Capital Campaign Consultants

Fox Advancement; Minnesota; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Fox Advancement seeks an experienced Campaign Consultant to direct capital campaigns for nonprofit clients across industries. You will lead visioning, feasibility studies, and implementation, serving as the primary project manager and fundraising advisor.

This remote role requires residing in the greater Minneapolis, MN area, collaborating with executives and volunteers, conducting donor interviews, and delivering strategic plans, reports, and training to secure major gifts.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience overseeing capital campaigns.
• Experience working in a remote environment.
• Strong interpersonal and meeting facilitation skills.
• Ability to engage high-level donors and volunteers.

Responsibilities

• Provide senior-level consulting for capital campaigns across multiple industries.
• Lead visioning, feasibility studies, and campaign implementation as primary project manager.
• Deliver fundraising counsel to nonprofit executives and volunteers.
• Communicate clearly with clients and stakeholders as an expert guide.
• Develop leadership and volunteer engagement plans; train boards and volunteers.
• Prepare reports and action plans documenting progress and results.
• Collaborate with Campaign Operations to define scope of work.
• Build trusted relationships with philanthropic leaders and clients.
• Represent Fox Advancement at client meetings.

Skills

Capital campaigns

Remote work

Interpersonal skills

Meeting facilitation

Stakeholder engagement

Tools

Google Drive

Zoom

Job description

The campaign consultant with Fox Campaigns directs campaign visioning, feasibility studies, and implementation for our clients across various industries. At a high level, these processes involve the following:

Visioning: Lead the client in developing their case for support and campaign budget.

Feasibility study: Confirm a realistic campaign goal through interviews with key donors and stakeholders.

Campaign implementation: Serve as the primary project manager for the campaign, ensuring activities happen on time and with integrity. Provide expert fundraising counsel to nonprofit executives and campaign volunteers.

Some of what you might be doing with our clients:

• Provide senior-level consulting for capital campaigns with an organization of at least a $5M operating budget;
• Communicate with clients clearly and consistently, serving as an expert guide for the capital campaign process;
• Conduct interviews with high-net-worth individuals with poise, professionalism, and integrity;
• Provide campaign education and major gifts solicitation training, when applicable, to Board of Directors members and campaign volunteers;
• Develop campaign leadership and volunteer engagement plans;
• Provide strategy and research to assist staff and volunteers in soliciting 6-7 figure gifts;
• Prepare progress and final reports of campaign results with follow-up action plans;
• Collaborate with Campaign Operations to develop a comprehensive scope of work;
• Build trusting relationships with key members in the philanthropic community and nonprofit leadership;
• Represent Fox Advancement at client meetings.

To be successful, you should:

• Have 10+ years of experience in overseeing capital campaigns
• Be well-versed in using Google Drive to manage documents and collaborative communication
• Demonstrate strong interpersonal and meeting facilitation skills, including managing Zoom calls
• Have experience working in a remote environment

While this is a remote role, you must live in the greater Minneapolis, MN area to be considered.