Vice President of Development

National Domestic Workers Alliance

Senior leader at NDWA implementing and advancing the fundraising strategy while leading development team towards achieving organizational goals.

Posted 6/27/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesLeadWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Serve as the senior leader responsible for implementing and advancing the National Domestic Workers Alliance's fundraising strategy
Lead the organization's development team and achieve annual fundraising goals across individual, institutional, and aligned revenue streams
Provide leadership, management, and strategic direction for development operations, individual giving with an emphasis on major donor engagement, foundation fundraising, and revenue growth initiatives
Develop annual fundraising plans, revenue goals, and performance metrics
Lead efforts to diversify and strengthen revenue streams across individual, institutional, and aligned funding sources
Provide strategic fundraising counsel to senior leadership
Establish annual goals, performance expectations, and professional development plans for development staff
Ensure effective fundraising systems, processes, and reporting structures
Collaborate with Communications, Digital, Finance, and Program teams to align fundraising activities with organizational priorities
Represent NDWA with donors, funders, partners, and sector peers as appropriate (up to approximately 25% travel may be required).

Requirements

What you’ll need

10-12 years of progressively responsible fundraising experience, including successful leadership of major gifts and institutional fundraising programs
Minimum of 5 years managing fundraising staff, including experience supervising senior-level leaders
Demonstrated success securing and stewarding six-figure and multi-million dollar gifts
Experience leading development teams within complex nonprofit, advocacy, movement-building, or social justice organizations
Strong knowledge of fundraising operations, donor databases, revenue forecasting, and performance management
Experience managing fundraising programs within 501(c)(3) organizations; familiarity with 501(c)(4) and PAC fundraising structures strongly preferred
Strong communication, relationship-building, and leadership skills
Commitment to racial justice, worker power, immigrant rights, and equity-centered leadership.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Remote (U.S.-based); flexible, with in-person attendance as required
Equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment
Prohibition of discrimination and harassment of any type

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Hard Skills & Tools

fundraising strategymajor donor engagementfoundation fundraisingrevenue growth initiativesperformance metricsdonor databasesrevenue forecastingperformance managementfundraising programs501(c)(3) organizations

Soft Skills

leadershipmanagementstrategic directioncommunicationrelationship-buildingcollaborationprofessional developmentcommitment to racial justiceequity-centered leadership