Vice President of Development

Essential functions:

• Lead, inspire, and develop a team of fundraising professionals with direct supervision of two director level staff members. Responsible for staff recruitment, retention, setting team and individual Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), and ensuring proper investments in professional development and onboarding.
• Serve on the Senior Leadership Team. Participate in designing and leading strategic initiatives and goals through cross-departmental collaboration to enhance overall performance in accordance with PPIL’s mission. Ably represent PPIL to external constituencies, including prospects, donors, institutional funders, community partners, volunteers, and other key stakeholders.
• Manage partnership with PPFA to maximize mutual benefits of collaborative fundraising, including but not limited to: allocation of shared prospects, expenses, and division of labor; committee roles within federation to inform major and principal gifts strategy on a national level; partner on setting engagement strategies for select principal gift portfolio.
• Oversee and track board participation in campaign and annual goals to ensure alignment between high-level volunteers and program goals. Set budget and fundraising objectives, analyzing results, and taking corrective actions, as necessary.
• Provide leadership and engagement strategies to develop, onboard, and maximize board member impact with focus on the cultivation and solicitation of financial support from the private sector.  Ensure the growth and strategic vision of the high-level volunteer base to meet the organization’s current and future fiscal needs. Create robust process for training and development of high-level volunteers and members of the board.
• Manage and cultivate a portfolio of high-capacity donors, the size of which will be determined in consideration of shifting institutional priorities. Proper identification, qualification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship of prospects and donors must be in place as this position will be responsible for securing the following types of support: general operating, restricted revenue from institutions and individuals, as well as complex, multi-year campaign commitments.
• Direct or participate in negotiations for complex, high profile or sensitive agreements and ensure functional program meets commitments and is managed for ethical compliance with PPIL policies, procedures, financial standards, and legal requirements. Maintain a working knowledge of current tax laws, investment opportunities, and planned giving to maximize donor support and intent.
• Through these activities demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to PPIL core values of access, activism, care, confidentiality, diversity, excellence, integrity, respect, self-determination, and stewardship; practice these values in relations with internal and external customers.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Physical demands/Work Environment:
• 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 these essential functions.
• Ability to perform job responsibilities as needed on weekends and during evening hours. Travel within state of Illinois and to national headquarters required.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk, talk, hear and use the phone. The employee is frequently required to use hands and fingers to key in data, handle, or feel and reach. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.

Supervisor: Chief Executive Officer

Status: Full time, exempt