Director Of Development

Job Summary:

The Director of Development will lead the agency’s fundraising and resource development efforts by building and maintaining partnerships, donor relationships, and executing on a strategic fundraising plan.

What you will do:

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• Conduct and attend outreach meetings/events with nonprofits, for profit businesses, individuals, and service clubs.
• Maintain long-term relationships with existing agency supporters.
• Identify and build relationships with new and prospective donors.
• Attend meetings, seminars, and networking/outreach events on behalf of FOF
• Solicit major gifts and planned giving opportunities.
• Lead the Circle of Friends annual fund drive.
• Develop and implement annual fundraising plan. Including strategies and goals related to securing both immediate and long-term support. Deliver on Development Core Process
• Generate new ideas that increase revenue and donor loyalty
• Work with team to ensure the agency has healthy brand representation.
• Work with Development team on marketing strategies related to programming.
• Active member of leadership team participates in developing program planning and operational budgets.

How You Will Succeed:

• People First- Everyone matters and you regard people's well-being and success as a priority.
• Drive Change- We learn not to fear change but instead embrace it enthusiastically. It is even more important that we encourage and drive it. That keeps us in a healthy state of change readiness. Change is based around humbleness and an understanding that we can always grow and get better.
• Equity and Inclusion-Believe that diversity makes us all better and enjoy working with people of different backgrounds. Work to make every client, colleague and stakeholder feel welcome and understand that we must provide equitable opportunities for all.
• Emotional Intelligence – EQ allows us to step back and review the consequences of a decision using our emotions as a point of reference rather than as a basis for the decision. It is the ability to understand and manage your own emotions, and those of the people around you.
• Grit - Individuals high in grit can maintain their determination and motivation over long periods despite experiencing failure and adversity. Grit is having the passion, resilience, determination and focus that helps you to be optimistic, persevere and achieve any goals that you may have.
• Understand, align with and practice under the following philosophies/models: Housing First Model, Trauma-Informed Care, Client-Centered Approach, Harm Reduction, and Low-Barrier Shelter.
• Believe in our 10-year vision: Everyone has a home.
• Believe in our mission: To provide safe shelter, confidential services, and housing assistance to individuals in crisis due to homelessness, domestic violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking.
• Understand the 6 components of the Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS).

Job Qualifications and Competencies

• Must demonstrate ability to organize, prioritize and plan work to meet deadlines.
• Ensure confidentiality is in place for all people FOF serves.
• Bachelor Degree in marketing, sales, business OR combination of equivalent education and experience.
• Previous experience in the following preferred: victim services, fundraising and public speaking.
• Ability to travel throughout the FOF service area to provide in-person outreach services and to other locations within the state as necessary for training purposes.
• Ability to pass state, federal, and child abuse background checks.