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YGS seeks a dynamic, mission-driven operational leader as its next Chief Development Officer (CDO). The CDO will serve as a member of the President/CEO’s senior leadership team providing strategic and tactical leadership in financial development to advance the Association’s mission, vision, and goals and lead the financial development center of excellence for YGS. The CDO establishes development strategies and best practices for YGS and fosters a culture of philanthropy within the organization. The CDO assists the CEO in developing an actively engaged and effective fundraising volunteer board of directors, and in positioning the YMCA as a “charity of choice” for the investment of donations throughout the greater Seattle community.
We are seeking a proven fundraiser and strategic thinker who can direct change management with ease. The CDO will be comfortable motivating, communicating, and influencing at all levels and in a multitude of environments. This executive will operate with the highest levels of integrity, honesty, and personal standards and ethics.
Areas of Responsibility:
- Partner with the senior leadership team to lead the organization into the future, through organizational design, culture, innovation, process improvement, and strong financial oversight.
- Develop and implement comprehensive, centralized Association financial development systems, practices, plans, and programs, including the Annual Campaign, foundation and corporate grants, major gift program, planned giving, and capital development, which result in the achievement of Association goals
- Ensure that philanthropy and fund development are carried out in keeping with the Y’s values, mission, and vision
- Provide leadership, vision, and direction to increase, diversify, and sustain YGS’s donor base
- Establish and maintain a best-in-class centralized grants program (Including corporate, foundation, and other grants) and robust pipeline of grant opportunities from prospecting, reporting, renewal, and compliance and grow it into a significant component of recurring unearned revenue for YGS to meet its financial objectives
- Develop and maintain a best-in-class donor engagement, stewardship, and care program to sustain existing donors
- Develop and maintain a best-in-class planned giving program and grow it into a significant component of recurring unearned revenue for YGS to meet its financial objectives
- Serve as a major gift officer and direct and oversee the major gift fundraising of the organization, ensuring the cultivation and securing major level gifts ($100,000 plus) from key community members, foundations, corporations, and other sources in support of strategic objectives; assuring outcomes are achieved and reported
- Hire, supervise, train, evaluate, and motivate development staff and others.
- Direct the management of the Association’s capital campaign, ensuring work with top level volunteers, donors, and staff which result in the achievement of the campaign goals
- Evaluate the effect of internal and external influences on the Y and its fund development, recommending short- and long-range fund development plans and programs that support our values, mission, and general objectives
- Serve as primary staff liaison to the Development and Campaign Committee and other assigned committees of the Board of Directors and other key committees facilitating optimum interaction between management and volunteers
- Develop and implement, in collaboration with the SLT, development strategies resulting in significant volunteer involvement, representative of all communities, at all levels of financial development
- Contribute to the evaluation of and adjustments to the sustainable business model from a financial development perspective
- Present to various Committees, Elected Officials, Funders, Stakeholders, Board of Directors, and the President & CEO, as requested
- Strengthen the Y’s culture by demonstrating the values of the Y - honesty, caring, respect, responsibility, and passion for excellence - in every aspect of work
- Consider donating to the annual, capital, and planned giving campaigns and inspire giving by others internally and externally
Educational Background:
Bachelor’s degree in business administration, financial development, communications, public relations, human services, or equivalent (Master’s degree preferred)
Skills/Experience:
- Minimum ten years’ experience in financial development with emphasis on major gifts, annual giving, foundation and corporate grants, capital development, planned giving, and volunteer development for the YMCA or other large non-profit organization
- Minimum ten years’ experience in successfully attracting, managing and developing a team of direct and indirect high performers
- Minimum five years working successfully on a cross-functional leadership team responsible for overall direction and achievement of organizational wide results in collaboration with a Board of Directors and board committees
- Capacity to plan for today while simultaneously preparing for the future
- Experience directly preparing and delivering materials and presentations on controversial or complex topics that influence decision-makers at high levels of foundations, government, community organizations, corporations, and across diverse communities
- Ability to relate effectively to diverse groups of people from all social and economic segments of the community; track record of building authentic, constructive relationships with others
- Proven champion of social responsibilities, diversity, and inclusion; model cultural competence and support diversity, effectively working with people of different backgrounds, abilities, opinions, and perceptions
Desired attributes:
- Deep commitment to the mission of the YMCA, its members and the communities served
- Develop Self and Others; demonstrate executive team leadership and management, teamwork and personal accountability, seeking and providing feedback, coaching, and resources for development
- Growth focus and strong work ethic; take the initiative and hold self and others accountable to meet or exceed quantitative and qualitative goals relating to operations, people (employees and members), philanthropy, finance, and volunteerism
- Facilitate change, seek opportunities in the change systems process, model adaptability, and lead transition and transformation in support of the Y’s mission
- Inspire others; promote creativity, generate excitement, and reward risk-taking, while consistently demonstrating a high level of emotional maturity, maintaining a positive attitude and building strong relationships
- Culture influencer, trust builder, pacesetter, change maker at the systems level, and community connector
- Big thinker at the systems level to drive sustainable social change
- Established reputation as a diplomatic leader who is able to transcend personal politics, engage a wide range of ideologies, and build consensus and community
- Ability to work through political barriers, build consensus, and enact change
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Listing Stats
Post Date:
Aug 30 2019
Active Until:
Sep 30 2019
Hiring Organization:
YMCA of the USA
industry:
Nonprofit