Executive Director of Scholar and Donor Services
Executive Director of Scholar and Donor Services
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$ 150000 - 175000
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Job ID Number
R4620Employment Type
Full timeWorksite Flexibility
OnsiteJob Summary
As the Executive Director of Scholar and Donor Services you will manage the corporations efforts to secure private financial contributions. This position requires up to 20 travel nationally.Job Description
CAI is seeking an Executive Director of Scholar and Donor Services to lead the fundraising efforts for our client a nonprofit organization based in Evanston Illinois. This is an onsite position and is full time salaried.
Due to our end client candidates must be able to work in the US without a need for sponsorship now or in the future.
Our client is seeking an executive management level professional who will report directly to the President of the corporation. This individual will manage the corporations efforts to secure private financial contributions by conducting an inaugural multimilliondollar fundraising campaign. In addition this individual will implement baseline annual fundraising practices and build a robust development team over time. As part of a small team that covers the entire United States this individual will be expected to travel approximately 20 of the year and must be comfortable communicating with a variety of contacts including an identified donor base and corporate and foundation executives. This individual must have an outgoing and energetic personality positive attitude strong work ethic solid communication skills (both oral and written) and be selfmotivated wellorganized and work well both independently and with others in teams. The training for this position will be on the job and provided by upper management and other corporate professionals
What Youll Do
Initiate dialogue and cultivate ongoing relationships with potential donors
Educate potential donors about the corporations mission and initiate requests for financial support to grow and expand the corporations mission
Successfully complete the inaugural fundraising campaign
Conduct internal analysis and report to upper management officers and Board of Directors concerning developments regarding fundraising activities and campaign status
Work directly with Sponsor Services team to enhance prospecting efforts
Extensive use of a customized Salesforce (CRM) database in addition to standard PC applications
Recommend and help implement procedural improvements/efficiencies
Implement development growth plan and supervise three initial fulltime fundraising professionals and one vendor/contractor database coordinator.
Some general administrative duties; including data input word processing proofing documents etc.
Various other duties as assigned by the President other corporate officers Board of Directors and upper management of the corporation.
What Youll Need
Required:
Bachelors degree required; advanced degree is a plus
The ideal candidate should have at least five years of practical related fundraising experience
2 years of management experience including hiring performance management and termination
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Strong project management and organizational skills
Familiarity with philanthropic and fundraising best practices
Must be a collaborative team player who enjoys working with others
Thorough knowledge and experience working with Word Excel and Adobe Acrobat required
Experience with Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software specifically Salesforce
Strong corporate private foundation and college awareness; marketing oriented; professional in demeanor and presentation
Commitment to academic excellence
High energy with businesslike communicator
Familiar with structured environments and deadlines
Ability to effectively present ideas in detail at the board room level
Strong commitment to the highest ethical business practices.
The training for this position will be on the job and provided by upper management and other corporate professionals
Preferred:
Nonprofit Success Pack (NPSP) is highly preferred
Knowledge of how to apply marketing and financial analysis techniques is extremely desirable
Knowledge of high school and collegiate educational environments is preferred
Physical Demands
Ability to safely and successfully perform the essential job functions consistent with the ADA and other federal state and local standards
Sedentary work that involves sitting or remaining stationary most of the time with occasional need to move around the office to attend meetings etc.
Ability to conduct repetitive tasks on a computer utilizing a mouse keyboard and monitor
Compensation:
The annual salary range for this position is $150000 to $175000 commensurate with experience. The potential for salary growth is based on job performance expansion of role and responsibilities and overall productivity.
Benefits:
Our client provides excellent benefits including a corporatesponsored health care plan Paid Time Off (PTO) flexible spending accounts (health care dependent care and transportation) and a very lucrative retirement plan
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Reasonable Accommodation Statement
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Equal Employment Opportunity Policy Statement
It is the policy of CAI not to discriminate against any employee or applicant due to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin age marital status genetic information disability or being a protected veteran. It is also the policy of CAI to take affirmative action to employ and to advance in employment all persons regardless of race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin age marital status genetic information disability or being a protected veteran and to base all employment decisions only on valid job requirements. This policy shall apply to all employment actions including but not limited to recruitment hiring upgrading promotion transfer demotion layoff recall termination rates of pay or other forms of compensation and selection for training including apprenticeship at all levels of employment. Employees and applicants of CAI will not be subject to harassment due to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin age marital status genetic information disability or being a protected veteran. Additionally retaliation including intimidation threats or coercion because an employee or applicant has objected to discrimination engaged or may engage in filing a complaint assisted in a review investigation or hearing or have otherwise sought to obtain their legal rights under any Federal State or local EEO law is prohibited.
Required Experience:
Director
Employment Type
Full-Time
