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The American Heart Association has an excellent opportunity for a Region Vice President, Development, School Engagement within our Western States Region. The location is flexible to Southern California. 

The Region Vice President, School Engagement is responsible for leading the operational planning and execution of the American Heart Association’s School Engagement initiatives and campaigns for the Western States region with the principal responsibility of securely positioning the region for aggressive growth in total and unrestricted revenue on an increasing and sustainable basis. This includes managing an assigned team of School Engagement staff covering multiple territories, ensuring the understanding and execution of fundraising strategies and tactics to build volunteer leadership engagement, participant income and sponsorship through Kids Heart Challenge as well as collaborative opportunities across revenue streams. 

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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• With the Senior Vice President, School Engagement and national staff leads, develops vision, strategies and plans to reach national performance benchmarks, applying identified best practices and innovating approaches to leverage Kids Heart Challenge and American Heart Challenge consistent with organizational goals.
• Drives the ongoing process of identifying, recruiting and activating an influential, financially strong volunteer leadership base to champion the success of the American Heart Association through their corporate and/or district engagement and personal giving and influencing the involvement and giving of others.
• Personally forges, manages and develops partnerships with key organizations and philanthropic individuals to maximize the American Heart Association's visibility, impact and financial resources and actively leading and managing direct reports and others to do the same across the communities we serve.
• Provides management expertise, coaching, and monitoring for fundraising campaigns to ensure the aggressive growth of campaigns/programs and focused attention by staff year-round.
• Regularly evaluates and reports on campaign progress utilizing the campaign management tools and reporting systems available. Ensures the integrity and security of donor information and adheres to established policies and procedures.
• Ensures department operates within appropriate operational and financial boundaries and within the financial capacity available. Operates in accordance with the American Heart Association's Fiscal Standard policies and all applicable laws, regulations, policies and standards.
• This is a field-based position with extensive travel within assigned territory, which may involve overnight stays and/or weekends. The noise level in the work environment varies and regularly includes presentations to large groups of youth and teen participants.  

• 5 years minimum prior relevant experience and at least 5 years of supervisory experience
• Experience recruiting, engaging and activating executive level volunteers
• Demonstrated track record in building effective teams of staff and volunteers
• Demonstrated track record in setting and achieving aggressive goals on a sustained basis.
• Ability to influence others to action through creating a shared vision and sense of ownership and personal accountability.
• Ability to credibly establish and execute a strategic plan across geographically distributed team in a complex and highly dynamic environment, effectively translating strategies to measurable goals and plans.
• Proven ability to think strategically, analyze market data, identify key trends and have participated in the strategy development and execution of initiatives to achieve fundraising and operational goals.
• Ability to do daily local travel; requires access to reliable transportation at all times on an immediate basis.

Here are some of the preferred skills we are looking for:

• • Bachelor's degree or equivalent
  • American Heart Association development management experience strongly preferred.
  • Knowledge of the American Heart Association's mission and programs.
  • Knowledge of the American Heart Association's standards and procedures.

Expected pay range will be $106,000 to $122,900  annually. Pay is commensurate with experience; geographic differentials to the pay range may apply. The American Heart Association reserves the right to pay more or less than the posted range.

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; this position is incentive eligible 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.

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