Director of Development

Pembroke Hill School; Kansas City (MO); On-site; USD 90,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Retirement match (up to 8%)

Tuition remission

Free lunch

Professional development opportunities

Job summary

Pembroke Hill School in Kansas City, Missouri, seeks a Director of Development to lead alumni engagement, major gifts, annual giving, and planned giving. The role combines relationship management, strategic planning, and team leadership to secure significant philanthropic commitments.

Reporting to the Chief Advancement Officer, you will oversee a portfolio of ~60 donors ($100k+), supervise the Alumni Engagement Director, Major Gifts Director, and Annual Fund Manager, and drive multi-year

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree or CFRE preferred.
• Minimum of 5–7 years of progressive fundraising experience with proven success securing major gifts ($25,000 to six-figure commitments).
• Demonstrated success supervising professional fundraising staff and building high-performing teams.
• Strong understanding of planned giving strategies/estate planning, annual giving retention tactics, campaign planning, and moves management.
• Proficiency with fundraising databases (e.g., Veracross, Blackbaud, or Salesforce).

Responsibilities

• Strategic Leadership and Planning: Develop and execute multi-year fundraising strategies and annual plans aligned with school priorities.
• Major Gift Fundraising and Donor Portfolio Management: Manage a portfolio of ~60 high-capacity donors ($100k+) and personally secure major gifts.
• Planned Giving and Estate Planning: Direct legacy giving strategy, market estate options and steward the Founders Circle.
• Annual and Leadership Giving: Oversee the Pembroke Hill School Fund and leadership giving society to boost revenue and participation.
• Team Leadership and Management: Direct, mentor, and evaluate fundraising staff to meet team revenue and engagement goals.
• Donor Relations and Stewardship: Build long-term donor relationships and partner across the school to show philanthropic impact.
• Campaign Planning and Support: Collaborate on capital and comprehensive campaigns by identifying, cultivating, and soliciting key prospects.
• Fundraising Analysis, Reporting, and Budget Oversight: Track performance metrics, manage operating budgets, and deliver data-driven forecasts.

Skills

Major gifts

Donor relations

Strategic planning

Fundraising

Team leadership

Campaign management

Education

Bachelor’s degree; CFRE preferred

Advanced degree

Tools

Veracross

Blackbaud

Salesforce

Job description

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Director of Development

DEVELOPMENT Kansas City, MO, US

Director of Development

Immediate opening

Job Summary : The Director of Development provides strategic leadership for Pembroke Hill School’s alumni engagement, major gifts, annual giving, and planned giving programs, ensuring philanthropic support that advances the School’s mission: Together, cultivating the best in each, for the benefit of all.

This senior frontline fundraising position combines personal relationship management, strategic planning, and team leadership to cultivate, solicit, and steward significant philanthropic commitments. Reporting to the Chief Advancement Officer, the Director manages a personal portfolio of approximately 60 qualified major gift donors and prospects ($100,000+ capacity), leads the planned giving program (including the Founders Circle), and directly supervises the Director of Alumni Engagement, Director of Major Gifts, and Annual Fund Manager.

Key Responsibilities:

Strategic Leadership and Planning: Develop and execute multi-year fundraising strategies and annual plans aligned with school priorities.

Major Gift Fundraising and Donor Portfolio Management: Manage a portfolio of ~60 high-capacity donors ($100k+) and personally secure major gifts.

Planned Giving and Estate Planning : Direct legacy giving strategy, market estate options and steward the Founders Circle.

Annual and Leadership Giving: Oversee the Pembroke Hill School Fund and leadership giving society to boost revenue and participation.

Team Leadership and Management: Direct, mentor, and evaluate fundraising staff to meet team revenue and engagement goals.

Donor Relations and Stewardship: Build long-term donor relationships and partner across the school to show philanthropic impact.

Campaign Planning and Support: Collaborate on capital and comprehensive campaigns by identifying, cultivating, and soliciting key prospects.

Fundraising Analysis, Reporting, and Budget Oversight: Track performance metrics, manage operating budgets, and deliver data-driven forecasts.

Qualifications and Requirements:

Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree or CFRE preferred.

Minimum of 5–7 years of progressive fundraising experience with proven success securing major gifts ($25,000 to six-figure commitments).

Demonstrated success supervising professional fundraising staff and building high-performing teams.

Strong understanding of planned giving strategies/estate planning, annual giving retention tactics, campaign planning, and moves management.

Proficiency with fundraising databases (e.g., Veracross, Blackbaud, or Salesforce); exceptional interpersonal, written, and financial management skills.

Commitment to ethical fundraising practices; willingness to travel locally/nationally and work occasional evenings and weekends.

Schedule: This is a year round position, paid time off in accordance with employee benefit plans.

Compensation: Compensation will be based on a competitive norm influenced by area and peer schools, using years of experience and the highest completed degree. Transcripts and verification of employment will be required. Benefits include health, dental, retirement match (up to 8%), professional development opportunities, PHS tuition remission, free lunch, and more!

About Pembroke Hill School:

Pembroke Hill School is an independent school in Kansas City, Missouri that seeks to fulfill our mission by recognizing that diversity, belonging, equity, and inclusion are integral elements of school and community life. Our mission-inspired goal is together, cultivating each to be a global thinker and valuable member of the PHS community poised to acquire the academic and life skills that make a significant difference for all.

Physical Demands for position:

The physical demands described here represent those that must be met by an employee to perform the essential functions of this job successfully. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Ability to sit and stand for extended periods.

Ability to enter data into a computer, to see and read a computer screen and printed material with or without vision aids

Ability to hear and understand speech at normal classroom levels, outdoors, and on the telephone

Ability to speak in audible tones so that others may understand clearly in normal classrooms, outdoors, and on the telephone

Physical ability to lift, carry and/or hold up to 25 pounds to shoulder height and 50 pounds to waist height

Ability to occasionally balance, reach, bend, squat, stoop, or kneel

Ability to climb stairs, walk, and occasionally run, if required

Due to the nature of education, Pembroke Hill School requires employees to work in-person. If all assigned work can be completed and essential functions can be met, this requirement may be temporarily waived as a reasonable accommodation for a temporary (short) period of time.

Pembroke Hill School participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S. at the time of hire