Associate Director, Development (Chicago, IL)

Brief Description
The American Diabetes Association (ADA) seeks an experienced fundraising professional to manage all aspects of a peer‑to‑peer event‑based portfolio, including oversight of event revenue and donor & fundraiser development and engagement. The successful candidate will drive fundraising success for the Team Diabetes endurance efforts, the Tour de Cure, and the Step Out Walk in the Illinois market. The Associate Director must live within 50 miles of Chicago, IL. Primary duties include developing and managing existing and new teams, individual fundraisers, corporate partners, and volunteers.

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Responsibilities

Fundraising and Relationship Building

Manage and review daily campaign data through reports, dashboards, and revenue analysis to identify opportunities to increase campaign revenue.

Regularly monitor the performance of a fundraising portfolio to ensure timely responsiveness to new registrants, accurate forecasting, and retention & revenue maximization.

Execute plans for retention, upgrade, and acquisition (pipeline development) of applicable business focus areas.

Data mine to identify and acquire participants, team captains, corporate partners, sponsors, and community leaders.

Identify and develop new business with existing donors & constituents and new prospects and provide excellent relationship management.

Maintain accurate and complete records of donor interactions within systems and trackers; capture contacts, next steps, and tasks consistently and accurately.

Track progress, financials, and other KPIs to analyze and determine success.

Experience securing $50k+ corporate sponsorship and team asks.

Support other fundraising events, activities, and programs as assigned.

Volunteer Engagement

Support the development of the market’s local pipeline of constituents and event leaders to drive market activity.

Assist the Executive Director & Development Director with executing Event Chair, Executive Leadership Team, and Executive Challenge champions, ensuring revenue targets and standards are met.

Identify, build, and steward relationships with community, philanthropic, and corporate leaders as part of volunteer and donor prospect development.

Mission Integration

Identify and implement marketing opportunities, partnerships, influencer relationships, and other opportunities to increase ADA’s presence and awareness within assigned market territory that drive business goals.

Support and maintain the vision, mission, priorities, and guiding principles of ADA.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree required.

3+ years of professional experience in empowering individuals through peer‑to‑peer fundraising, events, leadership, volunteerism, and corporate partnerships.

Excellent public speaking skills with the ability to present ADA’s mission and how to get involved with groups of all sizes.

Demonstrated experience recruiting individuals to support an organization.

Demonstrated ability to mobilize and motivate individuals to achieve goals.

Demonstrated ability to identify opportunities for growth in relationships.

Ability to organize time effectively and manage a large number of tasks simultaneously.

Initiative and independence, combined with the ability to work well as part of a team.

Strong interpersonal skills and ability to interact professionally with a variety of constituencies.

Excellent verbal and written skills, creativity, independent judgment, attention to detail, accuracy, strong editing skills, and follow‑through.

Knowledge of software including Microsoft, DonorDrive (or other P2P platforms), and CRM.

Ability to travel as needed for meetings and events.

Must be able to work occasional nights and weekends as needed to support events.

Reliable transportation to travel.

Ability to occasionally lift and/or move up to fifteen pounds.

Must live within 50 miles of Chicago, IL.

Benefits

Industry competitive base pay.

A culture of recognition including new hire welcome announcements, service anniversary awards, referral bonuses, monthly All Employee Assembly, appreciation awards.

Generous paid time off, including holidays, vacation days, personal days, and sick days.

Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, Flexible Spending Accounts, disability & life insurance, pet insurance, and retirement savings.

Full diabetes supply coverage through our medical benefits program.

Mental health programs and work/life balance, with most employees working remotely.

Dedicated team offers the gratification of impacting the lives and well‑being of millions.

About the Organization
The American Diabetes Association (ADA) is the nation’s leading voluntary health organization fighting to end diabetes and helping people living with diabetes thrive. Since 1940, we have driven discovery and research to prevent, manage, treat, and ultimately cure diabetes. We advocate for policy changes and improved access to quality care for all people living with diabetes and/or obesity. Through the Obesity Association, a division of the ADA, we are also working to reduce the prevalence of obesity—a leading risk factor for type 2 diabetes.

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