DIRECTOR - DEVELOPMENT (MAJOR GIFT/FUNDRAISING)

Responsibilities

• Plan, implement, and manage all fundraising activities, including identifying and cultivating major donors (individuals, corporations, and foundations).
• Create and grow a pipeline for donors with an eye on major gifts. Regularly meet prospective donors, Advisory Board members, and supporters on a continual basis to foster and grow philanthropic relationships for Center for Hope.
• Work with the centralized philanthropy team on strategy around annual giving, grants, events and communications related to philanthropy.
• Work with the Senior Philanthropy Advisor to build the planned giving program with a focus on deferred gifts such as bequests expectancies.
• Direct capital and strategic campaigns and other major fundraising programs.
• Mobilize volunteer leadership and Advisory Board participation in all fundraising activities.
• Attend and/or staff Nominating & Governance, Executive Committees, and Advisory Board meetings.
• Establish, in collaboration with the AVP, Philanthropy and the VP of Violence Prevention and Intervention, program goals and objectives, including funding priorities.
• Recommend annually a philanthropy budget to support program activities and services.
• Monitor and manage program expenditures in line with the approved budget.

Qualifications and Requirements

• Bachelor's degree with human services background or equivalent.
• Significant development experience (minimum 5 years) raising major gifts from high-level individual donors, corporations, and foundations.
• Experience and ability in motivating and mobilizing volunteers, staff and Board.
• Strong organizational, administration, interpersonal communication skills, detail and “big picture” orientated.
• Proven management expertise, strong written and verbal communication and organizational skills.
• Creative, energetic, results-oriented, assertive, people-oriented.
• Strong word processing skills and data management experience with Raiser’s Edge (or similar CRM software system), Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint.
• Solid writing, editing and presentation ability.
• Professional demeanor, flexible and able to respond to multiple demands.
• Able and willing to take responsibility.
• Strong attention to detail, organizational and time management skills.
• Demonstrated ability to motivate and manage volunteers and donors.
• Strong customer-service orientation.