ROLE TITLE: Senior Managing Director, Development (Southern California)
POSITION REPORTS TO: Vice President, Field Fundraising
APPLICATION DEADLINE: The priority deadline is September 27, 2024.
LOCATION: Southern California
What You’ll Do
All prospect & donor management roles on Field Fundraising teams are responsible for cultivating, stewarding, and managing a portfolio of donors in our local communities who share our commitment to ensuring that all children have access to an equitable and excellent education. As a member of the Field Fundraising team, you will be a part of a team-based effort charged with developing and executing on a long-term vision and strategy to achieve our development goals for both public and private funding. In your role, you will partner with Executive Directors, regional advisory board members, and other front-line fundraisers to maximize giving, playing a key role in new donor strategy and acquisition over the next 3-5 years.
Reporting to the Vice President, Field Fundraising, you will be charged with raising $5-10 million or more from a complex portfolio of some of our highest-potential donors from various funding streams who have the capacity and/or typically give $100,000 or more annually. You will either be the primary solicitor or will work directly with the Executive Director(s) to cultivate these donors. We are looking for a seasoned, senior level development professional who can autonomously develop the long-term strategy to acquire, cultivate, retain, and diversify our local funding bases. As a subject-matter expert in fundraising and development (and depending on the size and scope of your portfolio), you will also either mentor or manage other development staff members, providing guidance and problem solving support as well as building proactive and reactive learning opportunities in partnership with the VP, Field Fundraising.
What You’ll Be Responsible For
• Build a comprehensive, multi-year vision and plan for cultivating complex, high giving potential donors in local contexts with the goal of maximizing revenue to the organization as a whole (20%)
• Directly manage, cultivate, steward, and solicit (when appropriate) a portfolio of high-potential donors across a variety of funding streams (40%)
• Work in close partnership with the local Executive Director(s) to build the long-term strategy, develop and maintain a keen understanding of the political landscape and its relationship to public and private donors and funding opportunities, and build and maintain critical relationships in the public and private sphere necessary to advance fundraising efforts, including local advisory board members (20%)
• Depending on the size and scope of your portfolio, EITHER mentor other development staff members, providing knowledge, problem solving support, and advising in both formal and informal ways OR manage a team of 2+ development staff members, holding accountability for their individual fundraising in addition to the goals for the portfolio you manage (10%)
• Consistently maintain donor, prospect, and fundraising activity information in our customer relationship management system (currently SalesForce) and leverage this information in tracking progress, monitoring gaps, and adjusting strategy and approach (5%)
• Steward team and organizational initiatives (5%)
Your Experience
Your areas of knowledge and expertise that matter most for this role (minimum qualifications):
• Relationship Building and Management
• Exceptional relationship builder, particularly with external stakeholders
• Orientation and desire to seek out and develop new relationships and partnerships
• Experience cultivating executive level donors and partners
• Influence others by uniquely tailoring approaches that appeal to the motivations and perspectives and executing sophisticated relationship management of a diverse group of donors
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, particularly when working with external audiences
• Fundraising and Development Strategy
• Subject matter expert in advanced development practices and the art and science of fundraising
• Comprehensive experience and success working with high-potential donors across a variety of streams (individual, corporate, foundation, public)
• Adept at building multi-year cultivation and stewardship plans that maintain exceptional donor retention and build pathways to diversifying pipelines and securing new donors
• Understands current trends in philanthropy at both a local and national level and leverages up-to-date information and/or best practices
• Portfolio Management
• Ability to autonomously steward a complex portfolio of donors and prospects at various stages of the donor life cycle towards successful closing of gifts
• Monitor progress across the portfolio to ensure continuous donor stewardship
• When appropriate, serve as the primary relationship holder and/or primary solicitor for opportunities and donors
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Location: United States
Posted: Sept. 18, 2024, 9:47 a.m.
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