Director of Development, Tennessee
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About The Position
The Director of Development (DoD) is responsible for directing all aspects of the Tennessee fundraising program that secures significant financial resources from foundations, corporations, and individuals to support urgent conservation goals. They establish the vision for areas of responsibility, identify key challenges, develop, and synthesize plans of action, and deliver targeted outcomes. The DoD leads a team of development professionals. They are responsible for recruiting, developing, and retaining high-performing development staff and nurturing effective collaboration with a geographically dispersed team. The DoD reports directly to the Tennessee State Director and serves on the Tennessee chapter's leadership team. The Director of Development proposes and develops long-range donor strategies and tactics to communicate a broad vision to others to advance the Conservancy's goals. They work with programs to establish, monitor, and track measures, and lead indicators and activity-level benchmarks to achieve maximum success. They manage all major gifts functions, which may include planned giving, endowments, principal gifts, donor prospecting and research, donor engagement, and special multi-year fundraising campaigns. They work in collaboration with conservation experts, development staff around the world, high-level volunteers, and others across a dispersed and complex organization. They play an active role in strategic planning for all Tennessee programs. They work closely with the State Director, the Tennessee Board Chair and Development Committee to strengthen and engage the Board of Trustees in fundraising. They are responsible for reporting on program activities to leadership, including the Tennessee Board of Trustees. The DoD will be responsible for a select group of prospects and donors. They may be responsible for volunteer engagement and managing selected trustee relationships. They will travel frequently and on short notice, work long hours and occasional weekends. Their work environment may involve infrequent exposure to disagreeable elements and minor physical exertion and/or strain. The DoD will be based in the Nashville, TN metro area and work in a hybrid work environment out of our Brentwood, TN office. The salary range for this role will be $130,00 to $150,000, depending on experience and qualifications.
