Senior Director Development Northeast
Senior Director Development Northeast
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ABOUT PER SCHOLAS:
For nearly 30 years Per Scholas has been on a mission to drive equity and opportunity in the everadvancing technology landscape by unlocking the untapped potential of individuals uplifting communities and meeting the needs of employers through rigorous tech training. By teaming up with dynamic employer partners ranging from Fortune 500 companies to innovative startups were forging inclusive tech talent pipelines fulfilling an everincreasing need for skilled talent. With national remote training and campuses in 20 cities and counting Per Scholas offers nocost training programs in the most soughtafter tech skills spanning Cloud Cybersecurity Data Engineering IT Support Software Engineering and more. To date 25000 individuals have been trained through Per Scholas propelling their professional trajectories into highgrowth tech careers with salaries three times higher than their pretraining earnings. Learn more by visiting PerScholas.organd follow us on LinkedIn X Facebook Instagram and YouTube.
POSITION TITLE: Senior Director Development (Northeast)
LOCATION: Hybrid and within proximity to one of the Per Scholas campuses in the Northeast Region (Buffalo Detroit Greater Boston Newark NJ Philadelphia and Pittsburgh PA).
REPORTS TO: Senior Vice President Development Regional
WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR:
Per Scholas is seeking a Senior Director Development (Northeast) to become a member of the national development team. You will hold key responsibilities in team leadership funder relations corporate engagement and organizational storytelling for a diverse national funding portfolio. The Senior Director Development will motivate and coach the NE development team and in turn the larger team to achieve robust annual growth through strategic prospect cultivation crossmarket collaboration highquality proposal development accurate and compelling reporting and stewardship. Directly responsible for fundraising across Buffalo Detroit Greater Boston Newark NJ Philadelphia and Pittsburgh markets (with the potential for additional campuses to be added) towards a $5M revenue target in 2025 and yearoveryear growth of at least 15.
This includes managing a team of fundraisers responsible for leading and implementing fundraising activities in these markets. This role is part of a dynamic team of development professionals and will work closely with the Regional SVP and Managing Directors as well as the National Leadership team to meet our revenue targets and grow our programs throughout the region.
WHAT YOULL DO:
Fundraising Leadership
- Oversee the development of local fundraising strategies across NE markets in partnership with regional and local development leads Managing Directors and Regional programmatic leadership.
- Ensure that all NE fundraisers are capturing notes and activities in Salesforce and support organizational improvements in CRM management.
- Oversee the development of NE local fundraising and revenue projections in the annual budget process. Partner with development operations to ensure that projections are updated throughout the year and all grants reports and key documents are recorded in Salesforce.
- Support the preparation of accurate and compelling collateral to support donor cultivation in NE including but not limited to: slide decks; onepagers; letters of interest; grant proposals; reports; and other materials that are responsive to donor guidelines including assembling required documentation and budgets.
- Review and edit the work of other staff members including local and regional Development leads consultants and communications staff to accurately reflect Per Scholas impact and growth strategy
- Collaborate with the marketing and communications team to drive local publicity for grants fundraising events and key partnerships in the NE.
Portfolio Leadership and Relationship Management
- Lead fundraising efforts Buffalo Detroit and Newark NJ funder portfolios with the support of local Managing Directors and the Senior Grant Writer (Northeast)
- Attend and prepare for key funder meetings and site visits as a representative and ambassador of Per Scholas
- Research market trends and conduct data analysis to support proposals inform policy briefs and keep the team aware of evolving opportunities
Personnel Management
Provide direct supervision coaching and training for fundraisers overseeing other NE markets including a Development Director (Philadelphia/Pittsburgh) and Senior Development Manager (Greater Boston) and Senior Grant Writer (Northeast)
- Create and implement robust onboarding plans supporting regional leaders in coaching new fundraisers to rapid success.
- Review and edit the work of other staff members including Senior Managers Managers and Associates as well as consultants and communications staff to accurately reflect Per Scholas impact and growth strategy
WHAT YOULL BRING TO US:
Professional Requirements
- Bachelors degree (or equivalent practical experience) required
- 710 years of relevant development experience
- Demonstrated skills in management with an eye toward coaching developing and empowering staff
- Exceptional writing editing and copy editing skills
- Excellent verbal communication skills both in person and on phone
- Proven research abilities including gathering and interpreting data; funder prospecting experience desirable
- Experience with Microsoft Office Salesforce and Google Apps for Business (Docs Drive Gmail Calendar Chat etc.
- Availability to travel 1015
- Capacity to attend key external meetings as the organizational representative
Personal Characteristics
- You thrive in a creative inventive fastpaced startup environment with people who are passionate about their work and mission.
- You are datadriven resultsoriented and a forwardlooking catalyst for social change.
- You have a collaborative and flexible work style. Youre excited to work crossfunctionally with other departments and independently.
- You are an effective communicator with strong oral and written skills.
- You are tech savvy and learn new tools quickly.
- You are detail oriented with exceptional organizational and time management skills.
- You are interested in workforce development technology diversity organizational growth and scaling impact
- You stand behind our mission believing that individuals from any community should have access to wellpaying career positions and that talent should be recognized and recruited from many diverse sources.
For this role specifically we are targeting a salary range of $115000 to $125000 where the difference in salary is typically determined by several factors including geography in which the selected candidate resides and alignment with qualifications and experience.
QUESTIONS
If you have any questions about this role please feel free to email our Talent team at. We look forward to viewing your application!
Equal Employment Opportunity
Were proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity or national origin.
Required Experience:
Exec
Employment Type
Full Time
