The Associate Director, Individual Philanthropy, will possess frontline fundraising experience and be an integral member of the Major Gifts development team. This position is responsible for building and maintaining a strong base of major gift support from individuals across the U.S.. This person will be responsible for maintaining relationships with existing major donors, identifying prospects, cultivating, soliciting and stewarding both new and existing donors for annual support, planned giving, and towards Save the Children’s $100 million, 3-year Centennial Campaign. This position is located in Fairfield, CT.
Areas of Responsibility:
- Initiate, deepen and maintain strong relationships with portfolio of donors (the majority of which are based in the tri-state area) – identifying prospects and cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding existing and new major donors. (30%)
- Execute donor cultivation and solicitation strategies, make ongoing assessments about their efficacy, and modify fundraising strategies as needed, to meet revenue targets. (25%)
- Prepare strategy, briefing and debriefing materials for face-to-face meetings with donors. (10%)
- Establish and maintain strategic relationships with colleagues in Resource Development, program staff in both U.S. Programs and International Programs, and members of other departments at Save the Children. (10%)
- Maintain accurate and up-to-date donor records in the fundraising database and track progress using major gifts’ custom reports. (10%)
- Perform other duties as related or assigned, including special projects and management of interns or other voluntary staff. (8%)
- Promote, assist in the planning of, and attend donor events and trips to the field. (7%)
Educational Background:
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent relevant experience
Skills/Experience:
- Minimum 5-7 years' experience in client interfacing role (donor meetings, emails, phone, etc.) with at least 2 years of the experience in fundraising
- Proven ability to build relationships with high net worth individuals.
- Strong creative thinking capability to develop engagement strategies with maximum impact.
- Exceptional listener with ability to understand the needs and motivations of others, find common ground and synthesize information into compelling narratives.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively.
- Flexibility to travel required (should be limited).
- Professional presentation and demeanor that inspires confidence in high net worth prospects, donors and Save the Children Trustees.
- Detail orientation and strategic point of view.
- Exceptional strategic thinking and problem solving skills.
- Strong organizational skills and discipline in stewarding donor information and database records.
- Adherence to the highest ethical standards.
Compensation/Benefits:
- Aetna Medical and Dental insurance with a concierge service
- Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account
- Vision Insurance
- Life insurance
- Employee Assistance Program
- Commuter Benefit Program
- Vacation and Sick leave
- Paid holidays
What makes us special!
- Generous Retirement Savings with matching company contributions of up to 8%
- Family Leave – 10 additional days of paid time off for you to use to care for your family members
- Additional Maternity and Paternity Leave – 30 days where parents can take additional paid leave (beyond short-term disability and FMLA) at the birth or adoption of a child during that critical first year!
- Critical Child Illness Leave – We hope you never have to use it, but we will provide an additional 30 days of paid leave per year should your dependent child be faced with a critical illness.
- Pet Insurance, Critical Illness Insurance, Identity Protection, Home, Auto and additional Life insurances
- Summer Fun Fridays – During the summer months, early release at 1:30 pm every other Friday!
- Volunteer Day – One paid day a year to support the causes that matter to you!
- Ergonomic Options – Every employee at our HQ offices has the option of a sitting/standing desk
- Leadership and Employee Development Training, including:
- Our remarkable in-house CORE, Senior Management Development, and Leadership Development Programs
- Language learning opportunities
- Continuous Improvement skill development programs
- Brown Bag information sharing sessions
- Work hard/Play hard! We make sure there’s ample opportunity for fun, engagement, and celebration while you work, such as networking events, March Madness, World Cup, Dodgeball Tournaments, Take Your Child to Work Day, Founder’s Day, and our annual Day of Service
Job Function:
Organization Info
Listing Stats
Post Date:
Apr 6 2019
Active Until:
May 6 2019
Hiring Organization:
Save the Children US
industry:
Nonprofit