Director of Development

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Major Giving:
  • Develops, implements, manages annual fundraising strategies.
  • Cultivate and solicit strategies for qualified major and planned gift prospects.
  • Builds membership of Signature Leaders Society.
  • Supports Vice President of Development, CEO and other UCAN Leadership.
  • Solicit and close major gifts of $25,000 and above.
• Donor Relations:
  • Oversees gift administration/acknowledgements and revenue reconciliation.
  • Manages all aspects of UCAN’s ongoing donor communications strategy.
  • Creates and implements a matching gift solicitation strategy.
  • Provides a prompt response to all donor inquiries.
  • Manages UCAN’s Resource Development Committee.
  • Develops innovative strategies to improve donor retention and grow donor base.
• Communications:
  • Creates and implements a comprehensive branding and communications strategy.
  • Manages the design and content for UCAN’s website and printed materials.
  • Manages direct mail campaigns and oversees strategy for UCAN’s E-Newsletters.
  • Presents the UCAN brand guidelines and communications strategy at New Employee Orientation.
  • Works with UCAN’s designer to write and create collateral for events and programmatic needs.
• Event Management & Administration:
  • Plans and executes small and moderate-sized agency events.
  • Manages and executes all aspects of planning for UCAN’s flagship “UCAN Leadership Awards” gala.
  • Manages and/or assists with planning, marketing and execution of other major development events.

Developing and Leading Employees

• Orients and trains new employees.
• Sets and evaluates clear and collaborative individual performance goals.
• Encourages employee development through training, challenging work, and delegation.
• Provides critical feedback and recognizes and rewards employee performance.
• Completes meaningful Annual Performance Reviews.

Professionalism and Work Conduct

• Behaves with integrity, demonstrates high ethical standards, and displays a positive image of UCAN.
• Demonstrates accountability for results and keeps commitment to others.
• Reports to work, meetings, training, and job related activities prepared and as scheduled.
• Accepts feedback and ideas from others and is constructive when giving feedback.

Work Environment

• This position requires local travel to various UCAN worksites and community meetings.
• May have some direct contact with clients.
• Requires work on weekends and evenings.

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Voluntary Life Insurance
• Voluntary Short-Term Disability
• Voluntary Critical Illness Insurance
• Voluntary Accident Coverage
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
• Health Savings Accounts (HSA)
• Retail Plan (401k)
• Tuition Reimbursement

Equal Opportunity Employer

UCAN is an equal opportunity employer and strongly encourages candidates with lived experience and diverse backgrounds to apply.