The 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., with focus on Chicago and tri-state areas, as well as new locations under development. This person will be responsible for maintaining relationships with existing major donors, identifying prospects, cultivating, soliciting, 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 donors – identifying prospects and cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding existing and new major donors. (25%)
- Execute donor cultivation and solicitation strategies, make ongoing assessments about their efficacy, and modify fundraising strategies as needed, to meet revenue target. (25%)
- Develop and execute fundraising plan, incorporating exclusive cultivation activities, to expand major current and planned giving by individuals in the assigned areas. (15%)
- 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 possible management of interns or other voluntary staff. (5%)
Educational Background:
Bachelor’s degree
Skills/Experience:
- You have a minimum 7-10 years' fundraising experience
- Proven ability to build strong relationships with a variety of constituents.
- Proven ability to build strong working relationships with high net worth individuals.
- Successful track record of raising five- and six-figure gifts and planned gifts.
- 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.
- 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:
- Meaningful work, with a knowledge that you are changing the lives of children all around the world
- A family friendly work environment
- Highly collaborative and innovative teams
- Generous paid vacation days, holidays, family leave days, and sick time
- Healthcare plans including medical, dental, and life insurance
- Retirement savings account with matching company contributions
- Structured and formalized management development and coaching programs for mid and senior level managers
- Extensive e-learning opportunities on a variety of topics offered through our affiliation with several prestigious universities as well as language learning opportunities
Job Function:
Organization Info
Listing Stats
Post Date:
Feb 25 2018
Active Until:
Mar 25 2018
Hiring Organization:
Save the Children US
industry:
Nonprofit