Director, Development

Executive Service Corps of Southern California; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Executive Service Corps of Southern California seeks a senior fundraising leader to serve as Director, Development, with strategic oversight of communications. This role will lead, scale, and execute ESC’s comprehensive fund development strategy, emphasizing institutional and individual giving and engaging ESC’s 110+ volunteer consultants who are champions of the mission.

The Director builds and leads a high-performing development function focused on fundraising strategy, donor cultivation, and

Qualifications

• Senior fundraising leadership with direct responsibility for revenue growth.
• Experience managing development functions or teams and portfolio development.

Responsibilities

• Lead and scale the comprehensive fund development strategy.
• Oversee communications as secondary function.
• Provide strategic leadership to the development team and volunteers.

Skills

Fundraising strategy

Donor cultivation

Portfolio development

Team leadership

Communications oversight

Job description

ESC seeks a senior fundraising leader to serve as Director, Development, with strategic oversight of communications. This role is primarily responsible for leading, scaling, and executing ESC’s comprehensive fund development strategy, with a strong emphasis on institutional and individual giving, including engagement of ESC’s 110+ volunteer consultants who are key champions and supporters of the mission. Fundraising planning, management, and execution is the first and foremost priority for this role.

The Director, Development builds and leads a high-performing development function, encompassing fundraising strategy, donor cultivation, team leadership, and revenue growth. Oversight of communications is secondary.

The Director provides strategic leadership and oversight of communications and does not perform day-to-day execution. The day-to-day aspects of Communications are primarily performed by a fractional Senior Advisor, Communications (contractor) and the Manager, Development & Communications.

ESC is particularly interested in candidates whose primary professional identity is senior‑level fundraising leadership and who have held direct responsibility for revenue growth, portfolio development, and managing development functions or teams.