Now is the time to join an organization that enables you to be a relentless force for a world of longer, healthier lives. Here at the American Heart Association, you matter and so does your career!

The American Heart Association offers programs to help you maintain work/life satisfaction according to 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 various other training and support mechanisms locally and through our National Center.

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• Setting and achieving assigned revenue goals by developing and maintaining relationships with corporate and community partners, high-level decision-makers, and community leaders.
• Driving new business development by soliciting sponsorships and generating participant income through developing year-round business and cultivation plans.
• Driving peer-to-peer fundraising by supporting corporate partners and team leaders effectively.
• Recruiting, orientation, and managing executive volunteer leadership chairs and committees based on nationally established methodologies.
• Maintaining an ongoing pipeline of potential sponsors, donors, and volunteer leadership.
• Monitoring participant fundraising trends and implementing proven strategies to improve income.
• 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.

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
• At least two years of work experience in sales, preferably special event, or nonprofit fundraising. Recent graduates are welcome and encouraged to apply
• Knowledge and skills in fundraising principles, practices and techniques, notably peer-to-peer fundraising
• Ability and experience recruiting, training, and cultivating top-level donors and volunteers
• 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

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.

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  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.
  
• 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.