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Position: Director Development
Location: Remote
Employment Type: Fulltime Salaried Exempt
Compensation Range: $100000/year $120000/year DOE
Level: Director I
Reports To: Chief Development Officer
Manages: Senior Manager Corporate Partnerships; Manager Foundation & Government Grants; Manager Philanthropy
Supported By: Development team Communications team Operations team Program team
Education/Experience Preferences: Bachelors Degree or equivalent professional experience preferred
Start Date: ASAP
We Are DigDeep
The DigDeep Right to Water Project is a WASH (water sanitation and hygiene) organization committed to closing the water access gap for the 2 million people in the U.S. who still dont have a tap or a toilet at home.
DigDeepbelieves access to clean water is a human right. We run several nationally recognized programs that empower communities to build their own water and sanitation systems. We won the 2018 US Water Prize for our Navajo Water Project which has brought clean running water to hundreds of Native families across New Mexico Arizona and Utah. DigDeep launched the Appalachia Water Project in 2020 in McDowell County WV. It has since brought clean sustainable running water to hundreds of families in Southern West Virginia through public private partnerships with the McDowell County and East Logan PSDs in Wyoming County. In addition to clean running water the project is installing septic systems and connecting households to centralized sewer. The AWP is now expanding into neighboring states of Kentucky and Virginia to continue its quest of clean water for every Appalachian family. Our water projects expanded in 2022 when we launched our Colonias Water Project. This project works to bring clean running water to the residents living in communities along the TexasMexico border. The Texas colonias are largely unincorporated lowincome communities that fall just outside city limits and often lack basic infrastructure. Our work began in Cochran colonia near El Paso. DigDeep partnered with residents housing nonprofits and county officials to innovate a new model for publicprivatepartnership that brings these basic services to families for the first time. Now were getting the water flowing in 5 more communities.
The Opportunity
DigDeep is looking for an experienced collaborative leader to join our growing Development team as the Director Development. Reporting to the Chief Development Officer the Director Development will be responsible for leading DigDeeps strategy plans and engagement with major & planned giving donors corporate partners foundations and government funders. This position will supervise a team of frontline fundraising staff and directly manage a small portfolio of the highest level supporters. The ideal candidate will be a dynamic strategist active listener engaging storyteller and proactive problem solver with a deep commitment to water as a human right.
Key Responsibilities
This is what youll do once you join the team:
- Manage and oversee major gifts planned giving corporate partnerships foundation & government grant fundraising programs. Create clearly defined fundraising strategies with short and longterm plans to build strong donor relationships and drive toward revenue goals.
- Supervise a team of frontline fundraising staff focused on building & managing relationships with major & planned giving donors corporate partners foundations & government funders. Mentor & coach direct reports to support their goal attainment and professional development.
- Personally manage a small portfolio of the highest level donors & funders assuring they receive high quality engagement with the organization. Regularly meet with donors both virtually and in person.
- Manage and oversee capital campaign and special project fundraising including developing and implementing comprehensive strategies and plans to drive toward revenue goals.
- Partner with the Director Development Strategy & Operations to drive fundraising best practices including systems utilization prospecting grants management proposals & reporting data analysis and donor experience.
- Partner with the Director Annual Giving on pipeline development securing matching gifts and other lead gifts for campaigns and donor experience.
- Promote high levels of donor engagement by working with event and development operations staff to support the planning and curation of virtual & in person cultivation & stewardship events as well as site visits to DigDeeps project sites across the United States.
- Work collaboratively with communications staff to create and implement a communications strategy for areas of oversight throughout the year and work together to create engaging communications and materials.
- Research evaluate and create implementation plans for potential new strategies within areas of oversight that align with DigDeep revenue goals strategic plan and organizational mission.
- Manage and oversee team expenses.
- Build firsthand knowledge of the DigDeep model and impact by working collaboratively with other departments participating in relevant programmatic discussions and activities and traveling to visit project sites. Regularly engage programmatic staff in major and planned giving donor meetings.
- Assist with adhoc projects and support other tasks/duties as assigned.
This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. As the organization continues to evolve duties or tasks may change without impacting the overall job description.
Competencies
- Influence: Establishes and maintains relationships with external stakeholders and organization leadership. Accepting of recommendations/challenges understands that everyone has a voice at DigDeep and can drive company achievement. Collaborate with leadership on strategic directives.
- Innovation: Uses understanding and forwardthinking to devise responses and solutions to future situations in your functional area. Encourages and promotes exploration of new ideas and creative thinking in self and others. Displays open mindedness and a willingness to try new approaches. Adapts readily to changes and needs. Is able to shift attention and priorities in own work in response to needs of their work. Actively seeks opportunities to try out new experiences.
- Leadership: Leads multiple teams/projects independently optimizing processes through collaboration with executive team. Fosters an environment that promotes trust and cooperation among staff community members and leaders partner organizations and the public. You anticipate project needs and ensure proper delegation to managers. Listens constructively responds to colleagues feedback and effectively integrates recommendations into approach and conversely provides appropriate integrative feedback. Solicits the input of others who are affected by plans or actions and gives credit and recognition to others who have contributed. Seen as an expert within functional area. Seeks a consensus within peer group team and organization leaders.
- Ownership: Sought out as a mentor and known as the teammate of record in their subject area. Complete ownership over projects/people within area(s) of expertise. Identifies and proactively tackles major challenges and problems in their area. Works independently and owns projects entirely both in their area and crossfunctionally.
- Personal Development: Developing predominantly for functional area processes and the benefit of the organization. Reviews selects and disseminates information regarding key technologies best practices and tools to others in their department. Takes actions to prepare for own future development identifies longterm development needs and plans to create opportunities to bridge them. Anticipates future needs of their functional area and identifies opportunities to learn new things for current and future needs in ones role. Continual development of self. Become a better leader through feedback consistent collaboration and coaching. Keeps uptodate on current research and technology in ones work focus and identifies and pursues areas for development and training that will enhance job performance.
- Strategic Planning: Challenges the status quo and continually strives to improve organizations alignment with its goals. Begins to collaborate with leadership to establish directives with consideration to functional area capabilities and organization goals. Revises processes and tasks as they apply across functional areas. Develops project teams and staffing plans based on consideration of strategic objectives. Ensures functional area objectives and performance are consistent with strategic plan.
- Technical Expertise: Has demonstrated ability and depth of knowledge with the technology in the desired technical area. Effectively uses and applies technical knowledge and uses knowledge to identify solutions to existing problems. Basic understanding of data security best practices.
Skills and Qualifications
We want to hear from you if you have:
- Bachelors degree or equivalent professional experience preferred
- At least 7 years of professional fundraising experience ; experience with directly supervising staff and personally securing 6figure gifts required
- Experience with major gifts corporate partnerships foundations and/or government grant fundraising highly preferred; experience in securing 7figure gifts preferred
- Demonstrated experience raising $5 million annually required
- Proficiency in MS Office Suite Google Workspace required
- Experience with Salesforce Slack Asana Zoom Funraise Mailchimp preferred
- High computer literacy and tech savviness required
- Able to focus in the face of pressure deliver against timelines and not be intimidated by tasks/time limitations
- Organized trustworthy dependable and detail oriented
- Comfortable with autonomy able to work independently and complete assigned tasks within established time frames required
- Willingness to travel for team retreats or other meetings including but not limited to: DigDeep HQ in Los Angeles Navajo Nation (AZ/NM/UT) West Virginia Texas and additional locations as needed
- Understanding of data security best practices preferred
- Experience/Willingness to work across various cultural contexts and communicating across cultural differences
Compensation and Benefits
At DigDeep we believe that great work requires a great job. We understand that people thrive with rest and holistic support which is crucial for our longterm success. We take pride in offering topnotch benefits to our team across the United States prioritizing their health and wellbeing as well as providing additional support for our employees families. If you join us heres how well support you in your work:
- Competitive wage to commensurate with level of position
- Generous vacation and sick leave
- 23 weeks paid Parental Leave
- Annual Professional Development Stipend
- Annual Wellbeing Reimbursement
- BrightPlan membership (Financial Wellness Benefit)
- Health Benefits
- Employee Offering: Medical dental vision insurance 100 employer paid
- Spouse/Children/Family Offering: Employer covers up to $500 of the monthly cost for medical insurance for spouse/children/family; Employer covers 100 of the cost for dental and vision insurance for spouse/children/family
- One Medical membership
- Life insurance 100 employer paid
- Work laptop
- Monthly cell phone use allowance
- Monthly internet use allowance
- 15 paid holidays (including one week closure for Labor Day)
- Domestic travel
- 401k retirement plan with employer match
Hiring Process
For candidates who are selected to move forward the interview process involves: one 30minute phone screen; and two 1hour virtual panel interviews.
Interested
When applying please submit a thoughtful cover letter and resume. References should be available upon request. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. No office visits. No calls please. Thank you.
In an effort to promote pay equity and transparency DigDeep does not negotiate compensation outside of posted compensation ranges. DigDeeps compensation is based on a variety of factors including but not limited to: internal budget analysis external market value internal pay alignment and annual merit increases. A candidates compensation history will not be used in determining compensation at DigDeep.
Please note that DigDeep cannot provide immigration sponsorship for this position.
Members of the Navajo Nation are strongly encouraged to apply.
DigDeep is deeply committed to diversity equity inclusion and belonging. We believe social change happens when people with a wide range of backgrounds experiences and identities come together with a common purpose. DigDeep is built on the principles of equity transparency and the power of human experience. Your work will improve the daily lives of real people. We believe everybody should have the clean running water they need to thrive. Join us and well close the US water gap in our lifetimes.
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Required Experience:
Senior Manager
Employment Type
Full-Time
