Under the direction of Senior Vice President/Chief Marketing and Development Officer and in cooperation with other YMCA Staff, the Director of Annual Giving & Major Gifts will conceive, plan and implement the annual giving campaign, stewardship, major gift and endowment strategies for 6-8 branches of the YMCA of Northwest North Carolina.
Areas of Responsibility:
- Develop, coordinate, implement and provide operational oversight of the annual giving campaign for 6-8 of the Y’s branches
- Provide ongoing support for annual branch campaigns, but is not limited to: monitoring progress, addressing challenges, evaluating successes, training volunteers, and cultivation of donors
- Ensure that all annual and major gift prospects are appropriately identified, cultivated, solicited, acknowledged and stewarded
- Develops case for major philanthropic support to assure a clear, consistent message is articulated to donors and volunteers
- Builds relationships, seeks new donors through prospecting using a variety of sources and maintains ongoing relationships with existing donors
- Grow and manage a portfolio of high profile donors on either the association or branch level
- Develop and present funding proposals for foundations, individual major gift supporters and other major funding sources
- Oversight of association wide fundraising events, as needed
- Assist in capital, major gift and endowment events, as needed
- Provide leadership to the branch Engagement Directors-Development team
- Coordination of Raiser’s Edge NXT and/or other data donor-based software
- Meet or exceed annual campaign and major gift goals as determined and communicated by the CMDO
- Attends branch leadership meetings to ensure philanthropic goals and strategies are being implemented
- Responsible to make a minimum of 4 major gift calls each month
Educational Background:
Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience
Skills/Experience:
- Five years of demonstrated experience in sales, marketing, and/or fund raising experience to include major gifts, with preference given to fund-raising experience
- Demonstrated project coordination/management experience
- Experience with Raisers Edge NXT Software is preferred
- Must have excellent organizational, analytical, decision-making, and problem-solving skills
- Must have a high level of attention to detail
- Demonstrated ability to manage time and stress
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Deep understanding of, commitment to, and ability to communicate the YMCA mission
- Competency in Microsoft Office Suite required
- Excellent written and verbal communications
Compensation/Benefits:
Salary: $48,000.00 - $68,000.00
Job Function:
Organization Info
Listing Stats
Post Date:
Jan 22 2018
Active Until:
Feb 22 2018
Hiring Organization:
YMCA of the USA
industry:
Nonprofit