The Vice President of Resource Development and Marketing reports to the President & CEO and is responsible for providing strong, innovative and collaborative leadership in developing and maintaining financial resources, including the workplace campaign and specific development programs. This person also serves as the lead staff for strategic volunteer committees and external communications.
Areas of Responsibility:
Resource Development:
- Direct volunteer leadership, cultivation, recruitment, and training, especially in working with Campaign and Marketing Committees.
- Establish policies, procedures, direction and strategies of the total Campaign effort.
- Leads efforts to substantially grow individual leadership level giving both inside and outside the workplace. Take personal ownership of relationship with certain key individual leadership donors and support CEO and key volunteers as they provide primary relationship with other key leadership givers. Develop and mentor staff members assigned other key leadership giver relationships.
- Develop, update and monitor diversified strategic plan to sustain and increase revenue from the following areas: workforce giving, corporate gifts, local foundations, individual contributions, major gifts, grants, planned gifts, affinity groups and events.
- Lead efforts to understand, evaluate and reduce donor churn, with a particular focus on lapsed leadership level givers.
- Manage the organization and preparation of reports and other material designed to interpret and recommend campaign programs and procedures to volunteers and staff.
- Analyze markets to identify areas of opportunity and community potential.
- Represent United Way of the Capital Area at various community events and national United Way meetings and as required, speaks on behalf of the organization.
- Coordinate special events and specific fundraising efforts, which provide United Way of the Capital Area with increased visibility in the community.
- Identify, capitalize and execute appropriate grant opportunities.
- Collaborate with the Community Impact team to integrate programmatic opportunities for funding.
- Assist with the completion of special assignments and projects as assigned.
Marketing:
- Maintain updated annual database of donors for regular communication.
- Direct a marketing program which includes market research design and implementation of a short-term and a long-term marketing plan.
- Direct planning and coordination of general and specific communications programs and develop a year-round communications plan.
- Direct the communications strategies for a community-wide fundraising program, including development and implementation of strategies and goals for identifying, soliciting and cultivate long-term relationships with United Way of the Capital Area’s stakeholders.
- Coordinate development of print, audio/visual, and online materials.
- Coordinate special events and specific fundraising efforts which provide United Way of the Capital Area with increased visibility in the community.
Educational Background:
The ideal candidate will at minimum possess a Bachelor’s degree in business, marketing, communications, nonprofit management, or similar field and at least seven years of fundraising or sales management experience.
Skills/Experience:
Other preferred qualifications include:
- Experience working in a non-profit environment.
- Proven ability to effectively evaluate, analyze and interpret fundraising data and information to advance all development activities.
- Excellent oral and written communications skills.
- Background in grant research and writing.
- Strong time/project management and people skills.
- Basic understanding of a personal computer and related application software, such as Word & Microsoft Excel, as well as knowledge of PC networks and related software.
- A valid driver’s license, proof of auto insurance coverage and daily access to a personal vehicle, as this position requires extensive local travel.
In addition, all United Way employees are expected to promote teamwork and an atmosphere that honors diversity, inclusion, mutual support, and collaboration.
Compensation/Benefits:
Salary: $61,000 to $70,000 per year
Job Function:
Organization Info
Listing Stats
Post Date:
Aug 23 2018
Active Until:
Sep 23 2018
Hiring Organization:
United Way Worldwide
industry:
Nonprofit