WANTED: Development Manager

CONTACT: Louise Coffelt at lscrecruiting@bellsouth.net

JOB TITLE:                Development Manager, New Outreach  

REPORTS TO:           CEO

STATUS:                    Exempt

COMPANY

WomenHeart: The National Coalition for Women with Heart Disease was founded in 1999 by three women who had heart attacks while in their 40s and faced many obstacles, including misdiagnosis, inadequate treatment, and social isolation. These women each shared a common experience about how little information or services were available for women with heart disease. To them, the issue seemed invisible within the women’s health care community.  As a result, these women connected and formed their own small support network. Their shared sense that more must be done to support women living with heart disease inspired the three women to reach out to the tens of thousands of other women who were facing the same challenges. And so, WomenHeart: The National Coalition for Women with Heart Disease was created in 1999, the first – and still only – national patient-centered organization that is solely devoted to women’s heart health. For more information, please visit: http://www.womenheart.org

Position Summary

The Development Manager, New Outreach will provide strategic business development direction in supporting and growing this $4.5 million non-profit organization.  The Manager will work in partnership with the CEO.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Strategic Business Development Planning:

• Implement a comprehensive business development strategy for the organization, including solicitation plans for corporations, retailers, foundations and individuals.
• Develop prospect lists and work to make contacts and schedule presentations for new partnerships and collaborations.
• Seek opportunities for point of sale campaigns with retailers.
• Develop a proactive online donor strategy.

Corporate Relationships:

• Proactively seek new partnerships with pharmaceutical and medical device companies.
• Proactively seek new licensing & cause-related marketing partners with retailers and manufacturers.
• Work with CEO and program staff to develop “win/win” relationships and other programs that further the mission and goals of the organization and expand the organization’s funding base.

Grants

• Write and submit proposals and grants on an on-going basis.
• Manage all required technical and financial grant reporting.

Donor Stewardship and Cultivation:

• Develop a proactive online donor strategy.

·         Develop a comprehensive donor stewardship program with clear objectives to deepen engagement of donors and garner new donors, in sustaining and expanding financial support.

• Ensure that the organization has an effective and dynamic on-line fundraising platform that can integrate the WomenHeart website along with partner solicitations.
• Conduct prospect research on private and corporate foundations, corporations, government agencies and individuals to identify and solicit potential supporters.
• Write technical and financial reports to funders, as required.

·         Responsible for database management and donor history, including managing all data entry, running monthly and customized reports.

·         Other duties as assigned. 

QUALIFICATIONS:

The Development Manager, New Outreach will have three plus years demonstrated success in a business development role, ideally in a non-profit environment. Key experiences should include some, if not all, of the following: strategic business development planning, developing corporate partnerships, grant writing, and donor stewardship and cultivation.  Evaluative measures and reporting experience are needed. He/ she should have strong verbal and written communication skills. In addition, the individual will bring a commitment to women’s heart health. Masters degree is desirable but not required.

CONTACT: Louise Coffelt at lscrecruiting@bellsouth.net