Mission Advisor

Position: Mission Advancement 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.

The American Heart Association has an excellent opportunity for a Mission Advancement Advisor, Individual Giving for Mission Advancement Operations.

This position can be home-based, preferably in Atlanta, GA, Birmingham, AL, Nashville, TN, or Charlotte, NC.

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

In this role, you will be responsible for cultivating relationships with both current and past American Heart Association donors who have a proven interest in the mission. This position is also responsible for serving as a subject-matter expert on the American Heart Association's restricted fundraising programs and for securing gifts of $100,000 or more while moving donors to their highest level of commitment and involvement.

Essential

Job Duties

* Complete a minimum of 120 moves with your portfolio of donors and prospects visits each fiscal year across the assigned territory with the ability to give $100,000 or more.

* Responsible for closing a minimum of $1M annually from individual donors through a variety of giving mechanisms, including but not limited to DAF, stock, family foundation, and planned gifts.

* Conduct solicitation of a minimum of 24 six and seven-figure gifts annually for restricted and unrestricted purposes.

* Collaborate with Field Directors on strategies and opportunities to identify, cultivate, and solicit major gift prospects to support field events and initiatives. Be a resource and leader in transforming donor and volunteer relationships across field campaigns, market activities, social events, Health Strategies events, and other hallmark events that drive the AHA's overall unrestricted revenue campaign.

* Create and execute individual strategies for donors and prospects in portfolio to ensure growth of donor relationships.

* Leverage a variety of resources to develop and /or customize offers, proposals, budgets, and asks.

* Maintain accurate and timely records of all activities in the donor database (Salesforce). Report activity, trends, progress and results to various internal audiences on a regular basis.

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Qualifications

* Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience.

* Three (3) years of experience in fundraising or sales with at least one year focused on major gifts or large accounts, preferably supporting large-scale research on health and/or community issues.

* Three (3) years of experience in identifying and developing major giving and/or engagement opportunities that align with organizational mission, goals, and strategies at national and local levels.

* Three (3) years of experience with all areas of cultivation, solicitation, and closing sales or fundraising.

* Excellent collaborative skills with all levels of staff, prospects, volunteers, and donors.

* Strong verbal and written communication skills.

* Three (3) years of previous experience working with complex donors or clients representing $100,000 or more in revenue or philanthropy with validated fundraising results at the six- and seven-figure level.

Compensation & Benefits

This position is eligible for an incentive of up to 25% 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 through annual salary planning and incentive programs.

* 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.

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