Associate Director, Development; Cincinnati, OH

The American Diabetes Association (ADA) is seeking an experienced fundraising professional to manage all aspects of an event-based portfolio, including oversight of event revenue and donor & fundraiser development and engagement. This self-starting individual will drive fundraising success for Camps, Project Power, and Safe at School funding in the Heartland Market. The Associate Director must live within 50 miles of Nashville, TN;
Louisville, KY;
Cincinnati, OH; or Indianapolis, IN. To learn more, search by State through this link: (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below).-events

This individual will identify new opportunities to grow local portfolios across all fundraising channels, including individual fundraisers, corporate partnerships, and team participation. The successful candidate will manage and steward a portfolio of donors and is accountable for significant revenue targets.

The ideal candidate has a proven record of success in fundraising, campaign management, and relationship development.

• Manage and review daily campaign data through reports, dashboards, and revenue analysis to identify opportunities to increase campaign revenue.
• Execute plans for retention, upgrade, and acquisition of applicable areas of business focus.
• Process, edit, create, and submit grant applications.
• Identify and develop new business with both existing donors & constituents and new prospects; provide excellent relationship management.
• Maintain accurate and complete records of donor interactions within systems and trackers; capture contacts, next steps, and tasks consistently.
• Track progress, financials, and other KPIs to analyze and determine success.
• Make $50k+ corporate sponsorship and team asks.
• Support other fundraising events, activities, and programs as assigned.

• Support the development of the market’s local pipeline of constituents and event leaders to drive market activity.
• Identify, build, and steward relationships with community, philanthropic, and corporate leaders as an integral part of volunteer and donor prospect development.

• Identify and implement marketing opportunities, partnerships, influencer relationships, and other opportunities to increase ADA’s presence and awareness within assigned market territory that drive business goals.
• Support and maintain the vision, mission, priorities, and guiding principles of ADA.

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 3+ years of professional experience in empowering individuals through peer-to-peer fundraising, events, leadership, volunteerism, and corporate partnerships.
• Excellent public speaking skills with the ability to present ADA’s mission to groups of all sizes.
• Demonstrated experience recruiting individuals to support an organization.
• Demonstrated ability to mobilize and motivate individuals to achieve goals.
• Demonstrated ability to identify opportunities for growth in relationships.
• Ability to organize time effectively and manage a large number of tasks simultaneously.
• Initiative and independence, combined with the ability to work well as part of a team.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to interact professionally with a variety of constituencies.
• Excellent verbal and written skills, creativity, independent judgment, attention to detail, accuracy, strong editing skills, and follow-through.
• Knowledge of software including Microsoft, Donor Drive (or other P2P platforms), and CRM.
• Ability to travel as needed for meetings and events.
• Reliable transportation for travel.
• Must be able to work occasional nights and weekends as needed to support events.
• Authorization to work in the US required.
• Ability to occasionally lift and/or move up to fifteen pounds.
• Must live within 50 miles of one of these cities:
  Nashville, TN;
  Louisville, KY;
  Cincinnati, OH; or Indianapolis, IN.

• Industry competitive base pay, ranging from $60,000 – $68,000 for this role.
• Eligibility to participate in the Development Incentive Program.
• A culture of recognition including new hire welcome announcements, service anniversary awards, referral bonuses, monthly All Employee Assembly, appreciation awards.
• Generous Paid Time Off,…