[Hiring] Director of Development @World Help

Role Description

The Director of Development serves as an overseer to the entire Donor Growth department and as an expert on direct donor fundraising for World Help. The role will provide a thorough strategic donor development plan based on accurate data analysis of donor data, manage assigned donor/church caseloads for supporter-facing staff who would cultivate long-term relationships with current and prospective donors, and establish a planned giving and corporate business programs that would help World Help meet its needs and goals. This role also provides administrative, direct management, and strategic planning oversight to the Donor Growth department to create cohesiveness and collaboration between team members, improve areas that are lacking growth, and enable efficiency across the department.

• Meet weekly with Exec. Dr. Of Mktg & Dev. to report on Donor Growth updates & progress.
• Grow a major/mid-donor program including identification, cultivation, and solicitation of major/mid donors.
• Oversee Church Relations Team, focusing on increasing church involvement with World Help.
• Grow the planned-giving program with a focus on deferred gifts such as bequest expectancies.
• Provide oversight of fundraising events.
• Manage/steward a small caseload of high-capacity donors and ensure that current relationships are continuously cultivated, asking for donations, thanking them for giving.
• Collaborate with the Marketing and Donor-Acquisition teams, as well as other directors, to optimize workflow and meet organizational needs.
• Maintain a dashboard monitoring the success of fundraising staff portfolios; regularly inspecting and strategizing with fundraising staff on how to grow donor giving.
• Work closely with Programs staff to secure appropriate project information, to make donor offers as well as report to donor on impact of their giving.
• Recruit, train, coach, and mentor Major Gift Officers, Mid Officers, and Church Relations Representatives to better understand donor cultivation and implement wealth screening.
• Maintain a working knowledge of relevant fundraising trends within the nonprofit community.
• Become fully apprised of World Help’s organizational culture and donor development philosophy to reinforce these principles over time.
• Cultivate new & existing foundations; securing grants that meet World Help’s needs/goals.
• Participate in attending World Help events and traveling for donor trips as needed.
• Any additional duties needed to drive World Help’s mission, vision, and organizational values.

Qualifications

• B.S. Degree
• 8+ Years of Fundraising & Management
• Microsoft Office Suite Experience
• Demonstrates Experience Raising Funds & Examples of Positive Outcomes
• Fundraising Software and Tools Expertise

Requirements

• Requires Sitting Most of Day
• Travels Often to Visit/Meet with Major Donors

Benefits

• 75% - Lead Donor & Church Relations Teams
• 10% – Donor Caseload Management
• 10% – Donor Event Oversight – Eventual
• 5% – Planned Giving Oversight

Company Description

World Help is a Christian humanitarian organization serving the physical and spiritual needs of people in impoverished communities around the world. We are searching for a devout follower of Christ whose worldview correlates with the company’s mission and values.