Director, Development

Title: Director Development  
Location: Washington DC / Remote 
Reports To: Vice President Business Development and Fundraising 
Classification: Full-time exempt 

The Development Director leads growth of unrestricted funds to advance the organizations mission to end AIDS in children and to ensure that every child has a full and healthy life. This dynamic position provides critical leadership and strategic direction-setting for the EGPAF Development team and its efforts to raise funding through annual campaigns major gifts funding partnerships digital engagement events etc. As Director of Development you will lead cultivation and stewardship strategies create partnerships and ensure quality donor communications to raise unrestricted funds and awareness of EGPAFs work. 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities  

• Develop and execute a fundraising plan that leverages individual and institutional donors to drive greater support from private institutions philanthropists individuals and corporate partnerships. 
• Manage and solicit a portfolio of donor prospects to secure gifts from high-net-worth donors and to cultivate relationships with corporate/foundation donors. 
• Support and provide leadership to the Development team to maximize organizational investment ensuring alignment and clear accountability.  
• Set clear fundraising goals and metrics tracking progress toward annual and long-term targets including donor retention and revenue growth. 
• Identify new donor contacts to support growth of our donor base. 
• Develop and lead a prospecting strategy to explore new institutional sources of fundraising and to grow existing EGPAF partnerships and through cultivation and engagement around EGPAFs impact. 
• Support EGPAF Development team to identify and advance individual and institutional prospects for funding. Oversee and enhance the donor pipeline driving high-net-worth prospect acquisition while deepening connections with existing supporters. 
• Support EGPAF Board members with tools for solicitation of gifts. 
• Work closely with the EGPAF Strategic Engagement team (which includes communications) to share our impact with donors / fundraising partners. 
• Serve as EGPAF representative at events and conferences to forge new fundraising relationships.  
• Support EGPAF Development team to grow and replicate successful fundraising partnerships including for external workplace giving peer-to-peer fundraising and cause marketing opportunities. 
• Support EGPAFs major gifts team to retain and grow this important set of key donors ensuring high-touch engagement personalized stewardship and long-term relationships. 
• Expand the Foundations ability to raise new and increased funding from online giving and design new ways for the Foundation to attract and retain new and old donors.   
• Work closely with the finance team to strengthen the revenue classification processes and to create more effective and efficient recording systems.  
• Oversee and support refinement of EGPAFs use of systems to track and account for unrestricted fundraising including use of Salesforce procedures for gift entry and reconciliation donor acknowledgement and practices for donor engagement and retention.  
• Optimize technology CRM and systems for donor tracking and prospecting data analysis and reporting. 
• Develop talent to build a high-performing results-driven team. 

Qualifications :

• Minimum 12 years of related experience in fundraising/ development; 6 years supervisory experience. 
• Bachelors or Masters degree from an accredited four-year college or equivalent combination of education and experience. 
• Comprehensive experience across all facets of development and fundraising needed to lead a growing team.  
• Entrepreneurial strategic and creative approaches to fundraising and partnerships. 
• Ability to inspire a team and work across organizational departments towards a shared growth strategy. 
• Broad experience across multiple development strategies in planning and managing annual appeals/fundraising and overseeing and growing funding partnerships and campaigns. 
• Ability to identify cultivate and build long-term relationships with individuals donors and organizations.   
• Understanding of the global health and international development space. 
• Experience leveraging communications to further fundraising and engagement efforts. 
• Strong skills in strategic engagement with donors and potential donors. 
• Highest levels of integrity and adherence to code of ethics including fundraising.   

Additional Information :

Salary Range

The expected salary range for this position is $115378  (minimum) to $144238 (midpoint) annually in the Washington DC Metro area. For US-based remote staff EGPAF uses geographical ranges that are based on the candidates location and the associated cost of labor. Actual base salary compensation will be determined by factors such as qualifications experience and training education and certifications internal equity external market data and budget.

Benefits

EGPAF offers a comprehensive range of benefits tailored to each country. Benefits in the US include but are not limited to medical dental and vision flexible spending accounts 403b retirement plan (5% matching employer contribution) paid vacation (25 days per year) sick leave (10 days per year) floating holidays (4 per year) and 11 public holidays.

EGPAF is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We are committed to creating equal opportunity to all employees and applicants for employment regardless of race color sex (including pregnancy and related conditions sexual orientation or gender identity) national origin religion age equal pay disability or genetic information (including family medical history or genetic tests or services) or any other basis protected by law. In addition to country law requirements EGPAF complies with US laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the Foundation has facilities.

Remote Work :

Yes

Employment Type :

Full-time