Director of Development & Major Gifts

Edith-; New York (NY); Sur place; USD 135 000 - 150 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Edith & Carl Marks JCH of Bensonhurst in Brooklyn seeks a Director of Development to drive transformational fundraising. You will lead frontline fundraising, work with the CEO, CDO, and board to convert Centennial excitement into lasting partnerships and support, and oversee a growing program across major gifts, grants, and campaigns.

You will build and manage donor strategies, supervise staff, and coordinate with program and finance teams to advance priorities and secure long-term financial

Qualifications

• At least 8 years nonprofit fundraising experience, including managing a development program and personally securing significant gifts.
• Demonstrated success growing annual giving and contributed revenue, expanding a major-donor pipeline, and closing gifts of $10,000 or more.
• Experience with major-gift campaigns, endowment fundraising, planned giving, capital campaigns, or similar initiatives.
• Experience with foundation and/or government fundraising and grants management.
• Familiarity with the Jewish communal funding landscape and New York City philanthropy.
• Excellent relationship-building skills and genuine comfort engaging donors, Board members, staff, and community members in various settings.
• Experience supervising development staff/consultants and managing multiple priorities and deadlines.
• Strong knowledge of fundraising metrics, donor pipelines and CRM systems, plus proficiency in prospect research and wealth-screening tools.
• Creativity and agility in a fast-paced environment with multiple relationships and emerging opportunities.
• Excellent writing, communication, organizational, and project-management skills.
• A collaborative, hands-on style and a deep appreciation for the J's mission.

Responsabilités

• Lead day-to-day fundraising programs: growing contributed revenue, leading institutional fundraising, and supervising staff and consultants.
• Develop annual fundraising plans, goals, calendars, and benchmarks; track revenue and donor activity.
• Oversee donor stewardship and reporting with timely, compelling impact updates.
• Supervise the Development team and external consultants, providing direction and accountability.
• Lead foundation and government grant fundraising, including prospect research, proposals, and reporting.
• Support Major Gifts, Endowment, and Planned Giving campaigns and coordinate related materials and stewardship.
• Maintain accurate CRM use; provide regular fundraising, pipeline, and revenue reports to the CDO.
• Collaborate with the CDO, CEO, Board, program and finance staff to identify priorities and opportunities.

Connaissances

Major gifts

Endowment fundraising

Planned giving

Capital campaigns

Grants management

CRM systems

Donor stewardship

Board relations

Fundraising strategy

Team leadership

Proposal writing

Outils

CRM software

Description du poste

Edith & Carl Marks JCH of Bensonhurst in Brooklyn seeks a Director of Development to drive transformational fundraising. You will lead frontline fundraising, work with the CEO, CDO, and board to convert Centennial excitement into lasting partnerships and support, and oversee a growing program across major gifts, grants, and campaigns.

You will build and manage donor strategies, supervise staff, and coordinate with program and finance teams to advance priorities and secure long-term financial