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Regional Director - Youth Market
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Posted: 7/24/2007
Location:
US-CT-Wallingford
Base Pay:
N/A
Employee Type:
Part-Time Employee
Industry:
Not for Profit - Charitable
Manages Others:
No
Job Type:
Sales
Req'd Education:
2 Year Degree
Req'd Experience:
At least 1 year(s)
Req'd Travel:
Road Warrior
Relocation Covered:
No
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Regional Director - Youth Market
Company: American Heart Association
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Description
American Heart Association
What's your motivation? Want satisfying work that makes a real difference in people's lives? At the American Heart Association we're working to prevent, treat and defeat our nation's No. 1 killer, cardiovascular disease. We have an excellent opportunity for a part-time (20 hour seasonal) Regional Director Youth Market.
Working as a liaison with schools located in your designated territory for The Jump Rope for Heart and Hoops for Heart programs the territory for this position will cover Southern Fairfield County, (Westport to Greenwich and up to Ridgefield).
This is a home based position in which you work in the field during school hours and work at home when school is not in session. In addition you will be off for six weeks in the summer while school is out, (unpaid of course).
The ideal person for this position has at least two years of face to face outside sales or fundraising experience, is self motivated, works well independently, is comfortable with public speaking and has intermediate to expert skills in Word, Excel and Outlook. This person must be able to travel daily to schools in their territory, to Wallingford for monthly meetings and to NYC at least three times per year.
Major Responsibilities:
1. Retention of current schools and recruitment of new schools to participate in our programs
' Complete a designated number of Jump events by 6/30
' Complete a designated number of Hoops events by 6/30
' Achieve a designated attrition rate for Jump events
' Achieve a designated attrition rate for Hoops events
' Recruit a designated number of schools to hold Jump Rope for Heart events by December
' Recruit a designated number of Hoops for Heart events by December
' Recruit priority schools
2. Follow association wide best practices
3. Act as AHA information liaison to schools or community groups in territory
4. Participate in any public relations efforts for events
5. Conduct school assemblies when necessary
6. Build strong, positive relationships with school personnel in territory; work towards opening up lock out territories
7. Participate in any Affiliate wide trainings
8. Liaison with other AHA programs in territory
9. Participate in Youth Market related programs, workshops and conferences
10. Update database daily to document all work performed, contacts made and commitments received
11. Conduct event planning meetings with recruited schools, set goals with coordinators
Attracting talented, committed employees means offering a competitive benefits package, ongoing professional development and training, and a diverse and inclusive environment in which to work and grow. And we do. Visit www.americanheart.org/careers to apply for this position. EOE M/F/V/D
Only those most qualified will be invited to interview. The American Heart Association no longer accepts mailed, faxed or e-mailed resumes. Please visit our website to apply.
Requirements
Ability to work independently and resourcefully
Proven sales experience
Applied knowledge and intermediate skills in windows applications such as Word, Excel and Outlook
Ability to travel in territory, to monthly Regional meetings and to New York City minimum of three times a year
Ability to speak publicly
Knowledge of school systems a plus
Some heavy lifting involved
College degree or equivalent experience
Applicant Category: Professional
Requisition Code: Work at home
Two Initials of Recruiter: bw
System Date: 07/26/2007
System Time: 21:10:43
Document Name(40): Regional Director - Youth Market
Source: courant.com
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