Development Director - Bay Area

Posse Foundation, Inc.; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

The Posse Foundation, Inc. in San Francisco is seeking a Development Director to drive the site’s fundraising efforts in coordination with the national development team.

You will plan, manage, and coordinate strategies to expand funding, identify and solicit donors, and oversee proposal writing with budgets and reports. You will lead a team to raise an annual budget around $2 million, cultivate corporate and foundation relationships, manage donor portfolios, and help plan fundraising events in

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree
• Seven years minimum of work experience as a development professional
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills
• 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

Responsibilities

• Work with development specialist to create and implement annual development plan and strategy to raise an annual budget of approximately $2 million.
• Develop a pipeline of prospects for cultivation and solicitation and arrange meetings for site director and self with prospects.
• Cultivate and steward relationships with corporate & foundation staff, and individual donors.
• Maintain portfolios of fundraising prospects and donors.
• Plan and help lead advisory board meetings and other related activities.
• Work with advisory board members to expand network of Posse supporters in the Bay Area
• Work with national development team to plan fundraising events and develop strategy for soliciting corporate donations for events.

Skills

Collaborative

Innovative

Hard-working

Fast-paced

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

The development director is an essential part of the Posse Bay Area development effort. The development director is responsible for working with the site director and Posse’s national development team to meet annual revenue goals. The development director, in coordination with the 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 team members on writing proposals and reports with accompanying budgets, thank you letters and other correspondence, planning events and soliciting corporate donations for events.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Work with development specialist to create and implement annual development plan and strategy to raise an annual budget of approximately $2 million.
• Develop a pipeline of prospects for cultivation and solicitation and arrange meetings for site director and self with prospects.
• Cultivate and steward relationships with corporate & foundation staff, and individual donors.
• Maintain portfolios of fundraising prospects and donors.
• Plan and help lead advisory board meetings and other related activities.
• Work with advisory board members to expand network of Posse supporters in the Bay Area
• Work with national development team to plan fundraising events and develop strategy for soliciting corporate donations for events.

We are looking for someone who is collaborative, innovative, hard-working and thrives in a fast-paced environment. The successful candidate will have these qualities/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 communications skills
• 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