The Financial Development Director will be responsible for providing the means necessary for our association to expand and grow through annual giving, government and foundation grants, endowment bequests and gifts and capital campaigns. Working directly with the CEO, the Financial Development Director will be responsible for the day to day planning, coordination, and management of all fundraising activities. Must be able to listen, lead, motivate, define, communicate, and represent our association strategic vision.
Areas of Responsibility:
- Set strategy and execute all aspects of a multifaceted, multi-year, multi-phased campaign.
- Collaborate with CEO, Branch Leadership, and volunteers to create and implement a strategic direction for the campaign.
- Coordinate campaign through its various stages – quiet, major gift, and public phase.
- Design cultivation and solicitation strategies for donors at all levels.
- Prioritize donors, conduct research, and draft communications, proposals, donor profiles, and briefing memos for prospective campaign donors.
- Manage and coach all campaigners for solicitations to comprehensive campaign.
- Lead, support and train volunteer recruitment and committees.
- Develop and execute appropriate donor acknowledgment, recognition, and stewardship methods
- Track campaign progress and donors, provide necessary updates and numerical analysis to the Board of Directors.
- Customize existing campaign materials and manage the design of new campaign materials.
- Maintain and update a comprehensive campaign timetable and benchmarks.
- Establishes and manages a comprehensive process for timely and accurate grant evaluation, quality compliance, project and program fulfillment and reporting to funders.
- Staffs and manages special events, projects and committees as necessary.
- Serves as a resource and participates as a leader/member of various staff committees and leadership groups.
- Some evening and weekend work is likely and assigned as necessary.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Educational Background:
Bachelor's degree in related field preferred or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Skills/Experience:
- Three years’ experience with fundraising or equivalent experience with complex project management.
- Must have strong interpersonal and communication skills (both verbal and writing), including the ability to make presentations; comfortable articulating ideas and concepts to others; ability to respond to questions and comments quickly.
- Successfully lead and manage projects from inception to conclusion
- Familiarity with the principles of annual capital and endowment campaigns.
- Foundation and government grant writing expertise.
- Understanding of enthusiasm for the mission of the YMCA.
- Excellent personal computer skills and experience with standard business software, including donor management software, Excel spreadsheets, and ability to create/generate reports.
- Minimum age of 21.
- Certifications: American Heart Association or American Red Cross CPR/AED, and First Aid within 15 days of hire.
- Completion of required trainings.
Physical Demands
- The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use a computer for extended periods of time and be able to communicate using a computer and phone/smart device. The employee frequently is required to sit and reach, and must be able to move around the work environment.
- The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, and the ability to adjust.
- The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
Job Function:
Organization Info
Listing Stats
Post Date:
May 12 2019
Active Until:
Jun 12 2019
Hiring Organization:
YMCA of the USA
industry:
Nonprofit