Director, Mission Advancement & Fundraising

Best Buddies Int. Inc; Fort Myers (FL); On-site; USD 59,000 - 72,000; Full time

Job summary

Best Buddies International in Ft. Myers, FL seeks a Director, Mission Advancement to build volunteer infrastructure, develop statewide fundraising strategy, and lead state events. This role oversees advisory boards and partnerships with employers and foundations to advance the mission.

The ideal candidate has 3–5 years fundraising and volunteer management experience, strong written and presentation skills, proficiency with donor databases, and the ability to travel evenings and weekends.

Qualifications

• Bachelorfers degree or at least 4 yearsA0relevant experience in addition to above experience
• 3-5 years of fundraising experience including special events planning and donor cultivation
• 3-5 yearsA0experience and knowledge of working with volunteers and boards
• Superior persuasive writing and presentation skills with the ability to exert influence, inspire others, and articulate the mission, goals, and activities of Best Buddies with passion and enthusiasm
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, and familiarity/comfort with database management systems (i.e. Summa, BBO, Raisers Edge)
• Superior project management skills - including planning, analysis, decision making, and problem solving - and willingness to multitask
• Superior initiative, drive for results, and self-assessment skills, and ability to lead individuals and teams in setting and achieving challenging goals
• Must be comfortable engaging with people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD)
• Must travel, use personal cell phone, and work evenings and weekends as necessary in order to accomplish job responsibilities
• Access to an automobile with applicable insurance

Responsibilities

• Works with expansion programs teams to support any local programmatic need and facilitates introduction of new chapter leads or employer partner leads to the appropriate expansion programs support
• Develops and implements comprehensive statewide strategy for securing sustainable funding
• Assumes overall operational management responsibility for all fundraising activities statewide, including, but not limited to, foundation and corporate giving, individual giving, major gifts, special events, annual giving, and alumni/parent relations
• Manages local advisory board, including recruitment, training, and retention of committee and board members; builds structure into expansion board (leadership roles, committees, term limits, etc.) to bring in line with BBI Advisory Board guidelines
• Identifies, cultivates, and develops volunteers capable of making personal commitments and becoming directly involved in the solicitation process on behalf of Best Buddies - develops and manages stewardship process of all donors, including processing gifts and thank you letters
• Develops and implements major fundraising events to meet revenue goals9must utilize local event committees and follow BBI event committee benchmarks/structure
• Research grant opportunities and cultivates relationships with local funders; works with Grants Manager to determine appropriate grant targets, assists with development of applications and reports, and works directly with the funder to build the local relationship

Skills

Fundraising experience

Volunteer management

Donor cultivation

Public speaking

Persuasive writing

MS Office

Raiser's Edge

Education

Bachelorfers degree or 4 years relevant experience

Tools

Summa

Raiser's Edge

Job description

Best Buddies International in Ft. Myers, FL seeks a Director, Mission Advancement to build volunteer infrastructure, develop statewide fundraising strategy, and lead state events. This role oversees advisory boards and partnerships with employers and foundations to advance the mission.

The ideal candidate has 3–5 years fundraising and volunteer management experience, strong written and presentation skills, proficiency with donor databases, and the ability to travel evenings and weekends.