Development Director, Major Gifts & Conservation Impact

The Nature Conversancy; North Charleston (SC); On-site; USD 118,000 - 129,000; Full time

Job summary

The Nature Conservancy in South Carolina is seeking a Director of Development to lead the SC fundraising team and drive multi-year campaigns. You will grow the donor pipeline, cultivate principal and major donors, and connect SC priorities to TNC’s global One Future: Together campaign.

You will build a high-performing team, report to leadership, manage budgets, and engage trustees and volunteers while aligning fundraising with TNC’s mission and policies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 7 years related experience.
• Experience asking for and closing major gifts.
• Demonstrated success planning and running campaigns with significant target achievement.
• Experience building and maintaining long-term relationships with fundraising constituents such as major donors, foundations and corporations.
• Experience planning and delivering budgetary responsibilities.
• Experience managing and supervising a multidisciplinary team.
• Experience, coursework, or training in principles of charitable giving, capital campaigns, major gifts and planned giving.

Responsibilities

• Lead South Carolina’s fundraising strategy, including executing multi-year campaigns to meet and exceed fundraising goals.
• Grow the donor pipeline, identifying new donors, and cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding major and principal gift donors, foundations, corporations, and key partners.
• Lead, manage, develop, and retain a high-performing development team.
• Partner with the State Director, Board Chair, trustees, and campaign volunteers to strengthen fundraising engagement.
• Develop and administer budget and fundraising objectives, evaluate results and develop corrective strategies as needed.
• Manage major gift functions, including planned giving, endowments, principal gifts, donor prospecting, research, donor engagement, and multi-year campaigns.
• Report development program activities to leadership and the South Carolina Board of Trustees.
• Maintain 100% Board participation in TNC’s Legacy Club and work with Trustee Legacy Ambassadors towards the goal.
• Ensure fundraising activities comply with TNC policies, financial standards, legal requirements, and ethical practices.
• Maintain confidentiality of frequently sensitive information.
• May direct or participate in negotiations for complex, high-profile or sensitive agreements.
• May travel frequently and on short notice, work long hours and weekends.

Skills

Fundraising Strategy

Donor Relations

Team Leadership

Budget Management

Campaign Planning

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

MS Excel

MS PowerPoint

CRM Systems

Job description

The Nature Conservancy in South Carolina is seeking a Director of Development to lead the SC fundraising team and drive multi-year campaigns. You will grow the donor pipeline, cultivate principal and major donors, and connect SC priorities to TNC’s global One Future: Together campaign.

You will build a high-performing team, report to leadership, manage budgets, and engage trustees and volunteers while aligning fundraising with TNC’s mission and policies.