The Vice President of Mission Advancement serves as the primary donor relationship manager for the organization and is a member of the UWSJC senior leadership team. This position reports directly to the President and provides direct supervision to the members of the Mission Advancement team. The VP is responsible for identifying, shaping, and implementing comprehensive resource development strategies for UWSJC. This will require: knowledge of customer and donor relationship practices; communicating organizational community impact objectives to donors and donor prospects; clear understanding of marketing and messaging strategies; and working collaboratively with all staff and volunteers. The VP will develop an external presence within the business and non-profit community in St. Joseph County and is responsible for developing a team (both paid staff and volunteers) to support financial development and personal relationship objectives in order to grow the financial resources for UWSJC. The VP is responsible for overall market analysis, trend analysis, strategy development, and implementation. The VP is the staff leader for resource development and provides primary staff support to the annual Campaign Chair and Campaign Cabinet.
- Develop a culture to further best practices in fundraising including the development and implementation of plans to build a donor pipeline that grows the financial capacity of UWSJC to achieve it mission and vision.
- Work with the President to formulate development goals to increase overall financial support for UWSJC.
- Build meaningful relationships with community members, volunteers, and staff to collaborate on work that will have a positive impact.
- 5 years or more successful experience preferably in sales/marketing/fundraising, with demonstrable progression in levels of responsibility and achievement.
- Demonstrated ability to analyze, interpret and prepare data for internal and external use.
- Personal integrity that aligns with our internal culture, our key customers, and the United Way network.
WORK ENVIRONMENT
- The candidate should be able to show the ability to work in a fast-paced, sometimes stressful environment with a high adaptability to change.
- Ability to work around loud noises.
- Ability to help deliver materials to companies/agencies.
- Ability to attend United Way events during evenings and weekends.
- Ability to clean and maintain a clean desk and common work areas.
OTHER DUTIES
- Position requires a current driver’s license and insured vehicle
- Frequent local travel, speaking to groups, and office environments
- Hard worker, ethical, detail oriented, organized team player traits
- Goal driven with demonstrated ability to work independently and achieve results