Senior Development Consultant

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 are hiring a Region Senior Development Consultant in our SouthWest region. This individual will have a passion for building strategic partnerships with corporate volunteer leaders, ensuring positive and mutually rewarding relations. The Sr. Consultant will lead the design and implementation of corporate volunteer strategies, crafting recruiting, stewarding, and mapping opportunities for our top volunteer relationships and to encourage future volunteers. This individual will work closely with internal and external constituents across the region to ensure a consistent and proactive approach to corporate volunteer engagement.

This is a remote position with the preference that the candidate live within one of the six states of the SouthWest region – Arkansas, Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, and Wyoming. Travel within the SW region is expected 50% of the time.

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 team revenue targets. 

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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The job application window is expected to close March 21, 2025.

Some of the responsibilities will include:

• Demonstrate the ability to build a network of meaningful corporate volunteer and staff partnerships.
• Manage regional councils by developing a recruitment pipeline and strategies to get results and achieve the mission and strategic objectives of the Association.
• Manage key region-wide leadership projects and initiatives, working in partnership with volunteer and staff committees and task forces.
• Create initiatives that will result in building a stronger, future-focused culture for the members of the region board and beyond.
• Build career pathing to engage top-level prospects that are adaptable to current external and internal needs.
• Assess current external communications and develop a comprehensive plan for applying communication outlets to drive engagement.
• Ensure that the systems of support for the region’s external relationships are embedded throughout the region and used to their fullest capacity.
• Support the offices of the EVP on board development, alongside the SVP of Development.
• Research and develop pipelines for top-level volunteers moving into the region.
• Work alongside the SVP of Development on all Gold Standard Board initiatives.
• Other duties as assigned by supervisor.

Here are a few characteristics we’re looking for:

• Ability to communicate, build relationships, gain trust with a diverse range of people of all ages and backgrounds.

• Ability to communicate strategic direction and provide consultation to volunteer committees and board members.
• Ability to effectively assess and leverage volunteer skills and interests, in turn developing and using volunteer roles in meaningful ways.
• Ability to measure and increase engagement and motivation in strategic volunteer relationships.
• Ability to encourage and instill a feeling of belonging.
• Proactively research and develop pipelines for potential future high-level volunteer engagement across the region.
• Demonstrated critical thinking skills in assessing the local market environment and available resources to successfully implement new and existing programs.

• Bachelor’s degree is preferred.
• 5 years of experience of similar focus and capacity.
• Experience working with and managing high-level volunteers preferred.
• Must have at least basic knowledge and skill/proficiency with Microsoft Office. Experience with Dynamics CRM and SharePoint preferred.
• Experience in fundraising and donor stewardship is a plus.
• Ability to travel daily and overnight approximately 50%; requires access to reliable transportation at all times on an immediate basis.

The expected pay range will be $81,900 to $109,200. Pay is commensurate with experience; geographic differentials to the pay range may apply. American Heart Association reserves the right to pay more or less than the posted range. This position is incentive eligible based on achieving certain targets.

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.  This position is incentive eligible based on achieving certain targets.
  
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• 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.
  
  
• Tuition Assistance - We support the career development of all employees.  This program provides financial assistance to employees who wish to further their education and career in relation to their current duties and responsibilities, or for potential future positions in the organization.

The American Heart Association’s 2028 Goal: Building on over 100 years of trusted leadership in cardiovascular and brain health, by 2028 the AHA will drive breakthroughs and implement proven solutions in science, policy, and care for healthier people and communities. The greatest discoveries in health must reach everyone where they are.

At American Heart Association | American Stroke Association, our mission is to be a relentless force for a world of longer, healthier lives, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, religion, age, language, sexual orientation, national origin and physical or cognitive abilities. We're committed to ensuring our workforce, workplace culture and mission have a shared impact across a diverse set of backgrounds.

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