Corporate Alliance Manager

Make-A-Wish Foundation of America – Phoenix, AZ

Posting Date: November 17, 2009 –  Closing Date: December 4, 2009

This position is responsible for developing, implementing and managing corporate sponsorships, cause marketing, licensing and/or in-kind partnerships with national corporate clients to secure and retain revenue, and budget-relieving and mission critical in-kind resources, for the Foundation’s national headquarters and local chapters. Negotiates and renews contracts, evaluates proposals & programs, creates educational & marketing collateral, and develops presentations. Bachelor’s degree in marketing or business, or a combination of relevant experience and education. Two+ years national marketing, fund-raising, sales or account management experience preferred. Candidates must possess excellent verbal and written communication, public speaking & presentation skills. Exceptional customer service skills & account management experience. Frequent travel required.

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Spring Internships

Make-A-Wish Foundation of America – Phoenix, AZ

Posting Date: November 11, 2009 –  Closing Date: December 4, 2009

Please visit our Career Center at http://jobs.wish.org to apply for one of our Spring Internships.

Instructional Design - Training and Development

Chapter Financial Support

Mission Resources

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Diana McCawley - Human Resources Make-A-Wish Foundation of America

Senior Manager, Chapter Support

Make-A-Wish Foundation of America – Phoenix, AZ

Posting Date: October 9, 2009 –  Closing Date: November 15, 2009

This position serves as part of a team that monitors the overall performance of Make-A-Wish Foundation affiliates across the country, and implements action plans to help chapters improve their performance. This position works with an assigned case load of chapters, providing support and training in the areas of chapter operations, development, wish granting, fundraising, financial management and board development. Ensures chapter adherence to national policies, and serves as a consultant to assigned chapter staff and chapter board leadership.

The candidate must possess a bachelor’s degree in related field, master’s degree preferred and five years of related work and senior level managerial or executive experience in a nonprofit environment. The candidate must also have excellent knowledge and demonstrated experience in fundraising, board development, program delivery, volunteer recruitment, training, and community development. Excellent communication, presentation, conflict-management and problem-solving skills are also required. In addition, strong presentation and negotiation skills, the ability to telework from a home office, and the ability to travel for job-related functions required approximately 50%.

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Chief Executive Officer

Make-A-Wish Foundation of North Texas – Irving, TX

Posting Date: October 27, 2009 –  Closing Date: Until filled

Headquartered at the “Wishing Place” in Irving (just outside of Dallas) the Make-A-Wish Foundation of North Texas serves 106 Texas counties through four regional offices with 20 staff and thousands of volunteers. The North Texas Chapter stretches from the Texas border with Arkansas all the way to El Paso; it is one of the largest chapters in the United States, by budget as well as the number of wishes granted. The Chapter is in solid financial shape, with mortgage debt less than $600,000 and cash and marketable investments in excess of $1 million. The Organization’s budget for FY2010 (year ending August 31, 2011) is $4.5 million.

Make-A-Wish Foundation of North Texas is governed by a 21-person Board of Directors with representatives from across the State. The Board embraces its role in fundraising as 100% of its members participate. Three North Texas Board members have been invited to join the national Board (two currently serve on the parent organization’s Board). There are regional fundraising Boards supporting the regional offices in Midland, Fort Worth and Tyler. Each year Make-A-Wish of North Texas hosts a signature fundraising event, Wish Night. The 14th annual event is scheduled for May 10, 2010, and is budgeted to net approximately $700,000 (in an earlier year this notable evening raised one million dollars).

The Organization adopted a strategic plan covering the fiscal years 2009 through 2013, and updated it earlier this year. Central to the plan is a commitment to growth involving identifying more eligible children and then granting more wishes. Currently the Chapter estimates its “market penetration” is about 45% of children in the region diagnosed with the life-threatening medical condition; the plan sets the goal of reaching 70% penetration by FY2013.

Principal responsibilities for the CEO include enterprise leadership as well as launching and building revenue generating initiatives to accelerate growth. The successful candidate will be expected to provide financial stewardship and continued strengthening of the volunteer base. North Texas MAW seeks a growth oriented ED/CEO with strong development, strategy and community relations skills, and a demonstrated passion for the mission of this exceptional brand.

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