CareerRise seeks a proven, highly motivated, dynamic, and inspiring strategic leader with superior relationship skills and demonstrated success in building capacity and increasing revenue to become its Director of Resource Development. This is a unique opportunity to partner with an energized, engaged board to strengthen and diversify the funding profile of CareerRise. The successful candidate must have demonstrated success as a revenue builder, be a highly articulate communicator skilled at making a compelling case for support, an effective writer, and have an authentic passion for creating workforce development opportunities that support equitable economic mobility for all.
Reporting to the CEO, the Director of Resource Development plans, coordinates, and assures implementation of fund development strategies to develop donors, contributions, and grants to support the organization. The incumbent assures the development and maintenance of appropriate systems including but not limited to volunteer and donor management, research and cultivation, and gift processing and recognition. The position maintains accountability and compliance standards for donors and funding sources. This is a new position for the organization.
This position plays a critical role in shaping and implementing the organization’s overall revenue strategy and, as a member of the Management Team, advising on optimal revenue strategies. Critical priorities for the Director of Resource Development will be to set and achieve or exceed annual goals, and to build a program that ensures long-term, sustainable, and transformative growth. The person will also have day-to-day responsibility for planning, implementing, and managing all fundraising-related activities including engaging a larger, broader, and more diverse audience; partnering throughout the organization; managing and overseeing the grants process for the agency in collaboration with assigned staff; and collaborating on all donor-facing marketing and branding efforts and events.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Develop and coordinate aggressive fundraising strategies from corporations, foundations, city, state, and federal funding sources, individuals, and other private, public, and non-profit entities via formula and discretionary grants, responses to Requests for Proposals (RFP), annual giving, memorial gifts, major gifts, planned giving initiatives, individuals, endowment-building activities, and other resources.
- Oversee the preparation and timely submission of grant applications, application amendments, and budget transfers.
- Prepare or participate in writing federal, state, local government, and foundation grants and reports.
- Help establish performance measures, monitors results, and helps the CEO, other directors, and board evaluate the effectiveness of the organization’s fund development program.
- Operationalize a new resource development department with the aspiration and goal to build a strong and nimble development team through recruitment; professional development; performance management; and motivational leadership.
- Provide strategic oversight of the donor database system and build a best practices environment to support the development of external engagement efforts.
- Be transparent and accountable in creating high-quality reporting in partnership with program staff for donors and progress reports for the Board of Directors. Collaborate with the CEO and other staff and board leadership to ensure appropriate processes to support reporting requirements.
- Cultivate effective relationships with the board, current partners, and others who can positively impact new revenue stream generation.
- Develop strategic relationships to expand the reach, organizational awareness, and programmatic capabilities of CareerRise.
- Lead corporate partner cultivation, serving as primary relationship manager and personally solicit high-level gifts from a portfolio of current and prospective donors.
- Systematically identify, cultivate, and steward major gift donors.
- Deepen all donor alliances through regular, relevant communications and stewardship and expand the donor base and partnership opportunities. Maintain a significant portfolio of principal donors and facilitate relationships between donors and CEO.
- Collaborate across departments and with the board of directors to create an environment that nurtures a fundraising mindset throughout the organization.
- Maintain an in-depth knowledge of applicable federal and state laws and regulations pertaining to the funding agencies’ activities and grant making and assures compliance by CareerRise.
- Participate in community events or with community groups relevant to the agency’s mission.
- Foster an environment of cohesiveness, collaboration and achievement and ensure staff accountability for excellence through clearly defined and measurable goals. Create a climate that promotes respect for others and acceptance of alternative ideas and approaches, as well as the highest ethical standards and practices. Embrace diversity as a strategic advantage.
- Provides staff support to committees of the board of directors as directed.
- Perform other duties as assigned
ABOUT CAREERRISE
CareerRise is a not-for-profit workforce intermediary and funders collaborative that champions good jobs, skilled employees, and strong communities. Our mission is to advance economic mobility and regional prosperity by creating and strengthening partnerships and systems that meet employer needs for talent and connect metro Atlanta residents to sustainable wage careers in quality jobs. With the leadership of our board of directors, we work with employers, training providers, support services providers, job seekers and workforce funders to build partnerships and implement equitable workforce strategies. Visit www.careerriseatlanta.org for complete information on CareerRise and its programs and services.
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