Senior Development Director

Responsibilities

• Drive peer-to-peer fundraising to achieve overall revenue goals.
• Secure financial contributions by conducting exploratory meetings and revenue generation-focused sales calls.
• Affordably document scheduled appointments and results.
• Volunteer recruitment, engagement, and recognition:
  • Recruit volunteers to participate in peer-to-peer fundraising campaigns.
  • Ensure high-level volunteers are recruited and provided effective orientation, training and development.
• Build powerful partnerships externally and internally.
• Identify and network with key donors and volunteers.
• Work collaboratively with volunteers and donors as well as internal staff to broaden the volunteer network and increase mission impact and campaign income.
• Cultivate donors to increase engagement and giving.
• Cookinate local donor cultivation events and prospect high-impact donors and volunteers.
• Handle event logistics.

Qualifications

• 5 years of relevant experience in fundraising, sales, or other related experience.
• University/College degree or equivalent experience.
• Proven verbal and written communication skills, including large and small group presentations, group facilitation, and training.
• Skill in written communications to include clear and concise narrative reports, evaluations, and similar narrative pieces.
• Skill in use of spreadsheet/database analysis.
• Ability to read, comprehend and analyze number goals, as well as fundraising reports.
• Ability to do daily local travel up to 75%; requires access to reliable transportation at all times on an immediate basis.
• Must have at least basic knowledge and skill with Microsoft Office.
• Ability to lift and/or move large objects (such as boxes) with the expectation that heavier items would be broken down into smaller components or requesting additional assistance may be required before lifting and/or moving.