Development Director

The Posse Foundation; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

The Posse Foundation in Atlanta seeks a Development Director to partner with the site director and national team to achieve annual revenue goals. You will plan, manage, and coordinate funding strategies, cultivate donors, and support grant writing with budgets and reports.

You will lead fundraising events, manage grants, and maintain donor relations while collaborating with colleagues across Posse’s national program. Strong communication and independence are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree.
• Seven years minimum of work experience as a development professional.
• Motivated and able to work independently as well as a team.
• Willingness to take initiative.
• Ability to meet deadlines and multi-task, manage concurrent processes/projects, and focus on the small but important details in all projects while keeping the bigger picture in mind.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including grant writing.
• Excellent office and computer skills.
• Proficient in Word, Excel, and experience working with a fundraising database.
• Able to establish and maintain cooperative professional relationships with colleagues, donors, volunteers, and the public.
• Strong public speaking and presentation skills.
• Demonstrated belief in Posse’s mission and values.

Responsibilities

• Work with the site director and development officer/associate to create and implement an annual development plan and strategy to raise an annual budget of approximately $3million.
• Develop a pipeline of prospects for cultivation and solicitation and arrange meetings for site director and self with prospects.
• Cultivate and steward relationships with select corporate and foundation staff, and individual donors.
• Maintain portfolios of fundraising prospects and donors.
• Assist site director with advisory board meetings and other related activities.
• Write grant proposals, reports, and budgets with development officer/associate or on own.
• Compose thank‑you letters and other correspondence of own and at times for site director.
• Work as a team with the site director, development officer/associate, and national development team to plan fundraising events and develop strategies for soliciting corporate donations for events.
• Ensure site is properly filing all required documents for grant management and audit purposes.

Skills

Grant writing

Public speaking

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Multitasking

Deadline management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Fundraising database

Job description

Job Details

Location: Posse Atlanta – Atlanta, GA 30303

Position Type: Full Time

Education Level: 4 Year Degree

Salary Range: $80,000 – $100,000 per year

Role Overview

The Development Director is an essential part of the Posse Atlanta development effort. The development director is responsible for working with the site director and development officer/associate along with Posse’s national development team to meet annual revenue goals. The development director, in coordination with the site director and national development team, will plan, manage, and coordinate the site’s development efforts, including building new strategies for expanded funding, identifying, cultivating and soliciting donors, and overseeing and at times collaborating with the development officer/associate on writing proposals and reports with accompanying budgets, thank‑you letters and other correspondence, planning events, soliciting corporate donations for events, and ensuring all necessary documents for grant management and audit purposes are properly filed.

Responsibilities

• Work with the site director and development officer/associate to create and implement an annual development plan and strategy to raise an annual budget of approximately $3million.
• Develop a pipeline of prospects for cultivation and solicitation and arrange meetings for site director and self with prospects.
• Cultivate and steward relationships with select corporate and foundation staff, and individual donors.
• Maintain portfolios of fundraising prospects and donors.
• Assist site director with advisory board meetings and other related activities.
• Write grant proposals, reports, and budgets with development officer/associate or on own.
• Compose thank‑you letters and other correspondence of own and at times for site director.
• Work as a team with the site director, development officer/associate, and national development team to plan fundraising events and develop strategies for soliciting corporate donations for events.
• Ensure site is properly filing all required documents for grant management and audit purposes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree.
• Seven years minimum of work experience as a development professional.
• Motivated and able to work independently as well as with a team.
• Willingness to take initiative.
• Ability to meet deadlines and multi‑task, manage concurrent processes/projects, and focus on the small but important details in all projects while keeping the bigger picture in mind.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including grant writing.
• Excellent office and computer skills.
• Proficient in Word, Excel, and experience working with a fundraising database.
• Able to establish and maintain cooperative professional relationships with colleagues, donors, volunteers, and the public.
• Strong public speaking and presentation skills.
• Demonstrated belief in Posse’s mission and values.