DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR

Inside Philanthropy; Alexandria (VA); Vor Ort; USD 85.000 - 105.000; Vollzeit

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Benefits package

Zusammenfassung

Community Lodgings in Alexandria, VA is seeking a Development Director to lead day-to-day fundraising and communications. You will personally manage a portfolio of donors and prospects, work with a Grant Writer and Communications staff, and own relationships, events, and data systems that keep our fundraising running smoothly.

The role is hands-on, requiring both strategic leadership and hands-on execution, with occasional evenings and weekends for events.

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor's degree and 6-8+ years of nonprofit fundraising experience.
• Experience managing a donor portfolio and closing gifts, not just overseeing a program.
• Track record of raising funds from individual, corporate, and foundation sources; capital campaign experience preferred but not required.
• Comfortable shifting between big-picture strategy and hands-on execution.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Familiar with donor tracking systems and DMV nonprofit/philanthropic community is a plus.

Aufgaben

• Develop and execute an annual fundraising plan covering individual, corporate, and foundation support in partnership with leadership.
• Manage a personal portfolio of donors and prospects, advancing them through identification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship.
• Advance the capital campaign alongside annual fundraising priorities.
• Build and maintain relationships with current, former, and prospective supporters and partners.
• Partner with Grant Writer to manage proposals and reports on time.
• Research new funding opportunities from foundations, corporations, and government.
• Plan and manage the major annual event and partner events from concept to execution.
• Use events as relationship-building tools, not just revenue sources.
• Align donor-facing messaging across appeals, newsletters, and social media.
• Prepare donor cultivation and solicitation materials.
• Manage gift processing, acknowledgment letters, and DonorPerfect data accuracy and reporting to ED/Board.
• Track and report fundraising progress against budget.

Kenntnisse

Fundraising strategy

Donor relationships

Grant partnerships

Event planning

Portfolio management

Communications

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree

Tools

DonorPerfect

Jobbeschreibung

Position Summary

The Development Director is a frontline fundraiser who leads day-to-day development and communications activities for Community Lodgings. This is a hands-on role for someone who is comfortable being both the strategist and implementer, personally managing a portfolio of donors and prospects rather than just overseeing a program. You will partner with our contract Grant Writer and Communications staff to keep proposals, appeals,and donor communications moving, and you'll own the relationships, the events, and the systems that keep our fundraising running smoothly. This role reports to the Executive Director.

Key Responsibilities

Fundraising Strategy & Donor Relationships

• Develop and executean annual fundraising plan covering individual, corporate, and foundation support, in partnership with the Executive Director and Board
• Manage a personal portfolioof individual and institutional donors and prospects, moving them through identification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship
• Help advanceCommunity Lodgings' currentcapital campaign, alongside annual fundraising priorities
• Build and maintain relationships with current, former,and prospective supporters and community partners

Grants& Institutional Giving

Partner with the GrantWriter to maintaina calendar and ensure proposals and reports go out on time

• Research new foundation, corporate, and government funding opportunities

Events

• Plan and manage Community Lodgings'major annual event plus severalpartner events, from concept through execution
• Use events as a relationship-building tool, not just a revenue source

Communications & Materials

• Work with Communications staff to aligndonor-facing messaging acrossappeals, newsletters, and social media
• Prepare donorcultivation and solicitation materials, adapting messaging for different audiences

Operations & Data

• Manage gift processing, acknowledgment letters, and donor databaseaccuracy in DonorPerfect
• Track and reporton fundraising progress against budget for the Executive Directorand Board

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 6-8+ years of nonprofit fundraising experience
• Generalist or small-shop experience is a plus, but candidates from larger development operations are encouraged to apply
• Demonstrated successpersonally managing a donor portfolioand closing individual gifts, not just overseeing a fundraising program
• Track record of raisingfunds from a mix of individual, corporate, and foundation sources; capital campaign experience preferred but not required
• Experience with donor cultivation, grant partnership, and event fundraising
• Comfortable managing multipleprojects at once and shiftingbetween big-picture strategyand hands-on execution
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Strong interpersonal, administrative, and management skills
• Familiar with donor tracking systems
• Knowledge of and connections within the DMV nonprofit and philanthropic community a plus

Application Details

This is a full-time, exempt position requiring flexibility to work some eveningsand weekends for events. Salary range is $85,000,000-$105,000, commensurate with experience, and includes a competitive benefits package.

Community Lodgings is an Equal Opportunity Employer.