Lions Clubs International Foundation (LCIF) is the charitable arm of Lions Clubs International, the world's largest service club organization. Serving more than 1.4 million Lions, working with 47,000 clubs in 200-plus countries globally, LCIF has funded humanitarian service to build a more promising future for citizens of the world.
Since 1968, LCIF has awarded more than $1 billion in grants, helping combat vision problems, provide valuable life skills to youth, respond to major catastrophes, and build programs to address the needs of at-risk and vulnerable populations. LCIF is also working to reduce the prevalence of diabetes and improve the quality of life for those living with the disease. In addition, the foundation is expanding its global causes to include childhood cancer, hunger and the environment while raising funds to empower even more service from Lions.
As the challenges facing our world increase, so must our capacity to combat them. To build a future of delivering even greater service, LCIF has embarked on our most ambitious fundraising effort to date, Campaign 100, empowering Lions to serve hundreds of millions more people by:
- Increasing service impact
- Fighting diabetes; and
- Expanding global causes
These are not things that any one Lion, club or district can do alone. But together, we can. We are currently looking for a Regional Development Coordinatortojoin our team and rise to the challenge of empowering service.
Position Highlights:
Supports all aspects of fundraising and volunteer management, including administrative duties; scheduling of meetings, trainings, travel, events; preparing solicitation materials, speeches, and presentations; supporting department staff in assigned area.
What You'll Do:
- Research trends in giving, both internally and sector-wide, relevant causes and issues, recommends appropriate course(s) of action, and supports volunteer team of LCIF leaders and coordinators.
- Serves as primary dispatcher of LCIF development calls and email relating to member inquiries, recognition, and donations in assigned area.
- Responsible for supporting development specialist and mangers in revenue generation and goal achievement within assigned area.
- Produces and drafts proposals, resources, and other written materials for LCIF such as: speeches, Power-Point presentations, and seminar and training materials for Lion volunteers.
- Maintains detailed records of all donor contacts, current and historical.
- Ensures donor data is accurate and up to date; assists in compiling new data for cultivation purposes.
- Assists in planning and coordination of LCIF volunteer meetings, training seminars, etc.
- Coordinates efforts with other departments on cross-functional projects.
- Provides input to supervisor and assists in implementing department plans and goals.
- Prepares and/or reviews reports, which communicate and evaluate department information.
- Works with Travel and Convention departments to organize and coordinate meetings and training events.
- Supports preparation for meetings with leadership including Board of Trustee meetings, Executive Committee meetings, Campaign Leadership meetings, and regional leadership meetings; support includes presentation creation, data gathering, and report generation.
- Works with specialists and managers to maintain and build donor pipeline and supports the management of portfolio of prospects in assigned area(s).
- Duties and Responsibilities
We're Looking for Someone With:
- BS or BA from a four-year college or university or equivalent combination of education and experience
- Minimum of 1 to 3 years of fundraising experience
- Experience working in an international or multi-national non-profit environment preferred.
- Domestic or international travel may be required up to 10% of time.
Why You'll Love Working Here:
Lions Clubs International has excellent benefits for you and your family. We believe in a balanced work-life and have programs and benefit plans to support our employees, such as:
- Three weeks paid time off plus time off for volunteering.
- Flexible and hybrid work schedules
- Comprehensive medical, dental, vision and life insurance plans
- Flex spending accounts for medical and dependent care
- 401K with employer match
- Reimbursable training
- Casual dress
Diversity, equity, and inclusion are at the core of who we are. Diverse and inclusive teams have a positive impact on the work we do, and we know that having varied perspectives helps generate innovative ideas to solve complex problems in an ever-changing world.
Lions Clubs International Is an Equal Opportunity Employer