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GBFB Overview
Through the compassion and commitment of our supporters, staff, partners and volunteers, The Greater Boston Food Bank (GBFB) takes a bold, innovative and multi-pronged approach to achieve our mission to end hunger here. GBFB is the largest hunger-relief organization in New England and among the largest food banks in the country. We are committed to increasing our food distribution to provide three meals a day to every person in need in Eastern Massachusetts while supporting healthy lives and healthy communities. Our progress toward this goal is documented by town on our interactive map.
The Greater Boston Food Bank is a member of Feeding America, the nation’s largest hunger-relief organization.
Through compassion and action, together we can create a hunger free Eastern Massachusetts.
GBFB Team Members will support the Mission to End Hunger Here. They will live our Team Member Values of Team Member Wellbeing, Teamwork, Diversity Equity and Inclusion, Respect, Trust and Our Eastern Massachusetts Community.
GBFB Core Competencies
GBFB Core Competencies summarize the capabilities that are important across all jobs and that we believe collectively contribute to GBFB’s overall success. We believe they support our mission and our values. At the same time, the expected behaviors as they relate to Core Competencies may vary according to the specific job duties, requirements, and level within the organization. Core Competences are usually interpersonal and strategic and are at the heart of how we do our work.
The GBFB Competency Framework focuses on six Core Competencies:
- Contributes to a High Performing Team
- Builds a Shared Commitment
- Empowers Others
- Drives Continual Improvement
- Communicates Collaboratively
- Displays Authenticity and Transparency
Affirmative Action/EEO statement
GBFB provides equal employment opportunities to all Team Members and applicants for employment without regard to race, creed, color, religion, national origin, citizenship status, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, age, disability, handicap, genetic information, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, and local laws. This applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including but not limited to hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, benefits, and training.
No Team Member or applicant will be subjected to harassment, intimidation, threats, coercion or discrimination because they have engaged in or may engage in any of the following: (1) filing a complaint of employment discrimination; (2) assisting or participating in an investigation, compliance review, hearing, or any other activity related to the administration of any federal, state or local law requiring equal opportunity; (3) opposing any act or practice made unlawful by any federal, state or local law requiring equal opportunity; or (4) exercising any other right protected by any federal, state or local law requiring equal opportunity.
Other duties
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
GBFB is considered an essential response organization in times of disaster. As such, Team Members are expected to report to GBFB locations as required, after securing the safety of their families, and may be asked to perform duties that are critical (but outside of their regularly assigned duties) in times of disaster.
Reports to: Executive Vice President, Advancement
Role & Responsibilities
- Lead, build, manage, support and mentor a best-practice fundraising team of approximately 20 FTE with a joyful, results-oriented work culture and outstanding results.
- Develop annual and multi-year fundraising goals, strategies and tactics in support of all facets of fundraising and sponsorships from individuals, foundations, and corporations.
- Oversee the annual and multi-year solicitations of members of the Board of Directors, Council of Advisors and other volunteer leaders. Directly or indirectly manage committees of the Council of Advisors to advance multi-year fundraising plan and goals.
- Works directly with and enables team members to collaborate with the Board of Directors and Council of Advisors to create bespoke cultivation and solicitation strategies for targeted individuals, corporations and foundations.
- Serve as the Relationship Manager for a portfolio of approximately 25 – 40 prospective and current major gift donors.
- Build and manage a robust infrastructure to support fundraising including the Salesforce database, policies, gift administration, donor research, relationship management, donor recognition and prospective donor engagement.
- Partners with the Vice President of Communications, Marketing and Public Affairs and the Director of Direct Marketing on complementary and distinct fundraising strategies for current and prospective major donors within the Direct Marketing solicitation pool including on stewardship, recognition and cultivation of those donors.
- Leads the creation of planned giving and endowment solicitation programs including policies and procedures, staff training, and donor stewardship and recognition.
- Oversees the development of a multi-year revenue generating event program.
- If appropriate, play a leading role in the development of the goals, strategies and tactics of a fundraising campaign.
- Align the fundraising team with team members from other departments including community impact, strategy/technology, finance, food team, volunteers, to create a culture of philanthropy to support fundraising and sponsorship efforts.
- Publicly represent GBFB through internal and external engagement opportunities.
- Actively participate on the Senior Leader Team. Perform other related duties as assigned by supervisor.
- Bachelor’s Degree required. Graduate degree preferred.
- 15 or more years of progressive fundraising and management experience.
- Experience leading a highly effective team of 10 or more toward outstanding results.
- Demonstrated ability to raise five, six and seven figure gifts from individual, corporations and/or foundations.
- Excellent relationship management skills and an ability to speak persuasively about the organization.
- Highly organized with ability to successfully multi-task and meet deadlines, especially working in a fast-paced environment.
- Proven history of successfully working in highly collaborative and matrixed organizational environments.
- Demonstrated leadership and management skills including coaching, mentoring team building, collaboration, and conflict management in a diplomatic and professional manner.
- Superb customer service skills, excellent written and verbal communications, public speaking, and willingness to travel, and ability to work with donors.
- Willingness to work with other teams, food bank partners/colleagues in the Feeding America network.
- Ability to support donor analytics to drive donor engagement, retention, and performance.
- Demonstrates the required digital competencies that result in the effective usage of the full range of digital technologies at GBFB.
- Experience in building and maintaining budgets.
- Available to work occasional evenings and weekends as needed to support events.
- Ability and willingness to travel to donors, events, other food banks.
- Ability to work in an office environment along with a remote environment.
- Ability to sit for up to 3 hours at a time.
- Ability to lift to 25 lbs.
- This job is performed indoors in an office setting or at a home office or visiting a donor or at an event.
- This role follows a hybrid schedule working in accordance with GBFB’s hybrid work policy. Our in-office time is used primarily for team meetings and formal and informal collaboration necessary to foster and support a positive work culture. This schedule is subject to change based on the organization’s mission to end hunger.
Travel Required – Yes
Hybrid Position
