Assistant Vice President, Jimmy Fund

The Assistant Vice President (AVP) serves as a key leader and an active participant in developing, overseeing, executing, and measuring the Jimmy Fund’s event fundraising efforts. The AVP manages a team of 17 staff members responsible for connecting and fostering donor relationships, building visibility and impact, and raising more than $20 million annually through Dana Farber’s signature peer-to-peer programs. These events and programs include the Jimmy Fund Walk, the Dana-Farber Marathon Challenge team in the Boston Marathon, charity teams in the B.A.A. Half Marathon, Falmouth Road Race, and other races worldwide. The individual must have a successful track record in management functions such as aligning executional plans with organizational outcomes, organizing, inspiring, and evaluating. Responsible for assisting the entire Division with reaching financial goals. Reports to Vice President, Jimmy Fund.

The onboarding of this role will include a comprehensive training process which includes completion of online modules, shadowing colleagues, as well as hands-on learning experiences throughout the first calendar year in the role.

Embody Dana-Farber’s Core Values: Impact; Excellence; Compassion & Respect; Discovery; and Equity and Inclusion every day. Add value to the Dana-Farber community by seeking opportunities to collaborate across the Institute. Foster an ethical, positive, results-oriented culture founded on open communication.

This position is considered remote, 0-1 days onsite at 10 Brookline Place, Brookline, MA each week. DFCI guidelines state that employees must reside in New England: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, or Vermont.

APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS:

Resume and cover letter required with application submission. If you wish to disclose your personal pronouns, please include them within your resume and cover letter submission.

Fundraising Strategy & Plan

1. Work with the Vice President, Jimmy Fund to develop ambitious and realistic fundraising strategies and collaborate with the entire leadership team to formulate tactical plans, accountability, and measurement metrics;
2. Lead revenue opportunities including Jimmy Fund Walk, Dana-Farber Marathon Challenge, and other P2P focused initiatives and ensure appropriate resources are in place to achieve the team's goals and objectives;
3. Create and manage event budgets, maintain financial records, and oversee daily office functions;
4. Ensure ongoing program excellence, conduct program evaluation and needs analysis to maintain superior delivery;
5. Expand revenue generating and fundraising activities to support existing program operations; use external relationships, including community leaders, to garner new opportunities;
6. Collaborate with staff across the Division to identify and cultivate individual, corporate, and foundation philanthropic support; assess and solicit possible corporate and individual event underwriting.

Culture & Team Development

1. Cultivate a team culture consistent with Dana-Farber values and promotes high performance and accountability;
2. Manage, coach, mentor, and inspire a high-performing team through a period of change as we develop and transition to new frameworks, approaches, and organizational constructs, ensuring access to appropriate professional development, learning, and growth opportunities;
3. Recruit, lead, develop, and retain high-performing professional talent, creating a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment focused on development and teamwork;
4. Provide leadership in cross-departmental communication, coordination, and cohesiveness, identifying synergies and collaborative opportunities between departments and organizational functions;
5. Deliver consistently high-quality staff performance management, budgeting, financial and administrative management, operations, and other systems to achieve program goals.

Community Relationships

1. Maintain long-standing community partnerships while engaging new partners that align with the strategic growth plan;
2. Steward and cultivate relationships with Boston Athletic Association;
3. Collaborate with Jimmy Fund Walk Technical Director (consultant) on logistical needs for the event.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Oversees a team of 17, with 8 direct reports.

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree required with 15 years of experience in community engagement, strategic partnerships, fundraising, or related fields with increased leadership responsibilities.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES REQUIRED:

1. Excellent leadership, relationship, and interpersonal skills;
2. Creative, innovative, and entrepreneurial – able to bring new solutions and platforms to expand organizational impact;
3. Donor-centered and systems thinker;
4. Metric driven, demonstrated capacity for turning data into insight;
5. Strong written and verbal communications skills;
6. Must exercise significant judgment and confidentiality in working with prospects, volunteers, and Institute staff;
7. Understanding of Microsoft Office Suite, including Excel, Word, and Outlook, is essential.

PATIENT CONTACT:

No

WORKING CONDITIONS:

This position is considered remote, 0-1 days onsite at 10 Brookline Place, Brookline, MA each week. Some travel and evening and weekend work may be required. May require light lifting for event(s) set up.

DIVISION OF PHILANTHROPY INCLUSION, DIVERSITY, & EQUITY COMMITMENT STATEMENT:

We’re stronger together. In the Division of Philanthropy, we believe in the power of different voices. We encourage authenticity and diversity of every individual within our community. Our collective voices – donors, volunteers, staff, and patients alike – allow us to work together towards a world without cancer. Committed to being a place of inclusivity, belonging, and change, these are our core values.

DFCI DISCLAIMER:
The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. Requirements are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate qualified individuals with disabilities. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an “at will” employment relationship.

At Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, we work every day to create an innovative, caring, and inclusive environment where every patient, family, and staff member feels they belong. As relentless as we are in our mission to reduce the burden of cancer for all, we are equally committed to diversifying our faculty and staff. Cancer knows no boundaries and when it comes to hiring the most dedicated and diverse professionals, neither do we. If working in this kind of organization inspires you, we encourage you to apply.

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute is an equal opportunity employer and affirms the right of every qualified applicant to receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, national origin, sexual orientation, genetic information, disability, age, ancestry, military service, protected veteran status, or other characteristics protected by law.

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