Development Director

Instructions:

Please send a resume and a detailed cover letter that demonstrates the fit between your qualifications and the skills and experience below. Please attach them in one pdf file using the following naming convention: “Your Last Name-Your First Name.pdf”, via email only to: jobs@liveunitedhc.org. Applicants that follow these instructions to send resume and cover letter to jobs@liveunitedhc.org will be considered.

Overview:

The Development Director oversees the resource development and marketing work of United Way of Henderson County and serves on our leadership team. This public-facing leadership role utilizes year-round development and marketing strategies to engage community members.

The ideal candidate for this position will:

• Lead with a development mindset to create and identify opportunities to diversify our fundraising portfolio and expand our ability to positively impact the lives of residents in Henderson County;
• Drive work forward utilizing strong communication and project management skills to plan and implement a cohesive and effective development portfolio;
• Evaluate and implement our comprehensive marketing and fundraising plan to increase community awareness, donor engagement, and overall giving;
• Collaborate with staff to ensure successful implementation of marketing plan, mailings plan, and fundraising plan;
• Develop and expand grant-funding portfolio to support new and existing programs;
• Cultivate relationships to expand major gifts and legacy giving; Nurture long-term relationships with donors and local businesses and connect them with meaningful engagement opportunities;
• Serve on the UWHC leadership team and be an active and contributing team member in close partnership with UWHC staff.

Main Duties:

• Workplace Giving
• Lead workplace campaign planning, implementation and reporting
• Manage account relationships and assignments for employee campaigns
• Create and deepen relationships with current and prospective corporate partners
• Pursue opportunities for corporate giving including corporate gifts, corporate matches, and other give back opportunities
• Organize and pursue corporate sponsorship assignments and requests o Research and contact prospects for new account development

Residential Giving:

• Lead mailing strategy, content, messaging and outreach
• Manage mailings timelines and execution for leadership mailings, residential mailings, bulk and prospect mailings, and other mailings as needed
• Collaborate with marketing, engagement, finance, and programs team members to ensure clear role delineation internally and continuity of messaging externally
• Lead development of our Women United Small Business League affinity groups

Major Gifts and Legacy Giving:

• Spearhead donor stewardship and retention initiatives
• Ensure strategic, year-round, sustainable relationships with donors and prospects
• Research, develop, and maintain all aspects of relationship/contact management for key donors, including database management, recognition materials, and oral and written communications

Marketing and Events

• Provide direction and management to ensure the collaboration and resources necessary to effectively develop and execute marketing and events
• Direct and partner with Marketing and Events Manager to ensure effective planning, calendaring, and implementation of year-round marketing plan and materials
• Lead collaboration to ensure successful implementation of marketing plan, mailings plan, and fundraising plan

Grant Portfolio

• Create and build relationships with current and prospective funders, deepening their understanding of our work and the impact they are creating with their support
• Provide strategic guidance and input to create diversified fundraising portfolio for UWHC programs and initiatives
• Collaborate with staff to identify and create opportunities for future funding o Participate in grant writing and reporting as needed

Other:

• Professionally represent UWHC to funders, nonprofits, and external audiences and represent UWHC on specific committees, organizations, and task forces, as appropriate
• Utilize ANDAR database for entry and reporting, stay up to date with ANDAR database protocols, and identify opportunities for ANDAR clean up
• Collaborate with staff to plan and implement annual campaign events, recognitions and awards
• Manage and direct staff to ensure completion of back end administrative functions related to Development
• Work with Director of Finance to analyze all donor designations and review donor giving trends
• Provide bi-weekly reporting to Executive Director and bi-monthly reporting for Board of Directors reports

Qualifications:

• 5+ years fundraising or donor relations experience preferred
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and/or Google Suites of Products
• Experience with donor databases, experience with Andar database a plus
• Experience stewarding major gifts and implementing legacy giving programs a plus

Pay: $60,000.00 - $70,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Sabbatical

Work Location: In person