Director of Donor & Partnership Development
About The Position
The Director of Donor & Partnership Development will play a critical role in helping the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Kansas City (BGCGKC) achieve its vision by helping to manage day-to-day fundraising activities for BGCGKC. This position will be tasked with activities related to the stewardship, cultivation and solicitation of the corporate, individual donor community, including in-kind donors. Through direction from the Chief Development Officer, this position will implement a comprehensive plan for developing key external alliances by cultivating philanthropic support. Director of Donor & Partnership Development will expand and diversify BGCGKC’s donor base and align it with current and future programs.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field, advanced degree preferred
- Minimum of five (5) years of work experience managing nonprofit programs and fund development
- Demonstrated strategic thinking and planning experience
- Strong track record of successful fundraising, demonstrating measurable results
- Extensive experience working with individual and corporate donor bases
- Commitment to personally champion the organization’s core ideology
- Dynamic, high-energy self-starter. Ability to work effectively in a team as well as independently
- Team building and staff development experience
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Demonstrated problem solving and strategic planning abilities
- Ability to take action to achieve goals beyond what is required
- Be innovative in problem solving
- Provide excellent customer service to all donors and community members
- Have a commitment to the mission, vision, and guiding principles
- Be ethical and detail oriented in all donor relations
- Be an effective team member
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite
- Proficient in Raisers Edge
- Attend scheduled staff meetings
- Represent the organization in a positive manner to the community
- Demonstrate support for leadership
- Ability to be flexible within the administrative team and the overall organization to perform alternate roles as needed
Nice To Haves
- advanced degree preferred
Responsibilities
- Utilize ‘moves management’ fundraising principles to actively cultivate and solicit targeted corporate, individual, & community prospects
- Manage and execute the organization’s direct mail and on-line solicitation program, including campaign planning, vendor coordination, list segmentation, timelines and tracking to ensure completion. Overall goal to ensure regular updates are distributed among our donors.
- Direct and manage community partnership creation and activations between Resource Development and the Programming Department, ensuring collaborative execution, clear communication, and measurable impact.
- Expand the relationship and fundraising base through affinity events with donors and conduct exploratory meetings with targeted prospects to determine their interests and capabilities. Discuss ways to create win-win situations through sponsorships and other financial contributions
- Manage the donor-recognition and impact-reporting function that demonstrates how financial gifts fuel the work of Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Kansas City
- Provide cross-functional collaboration within the Development Department by assisting with a range of initiatives, projects, and tasks to ensure efficient operations and advancement of fundraising goals across the department.
- Successfully and strategically manage a portfolio of 40-50 significant donors and prospects aimed at securing funds (combination of corporate and individuals) does not include grants
- Support the “culture of philanthropy, gratitude and appreciation” and help in managing the stewardship process
- In partnership with Chief Development Officer, guide the development of fundraising standards and tools, based on best practices, to ensure effectiveness, quality and innovation in fundraising
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
