership base to support the Heart and Stroke Ball campaign on a sustained basis. Includes the recruitment and engagement of fundraising chairs and leadership teams to champion achievement of identified goals through their personal and corporate giving and influencing the involvement and giving of others.

• Plans, manages, implements, and evaluates strategies and initiatives aligned with revenue generation and volunteer leadership engagement strategies. Drives campaign growth through effective donor cultivation and engagement with integration across the Association's initiatives.     

• Develops and implements year-round pipelines and cultivation plans for individual donors and corporate accounts, ensuring sufficient depth for revenue generation and excellent customer relations.                                     

• Administrative duties which include managing customer and campaign information utilizing Association systems accurately, timely and completely in accordance with established guidelines.
• Proactively ensures timely communication with internal and external partners and customers, supporting collaboration in account management and activities to achieve shared goals.

Qualifications

 

• 3 years of relevant experience in fundraising, sales, or equivalent type experience
• Ability to do daily local travel; requires access to reliable transportation at all times on an immediate basis
• 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
• Must have at least basic knowledge and skill/proficiency with Microsoft Office