Director of Development

Overview

Tampa Bay Thrives (TBT) is a unique coalition founded in 2019 by leaders who sought an innovative approach to improving mental health for the Tampa Bay community. Their mission is to mobilize the community to strengthen behavioral health outcomes for depression, anxiety, and substance use disorder, with a focus on improving early intervention, access, and awareness. TBT has three priority focus areas to support this mission:
Navigation, Access, and Stigma. Underpinning the above are activities that provide visibility into, and critical mass around solving for, the core mental health challenges facing our region. These additional activities include convening around urgent and emergent issues, research, education, data collection, evaluation, and policy. Tampa Bay Thrives envisions an emotionally healthy community where mental health is a priority and all thrive together.

The organization is positioned to take the next step in building its team by hiring its first dedicated development staff as they work towards this vision.

The Tampa Bay Thrives Director of Development is an experienced and passionate individual, focused on strengthening donor relationships, increasing fundraising revenue, and enhancing awareness of our mission. The Director of Development has a deep commitment and passion for mental health, a collaborative orientation to successfully partner with stakeholders, excellent conceptual abilities, superior leadership skills, solid financial expertise, and thrives in diverse and innovative environments.

Reports to:

President/CEO

• Leadership:
  • Collaborates with leadership to define development goals that align with TBT’s mission and strategic plan.
  • Develops, implements, manages, and sustains a detailed annual development plan that encompasses fundraising strategies in the areas of campaigns, special events, and grant initiatives.
  • Prepares an annual goal, in conjunction with the CEO, of dollars to be raised and gifts to be obtained for the fiscal year to support the mission.
  • Represents TBT in the community including attending and speaking at networking events.
• Relationship Building & Communication:
  • Identifies, cultivates, solicits and stewards relationships with individual, corporate and foundation donors for annual, capital and multi-year support.
  • Ensures that all requests from donors and potential donors for information and clarification are responded to in an accurate, timely, and professional manner.
  • Develops and coordinates annual fundraising appeals, special events, and campaigns including sponsor ships, direct mail, and social/digital media.
  • Develops annual grant strategy and plan that builds and sustains relationships with funders. Collaborates with a contract grant writer and program staff to refine targeted research, cultivation of current and new funders, reviews grant applications, and ensures reporting requirements.
  • Develops and implements an effective donor recognition and stewardship program for all donors and levels of support.
  • Recruits, motivates, and instructs volunteers and staff to ensure development goals are met or exceeded. Collaborates with leadership to maintain relationships with the board and fundraising volunteers.
  • Maintains data integrity on a day-to-day basis, ensuring accuracy across donor records, reports, and systems. Optimizes internal reporting capabilities to monitor fundraising dashboard KPIs and enabling seamless and actionable data systems.
• Skills and
  
  Qualifications:
  • Required:
    • The Director of Development will be a proven leader with exceptional fundraising, interpersonal and relationship-building skills. They should possess an open management style that is collaborative, team oriented, and inspires growth.
    • At least 3-5 years of progressive fundraising experience within a nonprofit organization or an organization related to health.
    • Proven experience in raising a minimum of $250,000 in a non-profit setting on an annual basis.
    • Experience with public relations, marketing, and fundraising within an organization.
    • Passion for and commitment to supporting mental health, the mission of TBT, and the values of the nonprofit sector.
    • Flexibility and…