Development Leader: Major Gifts & Growth Strategy

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health care benefits

401(k) plan with employer match

Parental leave

Paid time off

Life insurance

Disability coverage

Employee assistance program

Job summary

The Nature Conservancy in South Carolina is seeking a Director of Development to lead and grow the SC donor portfolio and multi-year campaigns. You will build a high-performing team, engage trustees and volunteers, and align SC priorities with the global One Future: Together campaign.

You’ll manage budgets, donor engagement, and reporting while ensuring compliance with policies and ethical fundraising practices. This is a leadership role with frequent travel and long hours as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 7 years related experience.
• Experience asking for and closing major gifts.
• Demonstrated success with planning, organizing 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 in planning and delivering budgetary responsibilities.
• Experience managing and supervising a multidisciplinary team.

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.

Skills

Major gifts

Donor relations

Campaign management

Team leadership

Budget oversight

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Microsoft 365

Job description

The Nature Conservancy in South Carolina is seeking a Director of Development to lead and grow the SC donor portfolio and multi-year campaigns. You will build a high-performing team, engage trustees and volunteers, and align SC priorities with the global One Future: Together campaign.

You’ll manage budgets, donor engagement, and reporting while ensuring compliance with policies and ethical fundraising practices. This is a leadership role with frequent travel and long hours as needed.