Description

The Director of Development will be the primary person in charge of leading the fundraising plans and initiatives for the Executive Director. He/She is responsible for developing, implementing and maintaining an integrated, strategic fundraising plan to broaden awareness of the mission and activity of the organization as well as to strengthen the organization's mission across key stakeholder audiences.

Requirements

General Responsibilities:

• Actively participates in major gift solicitation. Build strong donor relationships through cultivation and stewardship with individual, businesses, and foundation donors.
• Oversees entire communication strategy, including advertising, event marketing, partner relations, direct mail campaigns, website and online management, social media messaging and public relations/media.
• Delivers and presents impact reports and KPIs for the Executive Director and Board of Trustees
• Responsible for CRM management, accuracy and utilization of technology
• Responsible for department budget and ensuring success in goals and objectives
• Assumes responsibilities for annual plans, budgets, reports, and evaluations and oversight of gift tracking systems; prepares annual development plan to corresponding budget outlining revenue and expenses; monitors progress against goals and produces monthly executive level reports.
• Direct successful fundraising events and ensure new prospects from event participation are identified and cultivated
• Prepare and submit grant applications and manage recurring grants and retention by ensuring timely impact reporting to all funders.
• Manages and helps develop new income initiatives

Strategic Plan Management:

• Responsible for developing three-year strategic fundraising plan that includes income diversification
• Set annual goals for all aspects of the Annual Fund, including the Annual Giving Campaign, Development Events, and Private Events
• Develop and implement a comprehensive, written, annual fund development plan.
• Direct annual fund cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship activities.
• Produces reports evaluating annual fund strategies and progress on a regular basis
• Project and manage annual fund expenses
• Plan and direct capital campaign initiatives