Director, Development

ROLE

TITLE:

Director, Development

POSITION

REPORTS TO:

Vice President, Field Fundraising OR SMD, Development

LOCATION:
Based on local fundraising portfolio - must be in local fundraising geographic area in Dallas-Fort Worth

All prospect & donor management roles on Field Fundraising teams are responsible for cultivating, stewarding, and managing a portfolio of donors in our local communities who share our commitment to ensuring that all children have access to an equitable and excellent education. As a member of the Field Fundraising team, you will be a part of a team-based effort charged with developing and executing on a long-term vision and strategy to achieve our development goals for both public and private funding.

In your role, you will partner with Executive Directors, regional advisory board members, and other front-line fundraisers to maximize giving, playing a key role in new donor strategy and acquisition over the next 3-5 years.

Reporting to the Vice President, Field Fundraising or SMD, Development, you will be charged with raising $1-1.5 million or more from a portfolio of donors which may include both public and private funding. You will work directly with the Executive Director or other field fundraisers to cultivate and steward your portfolio of donors, and ensure the primary solicitor is well-positioned to engage with donors across fundraising streams and at all stages of the donor life cycle.

We are looking for a true team player who can make a significant contribution across a local fundraising landscape. In partnership with local Executive Directors, the VP, Field Fundraising and other fundraisers in local markets, you will be a key contributor in developing and executing the strategy to acquire, cultivate, retain, and diversify your portfolio of donors (including public and private donors).

• 15% - Leverage broader vision set for the local fundraising landscape to build and execute a plan for cultivating a portfolio of donors with the goal of maximizing revenue to the organization as a whole

• 45% - Manage, cultivate, and steward a portfolio of donors, ensuring that primary solicitors are well equipped to engage at all stages of the donor life cycle

• 25% - Work in close partnership with the Executive Director and other fundraisers to build the relationships necessary to advance fundraising efforts, which may include regional advisory board members

• 10% - Consistently maintain donor, prospect, and fundraising activity information in our customer relationship management system (currently Sales Force) and leverage this information to track progress, monitor gaps, and adjust strategy and approach

• 5% - Steward team and organizational initiatives

Your areas of knowledge and expertise that matter most for this role (minimum qualifications):

• Relationship Building and Management

  • Build strong relationships with prospects and donors and/or support the primary relationship holder/solicitor through a comprehensive relationship management plan

  • Strong written and verbal communication skills with a variety of internal and external constituents

  • Ability to manage up and laterally to influence development teammates in service of donor stewardship

• Fundraising and Development

  • Have a solid foundation in best practices of development and fundraising

  • Experience stewarding a portfolio of donors/funders from various funding streams

  • Contribute to complex fundraising and relationship management initiatives

• Portfolio Management

  • Leverage the market vision and overarching strategy to determine the specific approach to steward a portfolio of local donors and execute on that strategy in service of maximizing revenue to Teach For America as an enterprise

  • Monitor progress against the portfolio to ensure continuous donor stewardship

Prior experience

• Required:
  
  At least 4+ years of related experience in development and fundraising context

• Required:
  
  Track record of meeting and exceeding ambitious goals managing and/or supporting the management of a portfolio of donors

• Required:
  
  Bachelor's Degree

• Preferred:
  Teach For America development experience

Work Demands

• Occasional weekend or evening…