Regional Development Director

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Nexus Family Healing is looking to hire a Regional Development Director to join our fantastic Development team! For more than 50 years, Nexus has empowered thousands of children, families, and adults to find hope and healing. What started in 1972 as a single program in Minnetonka, Minnesota has grown into a nationally recognized network across five states. As a progressive leader in youth and family mental health, we’re driven by a clear mission: to close gaps in care and create brighter futures for those we serve.

At Nexus Family Healing, we embrace diversity, promote equity, and foster inclusion. As a national mental health organization, we serve a diverse group of youth and families, and we strive for our workforce to support and represent that diversity.

• Full‑time Hybrid from Minnesota opportunity
• Travel to agencies within Minnesota
• Starting salary range: $90,000–100,000 annually

• Five weeks paid time off (PTO) in the first year of employment
• Multiple options for health insurance coverage
• No‑cost life insurance
• Short/long‑term disability insurance
• 401k match
• Talkspace Therapy Benefit for the whole family
• Hinge Health Benefit for the whole family
• Carrot Fertility Benefit
• Tuition assistance and training opportunities
• Advancement pathways and internal promotion
• And much more!

Our Regional Development Director will provide on‑ground leadership and management to build connections and secure philanthropic gifts to support the national and local impact of Nexus, as well as the assigned affiliates. This person will also have the ability to play a key role in the creation of a national strategic development plan and to execute that plan within the targeted region with an eye to both the local and national impact.

• Lead the creation and execution of a regional development plan aligned with the Nexus national strategic development plan and supporting the needs of Nexus and assigned sites.

• Plan and document donor interactions and strategies for donor relationship management as well as grant proposals and results.
• Retrieve, review and analyze donor data, providing reports on key metrics to inform leadership, board and development committee on development goals and progress.
• Lead and develop assigned employees and develop a cohesive team through team building, communicating and advocating for the organization’s mission and communicating shared goals and objectives.

• Develop, maintain, and enhance relationships with donors, volunteers, community leaders and stakeholders.
• Identify and maintain a core portfolio of donors identified as major donors/prospects and develop specific strategies for cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship.
• Work in conjunction with Nexus/site leadership local to engage the Board of Directors and/or Development Committee in philanthropic giving and to identify, cultivate, solicit, and steward donors and prospects.
• Collaborate and work cross‑functionally with leadership and colleagues at assigned sites and across Nexus.

• Work in collaboration and act as a partner with our Manager of Events and Corporate Partnerships to execute events to enhance brand awareness, increase donor engagement/cultivation and build philanthropic support for Nexus/assigned sites.
• Work as a team to establish strategic plans and target goals for events to assess impact and cost effectiveness.

• Develop and execute plans to promote a culture of philanthropy throughout Nexus home office and agency sites including communications, activities and internal relationship building.
• Educate the leadership team and other employees on the role of philanthropy and their opportunities for involvement; serve as a champion and advocate for the Foundation internally and externally.
• Demonstrate understanding and adherence to the AFP code of ethics; conduct oneself with integrity and ethically at all times while building trust,…