Director of Advancement

HumanePro; Chattanooga, Northern (TN, KY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

McKamey Animal Center seeks an experienced Director of Advancement to lead its fundraising, donor engagement, events, marketing, and communications. Reporting to the Executive Director, you will guide a team responsible for expanding individual giving, major gifts, and donor retention, building strong relationships with supporters across the Chattanooga area.

The role emphasizes strategic leadership, collaboration across departments, and data-informed decision making to grow philanthropic

Qualifications

• Experienced fundraiser with a track record of cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding donors, including major gifts.
• Ability to build and manage a major-gifts program and donor pipeline.
• Data-informed approach to donor retention, performance, and opportunity identification.
• Proven leadership and coaching to develop team members and align work with department goals.
• Clear, collaborative communication within the organization and with external partners.

Responsibilities

• Oversee MAC’s fundraising, donor engagement, events, marketing, and communications.
• Lead the Advancement team including Events Manager, Marketing Coordinator, and Advancement Assistant.
• Grow individual giving, recurring gifts, and major gifts portfolios to strengthen philanthropic support.
• Develop and execute fundraising strategies based on donor data and organizational priorities.

Skills

Fundraising

Donor engagement

Major gifts

Strategic planning

Team leadership

Data analysis

Communication

Job description

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Job Description

McKamey Animal Center (MAC) is seeking an experienced fundraising leader to serve as its next Director of Advancement. This is an opportunity to build a stronger philanthropic program for an organization whose work reaches animals, families, and communities throughout the Chattanooga area.

Reporting to the Executive Director and leading MAC’s Advancement team, the Director of Advancement will oversee the organization’s fundraising, donor engagement, events, marketing, and communications. The Director will lead a team that includes an Events Manager, Marketing Coordinator, and Advancement Assistant.

A central priority will be growing individual giving. MAC has an opportunity to better engage and retain first-time and lower-level donors, grow recurring giving, and build a robust major-gifts program. The next Director will bring the experience and initiative to develop those relationships and grow philanthropic support.

Ideal candidates will be:

• Experienced Fundraiser and Relationship Builder: You have demonstrated success cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding individual donors, including major gifts. You understand that strong fundraising grows from relationships and know how to move donors from initial interest to deeper, sustained support.
• Builder of Major Gifts: You know how to build a major-gifts program and donor pipeline. You can identify prospects, create cultivation strategies, make the ask, and develop the practices that keep donors engaged over time.
• Strategic and Data-Informed: You look at what’s working and what isn’t. You use donor and financial data to understand performance, improve retention, identify opportunities, and focus time and resources where they can produce the greatest results.
• Developer of People and Teams: You can lead a team with varying levels of experience. You set clear expectations, coach people as they grow, and help team members see how their work connects to the goals of the department and organization.
• Resourceful and Willing to Try: You’re comfortable building as you go. You can adjust when priorities change and try new approaches when the old ones aren’t producing results. You bring ideas and initiative and are willing to try new approaches.
• Collaborative Communicator: You communicate clearly within your own team and across departments. You understand that successful fundraising requires strong relationships inside the organization as well as outside it.

To read the full profile, please visit https://adisagroup.com/mac/

This is a full time job

Contact Information

Job Contact Details

Name Laura Maloney Title Principal Telephone Number 917-754-4277 Email Address [e-mail] Website https://adisagroup.com

Closing Date: Sunday, November 15, 2026

Posting Date: September 30, 2026

Closing Date: November 15, 2026