Director of Philanthropy & Development

THE SKAGIT VALLEY FAMILY YMCA • Mount Vernon, WA

9d • $70,000 - $90,000

About The Position

A Skagit Valley Family YMCA association level position to build, maintain, and execute Philanthropic, Communication, and Community Engagement and Development strategies. Director activities will lead to financial stability through sustained donor relations, increased contribution revenues, execution of annual giving campaign, and securing new and diverse sources of philanthropic revenues to include legacy planning, non-cash giving, and grant execution. Position will report to the Executive Director of Service Delivery & Development and partner with Chief Executive Officer and other members of the executive leadership team to drive capital and other fundraising campaigns and needs. Director will partner on all advancement activities and lead communications development of marketing communications, website content creation, and deliver effective consumer value-proposition positioning of Healthy Living membership and Youth Development childcare enrollment growth strategies.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree plus five years of fundraising, or equivalent total experience and/or certification that is relevant and transferable to the Director of Philanthropy & Development position. Demonstrated previous and successful fundraising, marketing and communications, and nonprofit development experiences. Event management and execution experience preferred.
• Can identify, understand, and build/act upon long-term funding models to support financially sustainable community service and mission-driven organizations and service programs inclusive of capital campaign efforts.
• Has the functional and technical knowledge and skills required to perform well in the role and uses best practices and demonstrates up-to-date knowledge and skills in technology.
• Computer proficiencies: Ability to use, administer, and manage MS Office software applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams, etc.) and third-party software solutions and aggregators to research, track, report, and communicate. Website management, third-party website and backend system integration management, and customer-relation management tools (CRM) use skills are necessary to perform in the position.
• Communication: Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal skills are required for communicating with funders, business community, government entities and representatives, the consumer marketplace, team members, and other relevant stakeholders.
• Ability to effectively, both in reactive and proactive situations, manage media relations.
• Project and time management: The ability to manage multiple projects, tasks, and deadlines simultaneously is crucial.
• Organizational skills: Exceptional organizational skills are needed to manage complex processes, demands of time and capacity, and documentation.
• Data analysis: The capacity for data analysis and report writing is a key skill inclusive of story telling and community impact communications and reporting.
• Demonstrated ability to relate effectively to diverse groups of people from all social and economic segments of the community.
• Ability to effectively navigate fast-paced, dynamically changing and sometime ambiguous environments that often require matrix-driven organizational decision making while staying mission aligned.

Responsibilities

• Leads all philanthropic activities inclusive of periodic appeals efforts, annual giving campaign, minor and major donor development, and legacy/planned giving. Position leverages strong cases for support to build awareness and consideration of needs leading to engagement and donor action, sustained philanthropic revenues and growth, and growing donor pool.
• Philanthropic duties and responsibilities to include, though not limited by, capital campaign planning and execution, developing and stewarding a donor network, and securing paid and in-kind sponsors. Position assists with and/or delegates the activation of funding intentions.
• Manages Events and Development Coordinator to effectively position the association positively in the communities it serves, attain sponsorship revenue, manage and execute annual event calendar and ad hoc opportunities.
• Position is the primary lead for all association communications supporting internal and external needs; supports marcom and advancement materials and marketing playbook calendar; acts as main media relations contact; and serves as lead content creator for association website.
• Leverages the use, implementation, and serves as primary contact for donor-management CRM, legacy/planned and non-cash giving portal, website system integration activities, and Google Ad grant. Position has a supportive role with membership and childcare customer-management systems.
• In partnership with the Executive Director and Event Coordinator plan and execute annual community celebration event.
• Position requires the ability to source and prioritize in collaboration and consultation with executive leadership team (and their delegates) the pursuit of multiple funding strategies simultaneously meeting the various needs of all the Social Impact, Healthy Living, and Youth Development Divisions.
• Has comfort in public speaking and presentation, public/private donor networking, and donor relations.
• Annual and periodic budget responsibilities that include establishing, managing, and reporting contribution revenues, philanthropic marcom expense, event management expense, and communications expense.
• Has working understanding of MS software suite (ie. Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook, Teams), or similar tools, and marcom design and creative development tools (ie. Canva).
• Other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Free YMCA household membership
• 403(b) Saving Account enrollment;
• 8 paid federal holidays a year (full-time benefited employees to be eligible)
• Additional bilingual, premium pay of $1.00 for those who are fluent bilingual Spanish, Triqui, Mixtec, Russian and Ukrainian speakers. Ability to write or translate written materials is not required to receive this premium.
• Paid Sick & Vacation Day (accrual begins from day-1, eligible to use after 90-days)
• 2 paid personal days & 1 paid birthday per year
• Medical, vision, and dental insurance (full-time benefited employees to be eligible)
• 403 (b) Retirement Employer Match (after 2 years with 1,000 hours)
• Life insurance, and more! (full-time benefited employees to be eligible)

What This Job Offers

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