The Campaign Director will be responsible for the day-to-day planning, coordination, and management of the One Valley Comprehensive Campaign. The Campaign Director helps set strategy as well as executes all aspects of a multi-faceted, multi-year, multi-phased campaign. The role entails working collaboratively with members of the Financial Development staff, volunteers in various campaign committees, and senior administrative staff (e.g. CEO and CDO).
Areas of Responsibility:
- Collaborate with the CDO, CEO, and volunteer campaign leadership to continue to create and implement a strategic direction for the campaign.
- Coordinate the campaign through its various stages – quiet, major gift, and public phase.
- In collaboration with the CDO, design cultivation and solicitation strategies for donors at all levels. Organize and update the pipeline of individual campaign prospects.
- Prioritize donors, conduct research, and draft communications, proposals, donor profiles and briefing memos for prospective campaign donors.
- Manage and coach CEO, CDO, and volunteer campaigners for solicitations to comprehensive campaign.
- Support the volunteer committees by:
- Assisting in campaign volunteer recruitment,
- Designing strategy and developing materials and talking points for all committee meetings,
- Running and conducting follow-up for committee meetings, and
- Training volunteers for solicitations.
- Develop appropriate donor acknowledgment, recognition and stewardship methods, and ensure proper execution.
- Assist in strategizing and implementing campaign cultivation and recognition events.
- Track campaign progress and donor moves management in the Y’s software system, Personify, providing necessary campaign updates and numerical analysis to various stakeholders (e.g. Board of Directors).
- Continue to build a suite of relevant campaign reports, as necessary.
- Customize existing campaign related materials (brochures, pamphlets, external communications, update case statement as needed, etc.) and manage the design of new campaign materials as needed.
- Develop, maintain and update the campaign budget.
- Maintain and update a comprehensive campaign timetable and benchmarks.
- Some evening and weekend work is likely and assigned as necessary.
- Other duties as assigned by the Chief Development Officer.
Educational Background:
Bachelor's degree in related field preferred or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Skills/Experience:
- Three years of fundraising experience or equivalent experience with complex project management.
- Must have strong interpersonal and communications 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 a capital campaign and philanthropy.
- Understanding of and 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.
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Organization Info
Listing Stats
Post Date:
Apr 24 2019
Active Until:
May 24 2019
Hiring Organization:
YMCA of the USA
industry:
Nonprofit