Director of Development

TriCity Family Serivces; Geneva (IL); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

TriCity Family Serivces in Geneva, IL seeks a Director of Development to lead private sector fundraising and guide PR and marketing efforts to build awareness and support for agency programs.

Reporting to the Board's Resource Development Committee, the role develops annual plans and budgets, cultivates donors and partners, oversees grants, and supervises staff to ensure ethical fundraising and donor stewardship.

Qualifications

• Experience leading fundraising campaigns and donor cultivation.
• Ability to develop annual resource development plans and budgets.
• Strong written and verbal communication for stakeholder engagement.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and implementation of the agency's annual Resource Development Plan.
• Develop annual Resource Development budget.
• Identify, cultivate, solicit and grow individual donor support and organize the Partnership of Caring annual campaign.
• Identify, cultivate and solicit support from corporations, churches and community organizations, including United Ways and Community Chests.
• Research, prepare, submit and steward grant proposals to funders and partners.
• Represent the agency at presentations to businesses and community groups.
• Serve as staff liaison to the Board's Resource Development Committee and report on progress.
• Support volunteer fundraising activities and ensure coordinated marketing across programs.
• Collaborate with clinical team to create marketing collateral and program marketing strategies.
• Research advertising opportunities for agency services.
• Supervise fundraising staff including hiring, training, and performance evaluations.
• Ensure ethical fundraising practices and timely donor acknowledgments and annual reporting.

Skills

Fundraising

Donor relations

Grant writing

Budget development

Job description

Description

Working in collaboration with the Board of Directors Resource Development Committee, the Director of Development assumes a leadership role in the agency's private sector fund raising efforts, helping to generate the revenues necessary to sustain and develop agency programs and services. Furthermore, this management level staff person ensures that the agency's public relations and marketing efforts promote the understanding, use, and support of the agency by its constituents.

Requirements

Assumes a lead role in the development and implementation of the agency's annual Resource Development Plan

Responsible for the development of the agency’s annual Resource Development budget

Responsible for the identification, cultivation, and solicitation and growth of individual donor support and organizes the agency's Partnership of Caring annual campaign

Responsible for the identification, cultivation and solicitation of support from corporations, churches and community organizations, including local United Ways and Community Chests

Responsible for the research, preparation, submission and stewardship of grant proposals to corporate, foundations, churches, community organizations, United Ways/Community Chests, and government entities

Represents the agency at presentations to businesses, community organizations, churches and other entities in the community

Serves as staff liaison to the Board of Directors Resource Development Committee and creates reports for the Resource

Development Committee to illustrate progress made towards fundraising and cultivation goals

Supports the agency’s volunteer organization in the implementation of special event fund raising activities

Ensures coordinated and brand-consistent marketing efforts across all programs and departments

Works in close collaboration with clinical team to create all new marketing collateral materials, update existing materials and develop program marketing strategies

Researches and evaluates advertising opportunities for agency services

Supervises, recruits, hires, trains, and provides for the performance evaluations of the agency’s fundraising staff

Ensures transparency and ethical practice in accordance with agency fundraising policies and procedures, including the proper and timely acknowledgement of agency donors, maintenance of donor records and timely publication of the agency’s annual report

Serves as a member of the agency’s Management Team