Director of Development

City Year • Orlando, FL

1d • $75,000 - $85,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Director, Development is responsible for designing and executing the Development strategy that will allow City Year to leverage the resources, talents, and skills of the philanthropic sector to build the site and create change in communities across the city.

Requirements

• 5-8 years of progressive fundraising, grant management, and development experience with proven fundraising track record that includes multi-year giving.
• BA/BS required.
• Solid, persuasive writing skills required.
• Experience serving on diverse teams required.
• Strong interpersonal and relationship building skills required.
• Strong and efficient use of Microsoft Office required, knowledge of Salesforce platform a plus.
• Ability to work with diverse groups of young adults in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial team environment.
• Schedule will occasionally require nights and weekends and will involve periods of travel outside the Orlando 3-4 times annually.

Nice To Haves

• Preference given to MBAs, MPPs, and/or other relevant advanced degrees.
• Knowledge of the Orlando donor community preferred.

Responsibilities

• Working closely with the Executive Director to plan the strategy of donor engagement across sectors: private, government, and education (state policy, district funding).
• Serve as a representative of City Year in the external community attending events on a frequent basis.
• Build meaningful relationships that result in securing both monetary and in-kind multi-year support for City Year.
• Work with the Executive Director to develop, plan, and implement a campaign to allow for City Year’s continued growth throughout Orlando. Additionally, add development capacitates to execute against City Year’s Long Term Impact goals.
• Develop innovative strategies to promote individual giving to City Year.
• Identify, cultivate, solicit, and steward a portfolio of current and future major donors.
• Refine City Year Giving initiatives and increase participation with individual donor gifts of $10,000+.
• Work directly with the Executive Director to ensure annual Advisory Board giving is 100%.
• Work with the Executive Director to manage the Board throughout the year and during quarterly Board meetings.
• Maintain engagement both financially and otherwise to ensure Board retention and satisfaction.
• Establish corporate and foundation strategy and lead grant prospecting, management, and stewardship of relationships and communication with City Year’s corporate foundation funders.
• Work to increase corporate and foundation multi-year gifts.
• Directly manage 1 or more development staff including Development Consultant. As resources grow, hire, manage, and retain additional development professionals.
• Work with the Development Consultant and the Executive Director in leading special events to raise the awareness of City Year; fundraise and engage individuals, foundations, and corporations as champions and donors. Events include but are not limited to: Drive for Success Golf Event, Women’s Leadership Event, Annual Gala, and Private Receptions. This role will provide support of key City Year awareness impact events as well.
• Represent, respect, and role model City Year organizational culture and values on a daily basis internally as a member of the site Senior Leadership Team and externally as a representative of the organization.
• Help shape organizational strategy and play a leadership role in implementing the site’s local operating plan as a member of the Senior Leadership Team.
• Work collaboratively with other site departments on a frequent basis and with City Year’s nationalCity Year is committed to a diverse workforce. Individuals from all backgrounds are encouraged to apply. Headquarters in Boston.
• Ensure accurate maintenance of records and donor information in the SalesForce database and in local network and paper files.

Benefits

• Great benefits including health insurance with Flexible Spending Account, paid vacation, holidays, parental leave, 401K, and more.
• Full-time employees will be eligible for all benefits including vacation, sick days and organization holidays.
• You may participate in all benefit programs that City Year establishes and makes available to eligible employees, under (and subject to all provisions of) the plan documents that govern those programs.
• Currently, City Year offers medical, dental, vision, life, accidental death and dismemberment and disability coverage, Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA), and other benefits including 401(k) plan(s) pursuant to the terms and conditions of company policy and the 401(k) plan document.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director