Associate Executive Director
About The Position
The Associate Executive Director provides professional leadership and staff management to a Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation chapter. The role partners with leadership volunteers to advance the Foundation’s mission, supports individual and foundation major gift campaigns, leads event fundraising and other revenue efforts, and cultivates community partnerships and alliances to promote growth and awareness. The Associate Executive Director travels throughout the market area to meet constituents and serve as a key Foundation leader with volunteers and supporters. This is a hybrid role with two days per week in the office and three days working remotely. The position oversees volunteer and board engagement, fundraising events and campaigns, communications, staff leadership, and chapter administration, including budgets, operational plans, and performance monitoring.
Requirements
- At least 7 years of experience in not-for-profit fundraising.
- Demonstrated successful fundraising experience involving events, corporate or foundation giving, donor cultivation, public relations, and/or stewardship.
- Experience identifying, recruiting, and partnering with volunteers to achieve results.
- Applicable skills in strategic thinking, committee leadership, account management, and volunteer development.
- At least 3 years of management experience directly supervising staff.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office.
Nice To Haves
- BA/BS degree preferred.
Responsibilities
- Partner with the Regional Executive Director and chapter staff to create a growth vision and stakeholder and volunteer engagement strategy.
- Work with the Chapter President and Board of Directors to support an engaged and impactful board.
- Lead or participate in volunteer leadership asks and progress meetings.
- Build community among IBD stakeholders and drive awareness through marketing and communications.
- Identify, recruit, and engage volunteers with the potential to make an impact.
- Build effective partnerships with volunteers and supporters and foster accountability.
- Build relationships, raise awareness, and share mission impact with constituents in the market area.
- Support volunteer committees to advance campaigns and grow mission support.
- Monitor campaign effectiveness and impact, recommend future initiatives, and manage program reporting and analytics.
- Cultivate, identify, and recruit revenue partners for special events and fundraising campaigns.
- Apply fundraising best practices to meet revenue targets through special events, Take Steps, and other chapter activities.
- Support Take Steps and special events, including team retention, volunteer leadership recruitment and development, honoree and honored hero recruitment, and top-level sponsorships.
- Identify local major gift prospects and collaborate with the national advancement team and Regional Executive Director.
- Work with Take Steps staff to identify volunteer walk leadership and corporate sponsorship opportunities.
- Implement cultivation, solicitation, follow-up, and recognition for individual, corporate, and foundation participation and donations.
- Maintain accurate and complete records for fundraising events, programs, and activities.
- Coordinate marketing and promotion for fundraising events, programs, and activities.
- Partner with media outlets and cultivate relationships to increase awareness of the Foundation’s brand.
- Participate in enterprise-wide activities, including clinic visits, donor and education events, special events, Take Steps walks, and other chapter activities.
- Facilitate communication across functional areas and provide leadership to chapter staff.
- Supervise chapter staff to maximize fundraising performance through competencies, best practices, success factors, and KPIs.
- Lead staff hiring, training, development, retention, and vacancy planning.
- Maintain communication with regional and national leadership.
- Direct chapter financial administration, budgets, and operational plans.
- Manage day-to-day chapter operations.
- Lead chapter budgeting and forecasting, including management of revenue, expenses, KPI and data input, and assessment.
- Drive a financial ratio margin that meets overall chapter performance guidelines.
- Perform other duties as required.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
