Director of Development Partnerships – West Coast

League of Conservation Voters; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

League of Conservation Voters is seeking a Director of Development Partnerships for the West Coast to lead major donor engagement and drive fundraising across the West Coast region. You will join a skilled development team responsible for raising four-, five-, and six-figure gifts from individual and small foundation donors, working to broaden philanthropic support within communities of color.

You will cultivate and solicit donors on your own and support senior staff and board members in

Qualifications

• Significant experience with methods and approaches to major gifts fundraising.
• Experience cultivating, soliciting and stewarding donors.
• Experience engaging communities of color in philanthropic involvement.

Responsibilities

• Identify, cultivate, solicit, and steward major donors for four-, five-, and six-figure gifts.
• Cultivate and solicit donors independently and support senior staff and board members in their regions.
• Support fundraising goals across LCV family of organizations focused on West Coast donors.

Skills

Major gifts fundraising

Donor cultivation

Donor solicitation

Donor stewardship

Community engagement

Job description

Director of Development Partnerships – West Coast

LCV is hiring a Director of Development Partnerships focused on major donor engagement in the West Coast region, who will be a part of a fundraising team with ambitious revenue and program goals. The Development department’s fundraising program engages major donors for the LCV family of organizations including LCV, LCV Action Fund, LCV Victory Fund, and LCV Education Fund, and raises money for political candidates through our GiveGreen program.

The Director of Development Partnerships joins an extremely skilled, hard-working and growing development team, which is building the budget, power, and effectiveness of our family of organizations. This position is responsible for raising funds from individual and small foundation donors at four-, five-, and six-figure levels. Responsibilities include strategically identifying, cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding donors. The Director of Development Partnerships will cultivate and solicit donors on their own and support the work of key senior staff and board members in their respective regions. Qualified candidates will have significant experience with methods and approaches to major gifts fundraising that encourages philanthropic involvement among communities of color.