Vice President of Development Communications
Vice President of Development Communications
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27-04-2025
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OUR STORY
At the core of ChildSavers mission is a fundamental commitment to the mental wellbeing of children and the positive bond between adult and child. ChildSavers supports this with clinical treatment and education and training services. These services offer reassurance healing and the skills necessary to achieve normal life and development.
ChildSavers was founded in 1924 by Martha Patteson (Mrs. Melville C. Branch in memory of Dr. McGuire Newton. Dr. Newton was one of Richmonds first pediatricians. Originally established to serve our regions children during a worldwide flu epidemic ChildSavers soon turned to addressing the mental health and developmental needs of children. Today ChildSavers mission specifically focuses on supporting those who have experienced trauma.
SUMMARY
The Vice President of Development & Communications (VPDC) is the senior executive responsible for strategic development and fundraising activities at ChildSavers. The position also oversees marketing strategy and implementation public and media relations events and volunteer activities.
The role reports directly to the Chief Executive Officer is part of the agencys executive management team and has a close working relationship with the agencys Operating Board of Directors and Endowment Board of Trustees. As appropriate the VPDC serves as lead manager of contracted organizations that support the agencys development activities. The position oversees the agencys development staff (currently four Director Grants Manager Marketing and Communications Officer and Development Coordinator).
The VPDC creates and drives a strategic comprehensive plan that builds ChildSaverss financial resources for annual operations and for longterm sustainability as well as enhances the organizations visibility and public messaging regarding its impact. The plan includes stewardship for major giving annual fund planned giving and giving for endowment and capital needs. This role has oversight and stewardship for the agency brand.
The VPDC stewards and expands philanthropic support for ChildSavers through an effective and efficient fundraising operation focused on intimate relationships with donors in concert with giving level. The VPDC leads efforts to expand ChildSavers annual and longterm revenue through a mixed donor base of individuals foundations corporations civic and faith groups and public entities supplemented by earned income from events. The role designs and implements marketing and media plans.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Develops a multiyear strategy to ensure the energetic pursuit and successful attainment of financial goals for annual capital and endowment revenue through staff deployment resource allocation volunteer mobilization and personal leadership.
- Oversees the work of the Development Office to build and maintain relationships that maximize philanthropic revenue from individuals corporations/businesses foundations public sources faith and civic institutions and other organizations.
- Develops and gains approval of an annual departmental budget that includes philanthropic funds to be raised and the resources to support fundraising.
- Engages the Operating and Endowment Boards and other stakeholders in the development and implementation of annual and longterm development goals and results. Regularly reports on progress to CEO and the Boards.
- Establishes volunteer leadership resources marketing concepts and materials and policies and procedures grow endowed funds to support ChildSavers longterm growth and sustainability.
- Oversees grants program (pursuit conceptualization writing and reporting) from private and government entities.
- Develops and manages a portfolio of major gifts.
- Supports CEOs fundraising activities.
- Oversees marketing (inclusive of events) and public relations activities to create and disseminate messages and materials to communicate the work and successes of the ChildSavers to diverse audiences using appropriate message channels.
- Directs efforts to develop opportunities for missionfocused volunteer involvement and inkind resources.
- Provides staff support for the Joint Board Resource Development (fundraising) Committee.
- Ensures compliance with all federal state local requirements and industry ethical standards for gift acceptance depositing and acknowledgment.
- Represents CEO at communitybased events and settings.
- Other duties as required to meet philanthropic communications/media and marketing objectives.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- 7 years of experience in fundraising or related activity with preference for combined experience in annual capital and planned (legacy) fundraising for complex multimillion dollar human service or education organization.
- Development or management of a planned giving program preferred.
- Leadership of comprehensive fundraising campaign preferred.
- Bachelors degree from an accredited institution preferred.
- Certification as a fundraising professional.
- 5 years experience in management role.
- Proficiency in MSOffice 365 (Word Excel Outlook PowerPoint Teams) Internet research.
- Valid Virginia drivers license and excellent driving record.
- Experience with fundraising software.
KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS/ABILITIES
- Strong management skills in planning and goal setting conceptualization and implementation of effective fundraising strategies and tactics volunteer recruitment and mobilization and time and resource management.
- Knowledge of the principles and methods of charitable giving implications and effects of giving upon donors cultivation processes stewardship responsibilities and commitment to ensuring work conforms to such.
- Ability to communicate effectively with diverse groups and individuals both internal and external to ChildSavers.
- Ability to work productively within a team management model.
Benefits:
ChildSavers offers a comprehensive and competitive benefits package including options for health dental and vision insurance(s) a health savings account access to employerpaid EAP support services a public service loan forgiveness (PSLF) assistance support service (freeofcharge) a retirement plan with tenurebased contribution incentives employerpaid short and long term disability insurances group term life insurance paid time off & 14 paid holidays annually.
ChildSavers is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All employees and applicants will be treated without regard to age sex color religion race national origin veteran status sexual orientation gender identification marital or familial status physical or mental disability legal or any other status protected by law.
ChildSavers is a drugfree workplace.
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