Assistant Director of Development

GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD); Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 72,000 - 82,000; Full time

Job summary

GLAD, a nonprofit advancing LGBTQ rights and HIV advocacy, seeks an Assistant Director of Development to grow donor programs and fundraising initiatives in a fast-paced environment. You will collaborate with the Major Gifts Team, senior leadership, and the Board to foster meaningful donor relationships and drive strategy.

The role emphasizes donor engagement, moves management, and expanding giving across individuals, planned gifts, and corporate support, including stewardship of ~100 major

Qualifications

• Experience fundraising in a nonprofit environment.
• Strong donor relationship-building and moves management experience.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement strategies to grow GLAD’s individual, planned, and corporate giving programs.
• Foster meaningful relationships with current and prospective donors and volunteers.
• Lead donor engagement initiatives and moves management across the portfolio of donors.

Job description

GLAD provides a supportive and friendly work environment dedicated to groundbreaking achievement for LGBTQ identifying people and people living with HIV. Recent community support projects include maintaining a general COVID-19 resource list and set of FAQs focused on family protections. GLAD is proud of recent victories modernizing family and parentage laws by introducing or passing legislation in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island.

Other work in progress is focused on passing the Equality Act through a collaborative effort to extend protections of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. GLAD has also deepened and sharpened their focus on racial justice work, including through reforming and dismantling systems that we know disproportionately harm LGBTQ BIPOC, such as the criminal justice, juvenile justice, and child welfare systems. GLAD offers staff opportunities to affect change on the interconnections of race and LGBTQ status through their day-to-day work, professional development opportunities, and participation in our Racial and Economic Justice Working Group and GLAD for Economic Opportunity (GEO) committee.

ABOUT THE POSITION

The Development Department supports GLAD’s work by raising money from individual donations, fundraising events, corporate funding, and grants. Fundraising accounts for more than 90% of the revenue driving the organization’s vital work. The Assistant Director of Development will develop and implement strategies to facilitate and grow GLAD’s individual, planned, and corporate giving programs. They will be an externally-facing fundraiser working collaboratively with the Major Gifts Team, senior leadership, development committee, and Board of Directors to foster meaningful relationships with current and prospective donors.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced fundraiser committed to GLAD’s mission, to take on an external facing role with an emphasis on donor engagement and moves management. We seek candidates with a depth of experience managing donor relationships in a fast-paced, nonprofit environment. The Assistant Director of Development will have the opportunity to lead young donor engagement and legacy giving initiatives, in addition to stewarding a portfolio of approximately 100 major donors.

COMPENSATION

The salary for the role is $72,000-$82,000 annual.