Development Director
Development Director
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USD 70000 - 75000
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JOB SUMMARY
We are looking for people who like us believe that every young person deserves a place to belong. We think it takes all kinds of people to create diverse solutions to end youth homelessness and we are on a committed journey to build an inclusive and equitable work culture that brings out the best in everyone. The young people who rely on our mission often face racism sexism homophobia transphobia and ableism. A better future for underserved youth means a better future for us all. Together we build dreams solve problems and seize opportunities that help young people move forward. If this interests you please continue reading.
Our Development Director will bring:
- A love for our mission.
- A love for nonprofit fundraising and relationship building.
- Positivity and kindness.
- The ability to dive in immediately.
- Successful experiences exceling in fundraising team leadership.
- Successful experiences in all aspects of nonprofit fundraising.
- Experience in creating development budgets and working within those budgets towards team and agency success.
- Impeccable ethics selfconfidence humility nonprofit fundraising expertise the ability to work alone and as part of a team the ability to hire team members who complement personal strengths and weaknesses and creativity in all things related to fundraising.
JOB DUTIES
The job duties of this position are performed personally in cooperation with your supervisor and/or in coordination with other staff.
- Support and grow our team of fundraising professionals that includes fulltime parttime and contract staff.
- Excel in building relationships with donors volunteers (including our board) and our greaterColorado Springs community.
- Lead all aspects of The Places fundraising and communication efforts including direct mail donor cultivation and care grants events our website newsletters social media and eappeals.
- End to end responsibility for annual development strategy from annual budget generation to tracking by source category against budget and adjusting along the way to make goals.
- Work closely with the executive team board and fundraising team towards success in all fundraising arenas.
- Collaborate across departments to ensure appropriate resource generation and allocation to best meet the needs of the youth served by The PLACE.
- Work with a group of donors critical to the success of The Places programs.
This job description is intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed. It is not intended to be a complete list of all the responsibilities duties and skills required of employees performing this job. Furthermore this job description does not establish a contract of employment. The Place may change job descriptions at any time with or without notice as service needs require.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
- 5 years leading a nonprofit fundraising team of three or more.
- Demonstrated experience in creating and implementing direct mail and email fundraising campaigns.
- Personal work with highend donors in relationship building.
- Experience working in human services preferred.
- Experience working with nonprofit boards of directors preferred.
- Ability to prioritize tasks and to delegate them when appropriate.
- Ability to act with integrity professionalism and confidentiality.
- Strong analytical and problemsolving skills.
- Excellent written and spoken communication skills.
- Excellent interpersonal negotiation and conflict resolution skills.
- Excellent organizational skills.
- Must be computer proficient and possess experience of Microsoft Office Suite (e.g. Outlook Word PowerPoint and Excel).
- Must pass both federal and state background checks as well as preemployment TB screening.
PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCE
- Adhere to all Personnel Policies and Procedures for the Agency
- At all times maintain professional standards of performance demeanor and appearance; act as a role model both at and away from the Agency
- Maintain a creative teambuilding approach to job performance and seek to bring a constructive problemsolving orientation to all tasks
- Performs all tasks and responsibilities with attention to detail and in a complete and timely manner complying with agency policies and standards and conforming to the scheduling requirements of the job and program
- Maintain an awareness of the agencys mission and work to promote the positive individual and social change goals it embodies
- Exercise discretion and professional judgment at all times keeping with the responsibilities carried personally and by the agency for the care and welfare of the clients act with honesty and integrity in all aspects of Agency business
- Actively strive to upgrade professional skills through engaging in appropriate professional training and experience
- Actively strive to create and maintain a culturally sensitive trauma informed and appropriate environment through communication and interaction that demonstrates respect for diversity; while promoting the philosophy of trauma informed care in interactions with youth staff and individuals both internally and externally
WORK ENVIRONMENT
Employees in this position may be subject to long hours on their feet in an office outdoor and shelter environment that may frequently include physical conditions such as inclement weather or temperature extremes sharps and paraphernalia and interpersonal contact from nonemployees that include sexual innuendo and raw abusive or threatening language. Employees must be comfortable providing safer sex supplies and bleach kits to youth.
The PLACE provides personal protective equipment (PPE) and safety training to prepare and protect The PLACE employees in these uncontrolled environments. Compliance with safety protocol is required which may include the use of PPE involvement of law enforcement and/or enactment of emergency protocols detailed in The PLACEs Emergency Operations Plan.
**Possibility for remote work in this position**
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
- Employees are frequently required to sit stand walk use hands to handle or feel objects tools or controls reach with hands and arms and occasionally stoop kneel or crouch
- Requires manual and finger dexterity and eyehand coordination
- Able to speak and write the English language in an understandable manner
- Requires the ability to use department equipment such as telephones personal computers adding machines copiers fax machines etc. Position requires frequent use of computer and phone
- Able to hear well enough to communicate with employees and others
- Able to be on feet and mobile up to 8 hours a day
- Able to lift upto 50 lbs.
Required Experience:
Director
Employment Type
Full-Time
