Director of Development
Helena, Lewis and Clark County, Montana, 59604, USA
Listed on 2026-01-30
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Management
Program / Project Manager -
Non-Profit & Social Impact
Position Title:
Director of Development
Supervisor:
Executive Director
Status:
Salary, Full Time, Exempt
Start Date:
April 2026
Office
Location:
CDTC maintains offices in Helena, MT, Golden, CO and Santa Fe, NM. CDTC staff work out of 3 regionally based offices. CDTC allows for a hybrid work at home-office work with regular “in office hours” to conduct and support regular business operations.
The mission of the Continental Divide Trail Coalition (CDTC) is to complete, protect, and elevate the Continental Divide National Scenic Trail and inspire a diverse community to steward the trail and its connected landscapes.
OverviewPOSITION SUMMARY
The Director of Development is responsible for the strategic planning, managing, and implementing activities that increase, diversify, and sustain philanthropic support for CDTC. The person in this role builds strategic priorities and partnerships that align with and drive the organization towards the goals outlined in the 2025 Strategic Vision. This is accomplished by managing a highly effective and high-functioning two-person development team and the team’s operations, including the identification and cultivation of relationships with individual, institutional, and corporate partners, and they collaborate with the communications team to implement this strategy.
The Director of Development drives strategy and conceptualization for annual fund campaigns, major gifts, planned giving and endowment growth, and long-term foundation and corporate partner development. They support the continual growth of development team portfolios and support programmatic needs and assessments across all CDTC programs. They work closely with the Executive Director and the entire senior leadership team in enhancing current programming, developing new initiatives, and creating opportunities for growth for all team members.
They support CDTC’s Board of Directors financial accountability through regular reporting that allows CDTC to adapt to a highly dynamic philanthropic environment. They also facilitate the Development and Communications Committee of the CDTC Board of Directors.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Development Strategy & Senior Leadership Responsibilities - Work with the Executive Director in defining multi-year strategic priorities that help drive CDTC’s fundraising efforts
- Development Strategy & Senior Leadership Responsibilities - Create an annual Development Plan aligned with strategic priorities that provide guidance for the Development team
- Development Strategy & Senior Leadership Responsibilities - Collaborate and meet regularly with the senior leadership team on fiscal management, organization growth and other organization-wide priorities
- Development Strategy & Senior Leadership Responsibilities - Oversee the CDTC Board of Directors Development and Communications Committee
- Development Strategy & Senior Leadership Responsibilities - Review and create necessary development policies that guide CDTC’s fundraising work and ensure work is done ethically, equitably, and with sound governance
- Development Strategy & Senior Leadership Responsibilities - Maintain high degree of knowledge and expertise on best practices in philanthropy, adapting fundraising strategies as necessary
- Development Strategy & Senior Leadership Responsibilities - Collaborate with the Executive Director and Director of Operations in developing CDTC’s annual income budget
- Development Strategy & Senior Leadership Responsibilities - Manage program-specific expense budget annually
- Fundraising & Communications Activities - Direct supervision of two person development team and supports development operations components of the CDTC Office Manager
- Fundraising & Communications Activities - Work collaboratively with team members to define objectives and workplans that align with the strategic priorities of the organization
- Fundraising & Communications Activities - Directly manage CDTC’s major giving program (portfolio of 75-80 individuals) and leverage systems to move qualified donors through the fundraising cycle
- Fundraising & Communications Activities - Establish “donor journeys” for individuals’ different points of…
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