Development Manager

How many people can answer the question, "What do you do for a living?" with the answer, "I help find cures for cancer." At Blood Cancer United, employees take our mission seriously. Whether you work in one of our regions, are an accountant at the national office or a specialist in our Information Resource Center, you work each day on making our bold goal a reality: to enable patients with blood cancer to gain more than one million years of life by 2040.Join us and give new meaning to the word, "job."

Summary: As part of a mission centric, locally delivered and nationally powered organization this role is accountable for building relationships with fundraising volunteers while implementing innovative peer to peer fundraising products to exceed revenue goals for Blood Cancer United's mission, within a designated market area. Relentlessly pursuing cancer cures.

Key Relationships:

Leads: May manage volunteers, committees

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Mission Integration
• Partner with Education, Services and Health Research department to effectively communicate the Blood Cancer United overall mission, programs, resources, and priorities.
• Responsible for organizing mission centered, local donor cultivation events and prospecting high-impact donors for national stewardship activities
• Fundraising & Relationship Building
• Drive high-impact peer to peer fundraising to achieve overall revenue goals.
• Provide input into the development of a strategic plan for the peer to peer fundraising products, including revenue, budget, goals and timelines.
• Execute innovative strategic plan developed annually and revised periodically to ensure team exceeds all revenue goals.
• Collaborate with local relationship team and national shared service partners throughout Blood Cancer United.
• Volunteer Management
• Responsible for the recruitment and cultivation of high-level volunteer committees
• Responsible for recruiting fundraising volunteers who participate in peer-to-peer fundraising products resulting in revenue growth and achievement of goals.
• Identify and network with constituents and key donors to engage their support of Blood Cancer United fundraising products.
• Develop recruitment plans and actively secure new partners through independent research, prospecting and volunteer relationship building.
• Maintain a working knowledge of the Blood Cancer United mission and programs to promote Organizational initiatives.
• Perform other related duties as assigned

Education & Experience Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• 3-5 years of experience

Position Requirements:

• Collaborate with Mission Team ensuring success of patient access, education, public policy, advocacy and research
• Able to supervise groups of volunteers
• Capable of managing multiple priorities effectively
• Good communication and organizational skills.
• Demonstrated knowledge and use of digital, social media & emerging online channels
• Detail-oriented and highly organized.
• Knowledge of MS Office Suite

Physical Demands & Work Environment:

• Physical demands are minimal and typical of similar jobs in comparable organizations
• Work environment is representative and typical of similar jobs in comparable organizations
• May be required to move Campaign materials weighing up to 15 pounds for various events.
• Travel within designated area.
• Required to work some evenings or weekends.