Development Director
National Safety Council
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: Illinois • United States
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Salary
💰 $125,000 - $135,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Lead the development and execution of a multi-channel fundraising strategy aligned with NSC’s mission, strategic priorities, and revenue goals.
- Support the annual development of Business Plans, benchmarks, and performance metrics; regularly assess progress and adapt strategies as needed.
- Ensure fundraising practices reflect NSC’s values of integrity, evidence-based decision-making, and donor stewardship.
- Serves as key partner to the Chief Development Officer to create/execute a strategic plan for aggressive fundraising growth in the next 3-5 years.
- Assist with identifying key fundraising success metrics and set goals according to these metrics.
- Manages an active fundraising portfolio of individual, corporate, and foundation donors.
- Identify, cultivate, solicit, and steward a portfolio which sustains a robust and effective annual fundraising program to expand the donor database and pipeline.
- Partner with senior leadership and board members to support high-level donor relationships and solicitations.
- Bring a donor-centered, major gift sensibility and best practices approach to all fundraising activities in the pursuit of advancing the Council’s various programs and initiatives.
- Champion a donor-centered approach to stewardship, including timely acknowledgements, meaningful impact reporting, and engagement opportunities.
- Cultivate and steward donors by connecting them to the mission through various engagement opportunities, including meetings, events, and other hands-on engagement experiences.
- Support the Chief Development Officer with updating, creating, and enforcing policies and procedures which guide the fundraising operation.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree and at least 10 years of relevant experience
- In lieu of education, at least 12 years of relevant experience
- Interest in all aspects of fundraising and a dedication to promoting the National Safety Council’s fundraising priorities through developing excellent relationships with NSC leadership, Board Members, key volunteers, the fundraising team and NSC colleagues.
- The position requires a high level of professionalism, strategic and analytic thinking, organization, collaboration, and strong ability to motivate and gain cooperation from a wide range of individuals to meet objectives.
- Excellent organizational skills, detail-oriented with the ability to prioritize/manage complex projects and work independently in a deadline-oriented environment.
- Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
- Good decision-making skills, tactful, good listener, willingness to search out answers, ability to recognize when others need to be involved in activities or decisions.
- Creativity, curiosity, sense of humor, high energy level, and an enthusiasm for meeting and working with a wide range of individuals.
- Collegial, collaborative style.
- Proven flexibility in a reasonably fast-paced and constantly changing environment.
- Fully proficient and experienced in latest version of Microsoft Office Environment (Word, Excel and PowerPoint – Salesforce and Little Green Light a plus!
Benefits
- At least 20 PTO days accrued 1 st year and 11 paid holidays
- Flexible work arrangements
- Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans
- Flex spending accounts for medical and dependent care
- 403(b) & Roth 403(b) with employer match up to 6%
- Reimbursable training
- Dress for your day
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
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Soft Skills
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