Vice President Of Advancement

Brightpoint (formerly known as Children’s Home & Aid) invites you to join our team of mission-driven staff who share a common vision: an equitable world where all children and families thrive in strong communities. As a leader in the human services sector for 140 years, we aim to advance the well-being of children by investing in families and strengthening communities through data-informed, collaborative, and preventative solutions. 

The Vice President of Advancement leads the implementation of an integrated resource development and advancement strategy to build the organization's financial resources, visibility, and reputational impact. This individual is responsible for raising private and public dollars in support of Brightpoint’s annual operating budget and strategic funding priorities; directing volunteer engagement; and managing donor communication and marketing. The Vice President reports to the Chief Advancement Officer (CAO) and works closely with the CAO to implement organization-wide strategies to grow Brightpoint’s funding.

Essential Job Functions: 

• Plan, implement and oversee fundraising activities including major gifts, annual giving, special events, corporate and foundation relations, prospect research, planned gifts, volunteers, donor communications, donor and volunteer marketing and e-philanthropy.
• Manage donor marketing and communications to support advancement and fundraising activities.
• Implement new and innovative revenue streams, with a focus on increasing sustainable unrestricted revenue.
• Plans, launches, and completes successful campaigns with programmatic, endowment and capital elements that align with the strategic plan.
• Oversee and maintain a personal portfolio of major donors.
• Staff the CAO and CEO on the cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship of donor portfolios.
• Staff the Resource Development and Board Affairs committees.
• Assist with recruitment and engagement of all volunteer leadership, including the Board of Trustees, to increase their effectiveness in fundraising.
• Establishes new gift policies and protocols that support fundraising goals, including moving to a portfolio-based moves management system.

• Oversees the collaboration between private funding, public grants and contracts, advocacy, and data collection and research to ensure that all functions are aligned in support of family-centric, upstream, and antiracist program development.

• Support senior leaders as needed with reporting and compliance requirements for public and private funders.

• Assist with managing the operating budget for the advancement department.

•  Evaluate advancement results and provides leadership on the continual improvement of both process and results.

•  Collect, review and utilize data and information on donors, funders and activities to inform program/ department performance.

• Manage direct reports and a statewide team. of staff, in Chicago and statewide.
• Build external relationships that result in increased revenue for Brightpoint.
• Represent Brightpoint to external groups, highlighting agency mission and services.
• Demonstrate passion for the mission of Brightpoint.
• Participate as a member of Brightpoint’s Leadership Team.

Candidate qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field required.
• Minimum of 10+ years experience in building organization's financial resources, visibility, and reputational impact, required. 
• Proven success in managing a comprehensive advancement program.
• Valid driver's license, insurance, and a reliable vehicle required.

Job details: 

• Compensation: Salary Range starts at $130,000; offers are commensurate with candidate qualifications and experience.
• Benefits: Medical/dental/vision insurance, 3+ weeks paid time off in the first year including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day (PTO increases with tenure); 11 paid holidays, supplemental insurance options, 401(k) with match (more benefits details here) 
• Location: 200 West Monroe Street (downtown Chicago loop).
• Schedule: Full-time; Hybrid (remote/in office one to two days per week).
• Student Loan Forgiveness: Brightpoint is an approved agency for Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF). 

Where you work matters.

We believe that by building diverse and inclusive teams of passionate advocates for youth and families, we can continue to show up for Illinois families, putting those families at the center of every decision, and strengthening the communities where we all work, play, and live together. (More about who we are here.)

We invite you to become an active member of a team that supports, inspires, and challenges each other, and grow your career in an organization that celebrates emerging leaders and provides development and learning opportunities aligned with your individual goals and aspirations. If you are looking for an opportunity to do meaningful work, including raising your unique and authentic voice to disrupt the systemic inequality impacting children and families, we encourage you to apply today.  

Click here to review our agency’s Blueprint for Impact.

Brightpoint is committed to the principles of Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action. All employment activities are conducted in an equal and equitable fashion. The Agency prohibits employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, gender, age, religion, disability, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, parental status, veteran status, source of income, and any other legally protected category in the recruitment, selection, hiring, determination of salary level and benefits, promotion, demotion, layoff, termination, and other terms and conditions of employment.