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The American Heart Association has an excellent opportunity for a Sr. Mission Advancement Advisor, with a portfolio of individual principal gift prospects and donors focused on the Midwest region of the U.S.

This position can be home-based within the Midwest States.

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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This individual will be responsible for cultivating relationships with current and past American Heart Association donors who have a validated interest in our impact-centered mission, focusing on individuals.  Responsible for closing $2.5 million+ annually from individuals, this position serves as a subject matter authority on the American Heart Association’s fundraising priorities and engages individuals and their philanthropy representatives in the mission of the Association while cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding donations in the seven-figures and higher.  Collaborative work, relationship-building, proposal writing, budget development, strong presentations, and experience in programmatic fundraising are central to this role.

• Complete a minimum of 100 meaningful interactions with donors and prospective donors each fiscal year, developing and managing a portfolio of approximately 50 individual donors across the Midwest States region with giving capacity in the seven-figure range.
• Conduct solicitation of 24 seven-figure gifts annually for restricted and unrestricted purposes.
• Collaborate with field directors on strategies and opportunities to identify and cultivate principal gift prospects to support market, regional, and national priorities. 
• Create and execute customized engagement strategies for donors and prospects in the portfolio to ensure the growth of donor relationships. Work with the Mission Advancement team to secure appropriate project information, including budgets, and create presentations and proposals that will be used to secure gifts.
• Maintain accurate and timely records of all activities in the donor database (Salesforce CRM). Report plans, activities, trends, progress, and results to Mission Advancement leadership and other various internal audiences on a regular basis. 
• Collaborate with Field Directors on strategies and opportunities to identify, cultivate and solicit major gift prospects to support field events and initiatives.  Serve as a resource and leader in building staff capabilities and redefining donor and volunteer relationships across field campaigns. Leverage customized strategic events in select markets to cultivate donor relationships. Attend and support region and market activities and social events, mission-centered health events, and other hallmark events that drive the Association’s overall unrestricted revenue campaign.
• Participate in training activities and work with other team members to develop programs and strategies to advance revenue development for the Association.

• Five (5) years of experience.
• Experience in fundraising with at least three years focused on individual major and principal gifts (high six-figures and up) or large accounts, preferably supporting large-scale research on health and/or community issues.
• Experience planning and implementing engagement opportunities that align with organizational mission, goals, and strategies at national and local levels.
• Experience working with complex philanthropic donors or clients with proven fundraising results at the six-figure and higher gift ranges.
• Collaborative skills with all levels of staff, prospects, volunteers, and donors.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, preferably translating scientific information for lay audiences.
• Ability to travel up to 30% locally and 10% overnight.

Preferred Experience:

• Knowledge of or experience working in one or more fields: public health, healthcare, medicine, community health, scientific research.
• Knowledge of the philanthropic landscape.
• Experience using donor relationship management software, such as Salesforce CRM, Blackbaud, Dynamics, and/or Raiser’s Edge.

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 up to 25% of annual salary based on achieving certain targets.
  
  
• 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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