Hybrid Associate Director, Development

at American Cancer Society

• Job title: Associate Director, Development
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: $82,000 - $87,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Saint Louis, United States

About the role

• Associate Director overseeing fundraising and development activities for American Cancer Society. Leading a team to achieve significant revenue targets and build community relationships.

Responsibilities

• Manages, coaches, develops, and trains a team of development staff
• Accountable for the team's achievement of significant revenue targets
• Ensures team engages, recruits, stewards, trains and manages relationships with volunteers and customers to successfully execute fundraising plans and achieve revenue goals
• Serves on the Market Leadership Team and contributes to building the strategy
• Manages team to successful volunteer and customer retention, recognition, and pipeline development
• Leads the development of relationships and engagement of target partners, organizations, corporations, and individuals
• Ensures the implementation of best practices for revenue growth
• Monitors financial expenditures and progress to budget
• Ensures team engages the community to create relevant, best in class experiences
• Actively collaborates with all development team members, Marketing, Cancer Control, and ACS CAN staff to maximize success
• Ensures compliance with ACS policies and fosters a culture that values the staff/volunteer partnership

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in related field and/or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Five years related experience preferred, working within a multi-million dollar organization a plus
• Past staff management experience preferred
• Excellent written and verbal communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills
• Able to work successfully in a diverse team environment
• Ability to recruit, train and motivate community-based volunteers
• Demonstrated ability in handling multiple priorities, project management and meeting deadlines; strong planning and organizational skills
• Proven relationship building, persuasion and influence skills
• Strong customer service orientation, with extensive experience in effectively addressing and resolving issues
• Ability to proactively monitor and adjust activities to respond to changing circumstances and priorities to meet goals, proactively address issues as they arise and mitigate risks associated to events
• Outcome driven; strong project management ability
• Able to work through others to accomplish goals
• Strong market, community and constituent perspective
• Broad knowledge of the overall structure, programs, and services of the American Cancer Society including policies and procedures
• Proficient in computer-based information systems

Benefits

• generous paid time off policy
• medical benefits
• dental benefits
• retirement benefits
• wellness programs
• professional development programs to enhance staff skills