[Hiring] Bay Area JDC Representative @JDC

Role Description

JDC is seeking a deeply committed, experienced full-time Senior Development Officer (SDO) to serve as the Bay Area JDC representative in the San Francisco-Bay area. This effective fundraiser will be instrumental in driving JDC’s mission forward—pursuing strategic opportunities with tenacity and cultivating meaningful relationships. The representative will be responsible for stewarding a portfolio of significant individual and foundation donors, deepening partnerships with the Jewish Federation of the Bay Area, and identifying and engaging new major gift prospects.

What will you do as the Bay Area JDC Representative?

• Proactively identify, research, engage, and cultivate a pipeline of high potential individuals, foundations, and corporate donors for new, renewed or increased ($50K - $1M+) gifts for JDC’s priority and budget programs.
• Develop and meet your individual and departmental fundraising goals and metrics.
• Cultivate and deepen strategic funding relationships with lay leadership, including JDC Board members and trustees of Federations and other significant Jewish organizations.
• Develop and plan innovative donor engagement activities, ranging from intimate briefings to large scale events, travel to the field, and execute in person and virtual briefings.
• Represent JDC’s global impact and vision to a range of audiences, tailoring messaging to resonate with diverse philanthropic motivations and interests.
• Work closely with units across global RD and the entire organization to ensure alignment at all levels, including identification of donors, outreach and solicitation, identifying funding needs, communication and messaging.
• Participate in special projects, cross-functional initiatives, and donor-related assignments as needed.
• Such other duties as may be assigned from time to time.

Qualifications

• 10-15+ years of professional fundraising experience including substantial experience in closing five- and six-figure gifts (and ideally seven-figure gifts) is strongly desired.
• Demonstrated success in raising funds for Jewish non-profits and working with donors in the Jewish community.
• Exceptional interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills, including an intuitive ability to understand donor motivations and relate to their values.
• Strong presentation and facilitation skills, able to inspire confidence, trust, and enthusiasm, whether one-on-one or in front of a large audience.
• Self-starter with a results-driven mindset, strong organizational skills, and the ability to creatively manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Technologically fluent with donor CRM systems such as Raiser’s Edge, NXT, Salesforce, etc.
• Ability to travel locally on a regular basis, meeting with donors, Federation leadership and prospects in communities in the San Francisco-Bay area. Ability to travel domestically 8-10 times and overseas 1-3 times annually.

Benefits

• Anticipated salary is $160,000-$200,000; in determining where a candidate falls in that range JDC considers several factors, including skills and experience, internal equity, and cost of living in location of work.
• Excellent benefits package, including but not limited to:
• Competitive medical, vision and dental insurance coverage.
• Paid time off, including 20 vacation days, 20 sick days, 3 personal days, 10 national holidays, and up to 14 Jewish holidays depending on the Jewish calendar for any given year.
• 12 weeks of paid parental leave for full-time staff who have worked with JDC for at least 1 year.
• 403(b) with JDC contributions of 6.5% of salary.
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA), commuter benefits, and life insurance.
• Learning & Development: Ongoing opportunities for professional development through workshops and trainings with our internal L&D program.

Equal Employment Opportunity

JDC is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. As the world’s leading global Jewish humanitarian organization, we are committed to treating people with compassion and respect. All qualified applications will be considered for employment without regard to age, race, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, reproductive health decision-making, marital status, height, weight, disability, mental disorder, familial status, veteran status, genetic information, AIDS/HIV-positive status, victim of domestic violence, sex offenses or stalking, or any other protected characteristic as established by law.

JDC provides reasonable accommodation for employees with disabilities and encourages employees to request reasonable accommodations when needed.