Centerstone

Director of Advancement

Centerstone

full-time

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Origin:  • 🇺🇸 United States

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Salary

💰 $90,000 - $135,030 per year

Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • Manage a portfolio of donors; formulate engagement strategies for increased giving year to year. May include corporate and private foundation donors/prospects. Travel within the assigned region to meet with donors and prospects, as well as some out of state travel for important occasions and select meetings. (Travel expenses are reimbursed.)
  • Manage other aspects of a broader fundraising strategy, including corporate sponsors, stewarding foundations, annual donors, and friend/fund-raising events. This includes planning, scheduling and implementing fundraising activities to advance the gift pipeline and maximize private fundraising support for Centerstone.
  • Expand our base of donors to perpetuate the donor pipeline.
  • Partner with Board members to identify new prospects and donors, implement fundraising strategies and constituency building.
  • Build, nurture and steward a culture of philanthropy internally; ensure effective, positive working relationships within Centerstone with colleagues.
  • Write donor proposals, letters and other materials as identified. May include writing/submitting targeted grants, where there is a high probability of award, in collaboration with the Foundation’s Director of Private Grants, the CEO, and service area leads.
  • Effectively leverage the chief executives, board members and other leadership in fundraising efforts.
  • Develop strategies with colleagues to ensure goals, annual fundraising targets and benchmarks are met for Centerstone.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree required
  • 5 years of demonstrated success in planning, managing, implementing and securing significant philanthropy; experience in nonprofit fundraising preferred
  • Licensed driver with vehicle; ability to travel and work flexible times, as needed
  • Knowledge of fundraising principles and demonstrated success at effectively cultivating and closing gifts of $10,000+
  • Advanced written, oral and interpersonal communication skills
  • Advanced skills in making persuasive and compelling presentations
  • Experience in special event planning (planning, budgeting, vendor/venue negotiation and management, audiovisual, speaker, speech development, registration, etc.)
  • Ensures strong ROI
  • Advanced organizational, analytical and critical thinking skills, including skills in creative and effective decision-making and problem identification/avoidance/resolution, and strong project management skills
  • Ability to evaluate problems accurately and exercise appropriate judgment and discretion when dealing with donors, employees, board members, and volunteers; ability to work and solve problems both independently and in a team environment to move projects from inception to completion
  • Enthusiastic, action-oriented approach with strong work ethic; fantastic customer service ethic with high expectations for quality