Director of Philanthropy

Description

 

**To be considered for the position you must complete our job application directly through our website: https://wnpa.org/join-our-team/.

 

Job: Full-Time Director of Philanthropy in Tucson, Arizona. HYBRID – preference given to qualified local candidates in the Tucson Metro area. 

 

Are you a Philanthropic leader looking for a gratifying next step in your career? Western National Parks Association (WNPA), a nonprofit partner of the National Park Service (NPS), home-based in Tucson, Arizona is seeking a Full-Time, Director of Philanthropy who will lead, organize, and execute fundraising and community outreach strategies to further develop and strengthen the current donor and support base and raise funding for WNPA’s 71 partnering national park sites in 12 western states.

 

WNPA is seeking a creative, collaborative, passionate, and hands-on leader who will lead and support the Partner Services and Philanthropy team. The Director of Philanthropy will be responsible for building WNPA’s philanthropic impact, cultivating donors and funding from various sources, growing the current membership program, and raising WNPA’s visibility locally, regionally, and nationally. If you love: stewarding internal and external relationships; leading, mentoring, and empowering a team; and believe in working for an organization with a social purpose, this job opportunity is for you!

 

Apply Now: Director of Philanthropy

 

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Manage WNPA’s fundraising program and develop long and short-range development plans to increase philanthropic impact.
• Create and execute fundraising and major donor cultivation campaigns and strategies, collaborating with external resources as appropriate.
• Develop objectives, goals, measurements, and expected outcomes for campaigns, communications, and engagement activities.
• Formulate an overall plan and direction for philanthropic activities with an associated work plan detailing short and long-term goals, specific action steps, and deliverables.
• Collaborate with the leadership team, marketing team and external agencies to develop the fundraising case statement(s) and individual campaign strategies.
• Develop legacy and recurring gift programs.
• Manage wealth screening and analytics. 
• Design, plan, manage, and evaluate special events to achieve fund development goals. 
• Collaborate with the marketing team on creative requests, digital plans, and assets.
• Research grant availability, collect data, write grant applications, using additional resources as appropriate, and fulfill grant reporting requirements.
• Cultivate and network with appropriate private, public, and nonprofit leaders to raise visibility, build/maintain relationships that serve to meet fundraising goals.
• Serve as the liaison with the WNPA board to support their fundraising and committee work.
• Actively promote WNPA with key donors and businesses at community events.
• Attend local WNPA programming to cultivate and nurture current and future donors.
• Oversee fundraising database to track donations and related information. Oversee and ensure the confidentiality of donor and management information.
• Integrate development program objectives and activities with other WNPA objectives and activities to ensure consistent messaging and strategic deployment of resources.
• Leverage data to evaluate the efficiency of initiatives and approaches.  Use that information to drive decisions and revise strategies.
• Responsible for drafting, implementing, and overseeing the department’s operating budget, including revenue and expenses.
• Recommend approaches and support best practices in fundraising.
• Define, achieve, and analyze annual and multi-year giving goals,  prepare and present fundraising reports to leadership team and WNPA Board
• Other duties as assigned.

 

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

Physical demands for this role are administrative in nature. With occasional work performed outdoors under natural conditions. For a specific list of physical demands, please contact Human Resources at HR@wnpa.org.

 

TRAVEL

Occasional travel is required for board meetings, conferences, and visits to partner parks. Remote positions will require frequent travel to the home office based in Tucson, Arizona. Occasional In and out-of-state travel including multi-day and overnight trips to remote locations.

 

Qualifications, Experience, and Benefits

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor’s degree in business, communications or related field, or equivalent combination of education and work experience
• Minimum of seven years of development experience with a nonprofit organization. 
• Certified Fund Raising Executive preferred.
• Expert knowledge of current and evolving trends in philanthropy, major gift giving and solicitation, and fundraising campaigns.
• Illustrated credibility necessary to influence and tactfully manage relationships with internal and external constituencies. Demonstrated success in achieving annual monetary goals and development activity benchmarks.
• Successful experience in developing cultivation and solicitation strategies for a portfolio of donors and prospects.
• Experience in gaining access to and establishing connections with national businesses, foundations, and industry leaders and philanthropists.
• Proven successful track record raising funds and managing projects. 
• Outstanding oral and written communication, and interpersonal skills in performing all aspects of the job.
• Exceptional creative problem-solving skills.
• Embraces and demonstrates a commitment to justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion.
• Passion for WNPA’s vision, mission, and commitment to public lands.
• Ability to represent WNPA clearly and professionally through excellent written and oral communication, public speaking, diplomacy, and interpersonal skills.
• Practices emotional intelligence and is comfortable with healthy conflict.
• Strong leadership and management skills, particularly in gaining consensus with different experience levels and personality types while inspiring staff via mentoring, development, and empowerment.
• Ability to manage, work, and network collaboratively across functions, departments, board members, and the National Park Service.
• Ability to extract and analyze data to make effective, efficient decisions about donor strategy and process.
• Knowledge of various computer programs, including CRM software, databases, video conferencing software, Adobe Suite, project management, and Microsoft Office suite including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, and Outlook.
• Proficient in fundraising Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software, donor/prospect research software, and management and reporting tools.

 

 

WHAT WE CAN DO FOR YOU

We are committed to providing you with an outstanding employee benefits package and support. As a full-time employee, you will be eligible for:

• Choice of 3 premium subsidized PPO Medical plans with built-in HSA or HRA, PPO Dental, Vision, Flex Medical Savings Plan, Dependent Care Savings Plan, Optional Voluntary Term Life, and a 403(b) retirement plan with a ROTH option, with a fully vested 100% match up to 8.33% of income after 6 months of service.
• Company Paid Benefits include: Short- & Long-Term Disability, a $50,000 Employee Group Life policy, EAP, and Health & Wellness resources.
• Eleven paid holidays, additional paid floating holiday, accrued paid vacation, and sick time.
• Employee Appreciation: 15% Discount on employee purchases in-store.
• Employee Referral Bonuses

 

 

 (This job description is not an exclusive or exhaustive list of all job functions that an employee in this position may be asked to perform from time to time.)

 

Western National Parks Association is an equal-opportunity employer that is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace.  We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristics as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.  WNPA makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.