Development Director, North Carolina

$95,000 - $110,000/Yr

Common Cause - Triangle, NC

Full-time - Mid Level

Hybrid - Triangle, NC

Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations

About the position

We are seeking an experienced, innovative, and relationship-centered fundraising professional to join as our first ever Development Director on the North Carolina team here at Common Cause. This is an exciting opportunity to build impactful relationships with donors across the state, and to tell our story to millions across the state to grow our team's ability to lead impactful coalitions and be a leader in strengthening democracy in North Carolina. This is a full-time role reporting to the Executive Director, North Carolina; this role is based in the Triangle, North Carolina, with an expectation to travel around the state up to 3 days per week. We hope our new Development Director will start in April.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement our fundraising strategy
• Cultivate and maintain relationships with major donors and foundations, and sustain a portfolio of at least 50 major donors who are contributing $1,000 or more per year
• Collaborate with our External Affairs team to create and execute a strategy to engage our donors, and manage fundraising communications via email, website, social media, and other channels
• Lead the strategy and implementation of fundraising events and campaigns
• Manage foundation and corporate fundraising, meeting deadlines for proposal and reporting, and ensuring all grant deliverables are met
• Ensure administration of pass-through grants and payments to community partners and grantees
• Monitor and analyze fundraising data to evaluate performance and adjust strategies as needed
• Share reports with our advisory board, and support with creating agendas for and facilitating board meetings
• Provide guidance to staff, advisory board members, and volunteers on how they can support our fundraising efforts
• Manage the Development Coordinator and oversee development operations for North Carolina
• Collaborate with the Finance team to share data about individual donations and foundation grants, and details needed for our annual audit
• Ensure our donor database is maintained accurately
• Manage the budget and expenses for development for the North Carolina team

Requirements

• Demonstrated success at closing gifts at $1,000 and above
• Experience fundraising through major donors, foundations, and grants; ideally you have done this work for both 501c3 and 501c4 organizations
• Demonstrated familiarity with the donor landscape in North Carolina (either knowledge of or existing relationships with major donors and foundations)
• Experience coaching others to develop skills, ideally as the manager of a full-time staff member
• Ability to travel up to three days per week in-state and 1-2 times per year across the US for meetings with donors as well as team and all staff retreats

Nice-to-haves

• A strong commitment to Common Cause's nonpartisan mission and to advancing racial equity through our national agenda
• Ability to quickly build rapport, trust, and credibility with multiple stakeholders with diverse interests
• Innovative and strategic thinking skills, with the ability to navigate through ambiguity to achieve goals
• Ability to manage and meet deadlines for multiple short- and long-term priorities at once, with high attention to detail
• An ability to compel and persuade others through both written and verbal communication
• Familiarity with office productivity tools including Microsoft Office, Slack, and Zoom; ideally you have experience using a CRM to manage your work with donors

Benefits

• A robust healthcare plan that covers 97% of employee's medical care, 100% of employee's vision and dental benefits, and 75% of family medical care and 100% of family vision and dental benefits
• Generous Paid Time Off including 20 Days of Vacation and 10 observed Holidays per year, and additional days off for Thanksgiving and Winter break
• Flexible spending accounts
• A 401k retirement savings plan, with Employer Match after 1 year of service
• Dependent Care and Pet Care Support when you travel for work
• Funds for professional development