Fundraising Practice Director (contracted)

Feiro Marine Life Center; United States; Remote; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A consulting firm is seeking a Director for their Fundraising Practice. This fully remote position involves leading fundraising projects, mentoring team members, and generating business opportunities. Candidates should have expertise in nonprofit fundraising and strong project management skills. Flexible hours and a unique compensation package rewarding your efforts are offered.

Benefits

Flexible scheduling

Commission-based compensation

Comprehensive support for work-life balance

Qualifications

• Expertise in annual giving and building a culture of philanthropy.
• Strong ability to manage competing priorities.
• Comfort in a remote setting with limited interactions.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor team members in fundraising projects.
• Generate leads and secure contracts for fundraising services.
• Innovate methodology for fundraising services.

Skills

Independent motivation

Expertise in small shop fundraising

Project management skills

Ability to work independently

Advanced skills in Microsoft Word & Excel

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Google Drive

Job description

POSITION DESCRIPTION

We are looking for a visionary leader who will help us define and grow our Fundraising Practice. We serve a wide range of nonprofit clients who have a growing need to outsource key aspects of their fundraising function to experts like us. We are looking for someone who will step up to lead our Fundraising Practice, setting goals, defining our services, designing tools, mentoring consultants, and developing new business within the practice area. This person will closely collaborate with the Campaign and Grants Practice Directors and Executive Leadership to inform company strategies and decisions. Specific responsibilities will include:

People

• Leading and mentoring Collective Members in the context of Fundraising projects
• Host quarterly calls for Collective Members and Independent Consultants to 1) Offer peer support and 2) Identify opportunities for partnership on projects
• Actively recruit and retain Collective Members
• Serve as a resource for all consultants working in the Fundraising Practice area.

Projects

• Actively generate leads and secure contracts in the following services:
  • Annual Giving Program Management
  • Fundraising Communications Writing
  • Board Fundraising Training and Coaching
  • Fractional Fundraising
  • Fundraising Systems Support
  • Other custom projects related to fundraising outside of grants and special campaigns
• Directly lead many of the client projects in the Fundraising Practice Area.
• Monitor quality of services being provided in the Fundraising Practice Area and build resources or tools to elevate quality where needed.
• Convert services into multi-service engagements across Cloudbreak Practice Areas

Processes

• Define and constantly innovate methodology for each service in the Fundraising Practice area
• Create suite of branded templates to streamline team collaboration and methodology
• Create resources for Fundraising project marketing and business building
• Support company wide systematization and ensure alignment between the Fundraising Practice and the rest of the company

What it is like to work for Cloudbreak

Cloudbreak is a women-owned and women-led, all-remote boutique consulting firm. Cloudbreak is administratively based in Washington, but Core Team members and consultants are distributed throughout the west coast and broader United States. This position is fully remote, and you can work from anywhere you’d like.

To facilitate collaboration, we maintain an internal chat tool, we host regular (monthly) Core Team meetings, quarterly All-Collective gatherings, quarterly optional virtual happy hours, periodic professional development opportunities, and quarterly practice area gatherings in which we discuss topics relevant to the sector at the moment.

We pride ourselves on maintaining a strong sense of work-life balance, and a commitment to creating simple, calm approaches to meaningful work. We are highly collaborative, both with clients and with each other, and we value clear and direct communication.

All consultants who collaborate with Cloudbreak can set their own schedules, so long as they communicate clearly with the rest of the team. We may vary this schedule together as needed based on your personal schedule and workload.

COMPENSATION

This is a 1099 contractor position. We expect the person in this role to work close to full-time, but they will have complete discretion over their schedule and workload. The compensation package for this position is a unique combination of hourly compensation, commission-based compensation, and retained profit compensation, designed specifically to reward your hard work. Upon request, we can provide full details on this arrangement!

For all billable services delivered in our fundraising practice, the Director will retain profits after a 10% admin fee and all contractor wages are withheld by Cloudbreak. This means that as the practice area grows, your compensation grows.

For all billable services delivered by the Director outside of the fundraising practice, the Director will receive 80% of the rates charged to clients plus commissions for sales and relationship management.

For time spent supporting company strategy, the Director will receive hourly pay of $75 per hour up to 25 hours per year.

Qualifications

• Independent motivation to grow something! Courage to take risks and dream big.
• Expertise in small shop fundraising and the unique aspects of fundraising in small nonprofit organizations.
• Expertise in annual giving and building a culture of philanthropy in a nonprofit organization.
• The ability to work fluently across multiple cultures and a diverse range of people. Our clients and consultants include diversity in race, gender, age, location, socio-economic backgrounds, education levels, backgrounds, beliefs, abilities, technical proficiency, fundraising know-how, and more.
• Very strong project management skills, attention to detail, and ability to manage many competing priorities at once.
• Assertiveness and the ability to set boundaries on time, workload, and workstyles.
• Ability to operate very independently and quickly determine what needs to be done to support overall project goals.
• Strong degree of comfort working in a remote setting, with some days that do not include any interacting in meetings with other people.
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Word & Excel, Google Drive, and the ability to quickly learn new systems when needed.
• A sense of curiosity and the ability to ask good questions, notice when something doesn’t look right, and recommend solutions.
• An understanding and commitment to Cloudbreak’s approach to nonprofit fundraising, as shared in the About Our Company section.
• Commitment to serving our nonprofit clients’ missions, deferring to their leadership as the people closest to the work they are doing, and humility in approaching our service as grantwriters and fundraisers.

The ideal candidate for this role is located in a small town in Washington, Oregon, California, Montana, or Idaho.