Director of Fundraising

BASIS Ed is seeking a Director of Fundraising located at Scottsdale office!

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BASIS Ed is seeking a Director of Fundraising to oversee the Annual Teacher Fund the organizations annual giving program supporting teacher excellence across the network. This role is responsible for managing the Annual Teacher Fund campaign calendar campaign strategy donor stewardship school-based coordinator support and day-to-day execution of annual giving initiatives.

The Director of Fundraising works under the direction of the VP of Development who leads major donor strategy philanthropy institutional giving and founding donations for school growth. While the VP of Development focuses on larger philanthropic relationships and long-term fundraising strategy the Director of Fundraising owns the operational success of the Annual Teacher Fund and ensures that family giving campaigns are well-planned well-executed and consistently supported across schools.

This role is ideal for a highly organized fundraising professional who can manage campaign details motivate school-based coordinators support donor engagement coordinate with Marketing and Communications and use data to improve participation stewardship and fundraising results.

Key Responsibilities

Annual Teacher Fund Strategy & Campaign Management

• Manage the Annual Teacher Fund campaign calendar including annual giving recurring giving Giving Tuesday teacher appreciation donor stewardship school-level giving moments and donor appreciation activities.

• Develop campaign plans timelines goals messaging needs donor segments coordinator tasks and reporting checkpoints.

• Translate Annual Teacher Fund goals into clear campaign strategies that increase family participation donor retention recurring giving and total revenue.

• Coordinate campaign execution across email school communications donor outreach events printed materials giving pages and stewardship touchpoints.

• Work with the VP of Development to align Annual Teacher Fund strategy with broader development priorities.

• Monitor campaign progress and recommend adjustments based on donor behavior school participation campaign performance and giving trends.

• Ensure Annual Teacher Fund messaging clearly communicates the impact of giving on teacher recruitment retention recognition and school excellence.

School-Based ATF Coordinator Management

• Serve as the primary manager and support partner for school-based Annual Teacher Fund coordinators.

• Onboard new coordinators.

• Provide coordinators with campaign calendars toolkits templates talking points timelines donor outreach guidance and stewardship expectations.

• Lead regular coordinator meetings trainings check-ins and campaign briefings.

• Ensure coordinators understand campaign goals school-level responsibilities donor communication expectations and reporting requirements.

• Support coordinators in planning school-level engagement activities donor appreciation efforts and family giving reminders.

• Troubleshoot school-level challenges clarify priorities and escalate issues when needed.

• Track coordinator activity school participation local campaign execution and follow-up needs.

• Build a consistent coordinator support model that helps schools participate effectively while maintaining central fundraising standards.

Donor Stewardship & Engagement

• Manage stewardship workflows for Annual Teacher Fund donors including thank-you communications impact updates donor recognition appreciation touchpoints and post-campaign follow-up.

• Support donor segmentation for first-time donors returning donors recurring donors lapsed donors upgraded donors and school-level donors.

• Help personalize donor communications based on school affiliation giving history donor level and campaign participation.

• Coordinate donor appreciation activities that help families and supporters understand the impact of their giving.

• Partner with school leaders and coordinators to collect teacher stories school highlights photos and examples of Annual Teacher Fund impact.

• Support recurring giving growth through targeted messaging stewardship and donor follow-up.

• Identify donors who may be appropriate for VP of Development follow-up including major donor prospects corporate supporters or families with increased giving potential.

Cross-Functional Campaign Coordination

• Partner with Marketing and Communications to produce Annual Teacher Fund campaign materials including emails landing pages donation page copy flyers social content direct mail event materials and donor stewardship content.

• Submit clear creative requests and manage deadlines approvals edits and campaign production timelines.

• Coordinate with Finance and operations teams on gift coding reconciliation needs donor acknowledgments reporting and school-level fundraising requirements.

• Work with data/platform partners to support accurate donor lists donation forms campaign tracking and recurring giving setup.

• Maintain strong communication with school leaders ATF coordinators MarCom Finance and the VP of Development.

• Ensure campaigns are executed consistently across schools while allowing for appropriate local school voice and community engagement.

Data Reporting & Platform Support

• Use Salesforce Click & Pledge or other fundraising and CRM platforms to support donor segmentation campaign execution donor follow-up and performance reporting.

• Track Annual Teacher Fund revenue donor participation school participation recurring giving donor retention average gift size and campaign performance.

• Prepare regular campaign updates school-level reports coordinator progress summaries and post-campaign performance reports.

• Identify data gaps duplicate records missing donor information or reporting issues that may affect campaign execution or stewardship.

• Support donor data quality by ensuring campaign activity donor engagement and school-level giving information are accurately captured.

• Use reporting insights to recommend improvements to campaign timing messaging coordinator support donor stewardship and recurring giving strategy.

Qualifications

Required Experience

• Bachelors degree in nonprofit management communications marketing education business or a related field preferred.

• 46 years of experience in fundraising annual giving donor relations nonprofit development advancement campaign management school fundraising community engagement or a related field.

• Experience managing annual fund campaigns donor engagement campaigns fundraising calendars stewardship activities or school/community giving initiatives.

• Experience coordinating staff volunteers ambassadors committee members or school-based fundraising representatives.

• Strong project management skills including the ability to manage multiple campaigns stakeholders timelines and deliverables at once.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills especially for donor-facing and school-facing communications.

• Comfort working with donor data campaign reports spreadsheets CRM systems fundraising platforms and project management tools.

• Ability to build positive relationships with school leaders coordinators donors families vendors and internal teams.

Preferred Experience

• Experience in K12 education charter schools independent schools higher education advancement or mission-driven nonprofit organizations.

• Experience with Salesforce Nonprofit Success Pack Click & Pledge HubSpot or similar fundraising and CRM platforms.

• Experience managing giving days annual fund campaigns recurring giving teacher appreciation campaigns year-end giving or donor appreciation activities.

• Experience supporting decentralized teams campus representatives fundraising coordinators parent volunteers or school-based ambassadors.

• Experience using project management platforms such as Jira Asana Smartsheet Trello or similar tools.

• Experience partnering with Marketing and Communications teams on campaign materials donor newsletters stewardship content or event collateral.

BENEFITS & SALARY:

• Salary for this position is competitive and dependent on education and experience
• BASIS Ed offers a comprehensive benefits package including but not limited to:
  • Employer paid medical and dental insurance
  • Vision insurance
  • PTO
  • Ability to add dependents
  • 401k with partial match that grows over time
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Childcare Savings Opportunity (KinderCare tuition discount)

Reasonable Accommodations Statement
To perform this job successfully an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

In accordance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 the Age Discrimination Act of 1975 Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 the Boy Scouts of America Equal Access Act and applicable state law BASIS* does not discriminate on the basis of any actual or perceived classification protected by law in any of its business activities including its educational programs and activities which comply fully with the requirements of state and federal law and Title IX. Inquiries regarding BASIS nondiscrimination policies should be directed to

*As used in this policy the term BASIS refers to: BASIS Educational Group LLC; BASIS Charter Schools Inc.; BDC A Public Charter School Inc.; BBR Schools Inc.; BASIS Texas Charter Schools Inc. and all affiliated entities.