Chief Development Officer-WNY Region

Location: New York

Chief Development Officer-WNY Region# American Red Cross## Chief Development Officer-WNY Region Apply:
Buffalo, NY:
Rochester, NY:
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* Job Description:

**** WHY CHOOSE US?
** Joining the American Red Cross is like nothing else – it’s as much something you feel as something you do. You become a vital part of the world’s largest humanitarian network. Joining a team of welcoming individuals who are exceptional, yet unassuming. Diverse, yet uncompromising in unity. You grow your career within a movement that matters, where success is measured in people helped, communities made whole, and individuals equipped to never stop changing lives and situations for the better.
When you choose to be a force for good, you’ll have mentors who empower your growth along a purposeful career path. You align your life’s work with an ongoing mission that’s bigger than all of us. As you care for others, you’re cared for with competitive compensation and benefits. You join a community that respects who you are away from work as much as what you do while at work.

** Where Your Career is a Force for Good!*
* ** We are currently seeking a strategic, innovative, and collaborative Chief Development Officer to lead fundraising and advancement efforts across Western New York.
** With strong focus in the Buffalo or Rochester NY, this leader will build upon a strong foundation, providing vision and direction to a capable development team while driving philanthropic growth and community impact.  
** WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
** This Chief Development Officer will drive a strong revenue-oriented culture based on market-driven targets in order to strengthen and grow the donor base and the development program to meet assigned financial target of $7M-$15M. Lead staff and leadership volunteers in planning, managing and implementing fundraising development strategies for the Region. Represent region to cultivate donor and sponsors to meet monthly, quarterly and annual revenue.

Maintain portfolio of assigned major donors and prospects and personally make solicitations. Manage a team including hiring, training, coaching, evaluating and managing performance. Manage resource allocations and coordinate staff assignments. Provide support, development and/or leadership guidance to all volunteers.
** WHERE YOUR CAREER IS A FORCE GOOD
** 1. Develop and execute annual and multi-year fundraising strategies for the region. Grow annual revenue in the short-term, while diversifying the donor sponsorship base towards long–term sustainability.
2. Lead focused growth by working directly with top donor prospects in coordination with the Region’s Development Staff.
3. Develop a written plan and implement a program to identify, cultivate, solicit and steward appropriate donors at the $5,000 level or higher, with an emphasis on maximizing revenue for the American Red Cross.
4. Oversee implementation of organizational campaigns in the region. Act as a senior leader in the Region and direct the Regional Development team with respect to strategic decisions for the organization; ensure that the Region meets all reporting requirements related to fundraising.
5. Accountable for achieving or exceeding Region’s minimum fundraising target ($10M/year and below), and managing to meet the fundraising expense target. Revenue target may increase due to major domestic disasters. Maintain own portfolio…