Candidate should be bilingual as they will be working heavily with the Asian market in the New York and New Jersey areas.

Leads the integration of community engagement, health systems, and corporate and distinguished partner activities for an assigned area. Accountable for mission and income targets through relationship management and engagement of locally based corporations, small health systems, volunteer leadership groups and other community-based assets. Supports goal achievement through the effective management, engagement and mobilization of community volunteers.

•Partners with community, health system, & corporate and distinguished partnership staff to coordinate a market strategy for the Society’s community presence in an assigned area with multiple communities.
•Executes against identified mission and income goals through the mobilization of community-based businesses, health care providers, community leaders, volunteers and other key community constituencies.
•Serves as the primary relationship manager for community-based target accounts and constituents, responsible for leveraging those relationships to maximize engagement through corporate initiatives, distinguished events, major gifts and mission activities, and other areas of focus
•Oversees, manages and builds community volunteer leadership groups/community leadership boards as needed in the market to accomplish the mission; ensures volunteer bodies are effective and continually developed and utilized to their full potential to maximize fundraising, volunteer recruitment and other key efforts.
•Leverages volunteers as door openers and relationship builders.
•Ensures engagement and mobilization of diverse constituents and volunteers in a prioritized and coordinated way.
•Serves as the primary relationship manager for Coaches vs. Cancer activities with non-Division 1 colleges.
•Responsible for transferring relationships to appropriate staff as needed once relationships are established and providing seamless support and constituent relationship management throughout.
•Leads the volunteer engagement efforts to ensure the volunteer talent and capacity is available to execute community, health system, corporate and distinguished partner activities within the geography
•Monitors progress against objectives; adjusts plans and manages contingency efforts and resources as required.
•Responsible for compliance with ACS policies, including employment, risk management, and financial controls.
•Works in partnership with ACS CAN, including efforts to increase ACS CAN membership.
•Actively demonstrates and cascades the enterprise-wide mindsets: integrity, collaboration and stewardship.

Position Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience, 3 years community engagement & relationship development experience in a large nonprofit setting preferable.

•Bilingual candidate preferred because the position supports the Asian community throughout the New York Metro area and New Jersey, in addition to Queens County at large.
Able to cultivate relationships with targeted systems/organizations including a diverse population of community leaders and volunteers.
•Strong market, community and constituent perspective.
•Strong experience with community-based program planning and implementation.
•Excellent written and oral communication skills.
•Broad knowledge of the overall structure, programs, and services of the American Cancer Society including policies and procedures
•Ability to analyze and integrate information from relevant sources.
•Ability to proactively monitor and adjust activities to respond to changing circumstances and priorities to meet goals.
•Strong strategic planning skills.
•Outcome driven; strong project management ability.
•Collaborative leadership, management, coaching and development of diverse staff.
•Able to work through others to accomplish goals.
•Proficient in computer-based information systems.
•Ability to understand and work within a complex organizational structure.
•Knowledge of product marketing/sales concepts

Travel, including evening and weekend work required.

To apply, visit cancer.org, job number 16186.