Alabama Field Fundraising Director

Teach For America; Birmingham (AL); On-site; USD 74,000 - 101,000; Full time

Job summary

Teach For America in Birmingham, Alabama is seeking a Director of Development to lead a local donor portfolio and drive fundraising strategy. You will partner with senior leaders to cultivate, solicit, and steward donors across public and private funding streams to meet ambitious revenue goals.

The role emphasizes portfolio management, grant writing, and collaboration with regional leadership to expand donor relationships and secure long-term support for educational equity.

Qualifications

• Strong relationship-building and donor stewardship abilities.
• Experience soliciting and stewarding donors across multiple funding streams.
• Ability to develop and write grant proposals that are motivating and effective.

Responsibilities

• Identify, manage, cultivate, solicit, and steward a portfolio of donors in Alabama.
• Collaborate with Executive Director and VP of Field Fundraising to set local fundraising strategy.
• Lead donor cultivation and acquisition to maximize revenue for Teach For America.
• Maintain donor activity records in Salesforce and monitor progress.
• Support organizational initiatives and donor stewardship across the team.

Skills

Donor portfolio management

Relationship building

Grant writing

Strategic planning

Salesforce CRM

Tools

Salesforce

Job description

Teach For America in Birmingham, Alabama is seeking a Director of Development to lead a local donor portfolio and drive fundraising strategy. You will partner with senior leaders to cultivate, solicit, and steward donors across public and private funding streams to meet ambitious revenue goals.

The role emphasizes portfolio management, grant writing, and collaboration with regional leadership to expand donor relationships and secure long-term support for educational equity.