Director Development
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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: Director Development
LOCATION: Los Angeles CA (Hybrid)
REPORTS TO: Senior Director of Development West Region
OVERVIEW:
Per Scholas is seeking a Director Development to become a member of the West Region Team with a focus on the Los Angeles market. You will hold key responsibilities in funder relations corporate engagement grant writing individual giving and organizational storytelling for a diverse local funding portfolio. The role will specialize in revenueraising with a primary focus on the Los Angeles Campus. The role is a part of a dynamic team of development professionals and will work closely with both the National Development Team and the Los Angeles Managing Director to meet our revenue targets and grow our programs throughout the region.
WHAT YOULL DO:
- In partnership with regional development and campus teams to provide input on and implement a strategic fundraising plan/campaign to meet fundraising goals for Per Scholas Los Angeles including identifying and researching new funding sources: corporate foundation government and individual
- Cultivate and steward relationships with current Advisory Board members and other stakeholders to ensure continued partnership and support including conducting personal outreach developing solicitation materials and engaging them in relevant events/activities
- Identify and research relationships with new corporate foundation government and individual funding sources and work closely with local campus leads and National Leadership Team to cultivate opportunities and lead engagement process
- Analyze program data and coordinate with local program teams and fiscal departments to gather all needed information and collateral to prepare and write accurate and compelling letters of interest grant proposals reports and other materials that are responsive to donor guidelines including assembling required documentation and budgets
- Organize and attend funder meetings and site visits including drafting agendas preparing learners and taking and distributing notes
- Prepare slide decks onepagers proposals and other collateral to support fund development
- Contribute to accurate and uptodate development recordkeeping in Salesforce and other development systems
WHAT YOULL BRING TO US:
Professional Requirements
- 7 10 years of relevant fundraising experience ideally managing external individual and institutional donor relationships
- Some event management experience is preferred
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Excellent project management skills; able to prioritize influence myriad stakeholders and meet deadlines
- Excellent relationship management skills capacity and willingness to reach out to donors to cultivate and steward them as the organizational representative
- Resultsdriven approach with a commitment to outcomes and tracking
- Ability to gather and interpret data to drive decisionmaking; donor prospecting experience desirable
- Experience with Microsoft Office Salesforce and Google Apps for Business (Docs Drive Gmail Calendar etc..
- Availability to travel 510
- Familiarity with the Los Angeles philanthropic community strongly preferred.
Personal Characteristics
- You thrive in a creative inventive fastpaced startup environment with people who are passionate about their work and mission.
- You are datadriven resultoriented 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 between $90000/year $100000/year 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:
Director
Employment Type
Full-Time
