Director of Development

Resource Development Director

Strengthen organizational capacity to achieve the Club's mission through the planning and execution of resource development strategies, maintaining and expanding relationships with individual donors and corporate partners, increasing awareness of the Club's mission and impact, and monitoring progress against goals. Working closely with the Assistant Executive Director, CEO and Board of Directors to cultivate and solicit contributions through individuals, corporations, foundations, and government agencies. Assists and supports Club public relations and marketing efforts.

Key roles include:

• Developing and executing a comprehensive resource development plan to bring in revenue from individual donors, corporations, foundations, government, events, and planned gifts.
• Working with the Assistant Executive Director and CEO in the annual budget development and implementing strategies to meet and exceed budget goals, with an emphasis on individuals giving.
• Designing a program to identify, cultivate, and solicit major individual, corporate and foundation prospects.
• Developing and communicating a compelling Case for Support, Club Impact reports, and other donor engagement pieces to drive Club support.
• Coordinating appeal letters, thank you letters and Club information correspondence to donors and supporters.
• Coordinating and supervising Club fundraising events.
• Writing grant proposals for foundation and corporate support, and managing grant portfolio to ensure timely submittal of grant applications, reports, and cultivation/engagement/recognition of corporate and foundation donors.
• Managing donor database to track fundraising income, compile reports, and utilize for cultivation, solicitation, and recognition of donors.
• Managing stewardship plan including donor recognition strategies and events.
• Ensuring consistent and meaningful RD Committee Meetings.

Internal relationships include maintaining close contact with the Assistant Executive Director, CEO, Board of Directors, Advisory Committee members, fundraising volunteers, Club staff, and Club members. External relationships involve creating and maintaining relationships with current and potential donors, corporations and businesses in the community, and professional and community groups.

Skills and knowledge required include five plus years of resource and business development experience in areas of donor relations, major gift solicitations, grant writing, capital and major gift campaigns, community engagement and marketing expertise, proven ability to raise substantial sums of money and meeting financial targets, demonstrated ability to manage budgets and control fundraising expenses, willingness to be part of a team, excellent written, verbal, and technological communication skills, excellent organizational skills, budgeting and computer skills, including knowledge of database operations and spreadsheet software.

Physical requirements include frequently walking, sitting, and standing; talking or hearing; using hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; and reaching with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; and may be infrequently required to run. The employee must lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required include close vision, color vision, and the ability to adjust focus. Hand-eye coordination is necessary to perform certain duties. The noise level in the work environment can range from quiet to moderate in office settings to moderate and usually loud in recreation and play settings when children are present.