Director, Development

Teach For America
United States
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Executive & General ManagementExperience: 4+ yearsSkills: ["Communication","Relationship management","Fundraising","Grant writing","Stakeholder management"]

Lead and manage a Birmingham-based donor portfolio for Teach For America’s Field Fundraising team, developing and executing a long-term local fundraising strategy to maximize revenue from public and private sources. Partner with the Executive Director, regional advisory board, and staff to identify new donor opportunities, drive acquisition, cultivation, and stewardship over a 3-5 year horizon, and coordinate cross-functional fundraising efforts.

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Teach For America
Teach For America
3 months ago

Director, Development

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Job Summary

Lead and manage a Birmingham-based donor portfolio for Teach For America’s Field Fundraising team, developing and executing a long-term local fundraising strategy to maximize revenue from public and private sources. Partner with the Executive Director, regional advisory board, and staff to identify new donor opportunities, drive acquisition, cultivation, and stewardship over a 3-5 year horizon, and coordinate cross-functional fundraising efforts.
Location: United States
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Executive & General Management
Seniority: Director level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Identify, manage, cultivate, solicit, and steward a portfolio of donors in Alabama, owning the donor life cycle across public and private funding streams.
  • •Collaborate with the Executive Director, regional advisory board members, and other fundraisers to advance fundraising efforts and donor relationships.
  • •Lead setting a local fundraising vision and execute plans for donor acquisition and portfolio diversification to maximize revenue for the organization.
  • •Maintain donor and fundraising activity data in our CRM (SalesForce) and analyze progress to adjust strategies.
  • •Support and steward team and organizational initiatives to achieve revenue goals.
Travel: Low travel

Key Requirements

  • •4+ years of related experience in development and fundraising with direct donor portfolio management
  • •Track record of meeting and exceeding revenue goals in donor portfolios
  • •Experience writing grants and managing proposals (preferred)
  • •Strong relationship-building and management skills, with ability to engage a range of internal and external stakeholders
  • •Ability to develop and execute a comprehensive development plan and to work with cross-functional teams to meet fundraising targets
Experience:4+ yearsFundraisingDevelopmentDonor managementGrant writing
Skills:CommunicationRelationship managementFundraisingGrant writingStakeholder management

Company Brief

Teach For America
A nonprofit organization that recruits and trains recent graduates and professionals to teach in low-income communities, aiming to expand educational opportunity and leadership to address inequity in the U.S. education system.
Industry: Education
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Growth: Nonprofit & NGO
Funding: Grant Funded
Headquarters: New York City, United States
Founded: 1990
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