Impact-Driven Nonprofit Fundraising Director

The Root Agency, LLC.

Florida

Presencial

USD 70.000 - 80.000

Jornada completa

14 días+

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Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Hybrid work model

Bonus opportunities

Descripción de la vacante

The Root Agency is a hybrid nonprofit fundraising consultancy serving faith, education, healthcare, and community organizations. The Nonprofit Fundraising Consultant leads engagements in strategic planning, capacity building, major gifts, and capital campaigns with a focus on donor cultivation and stewardship.

Work is primarily onsite with HQ in Dunedin, FL and client sites nationwide; strong communication, relationship building, and project management are essential for success in this

Formación

BA/BS degree in nonprofit management, communications, public relations, or marketing; 8–10 years in nonprofit development or senior roles.
CFRE or working toward CFRE required.
Experience in major gifts, capital campaigns, and donor stewardship.
Strong written, editing, and presentation skills; ability to lead cross‑functional teams.

Responsabilidades

Lead nonprofit client engagements including fundraising strategy, planning, and capacity building.
Develop case for support, capital campaign feasibility, and program education.
Build donor relationships, manage boards, and drive fundraising deliverables.
Coordinate with hybrid teams to meet client due dates and outcomes.
Report to CEO and collaborate with Director of Client Services and Growth.

Conocimientos

Nonprofit fundraising

Project management

Client relationship management

Data analysis

Written communication

Educación

Bachelor’s degree (BA/BS)

Master’s degree preferred

CFRE certification

Herramientas

Google Workspace

Microsoft 365

Adobe Acrobat Pro

Slack

Asana

Zoom

Google Meet

CRM platforms (Salesforce, Raiser’s Edge NXT, Bloomerang, Donor Perfect, ParishSoft)

Descripción del empleo

Help mission-driven organizations grow their capacity, strengthen their philanthropy, and create greater impact.

As a Nonprofit Fundraising Consultant, you will help make that possible.

You will work alongside Catholic parishes, faith-based organizations, and mission-
driven nonprofits to strengthen their organizations. You will serve as a trusted advisor to
nonprofit leaders, boards, development teams, and volunteers, helping them
understand where they are today, envision where they can go, and build the strategies
and systems to get there.

This role requires someone who can move comfortably between strategy and execution,
data and relationships, coaching and accountability. You will need to anticipate needs,
think critically and strategically, ask thoughtful questions, identify opportunities, solve
complex challenges, and bring people together around a shared vision.

This is a full-time, in-office position based at The Root Agency headquarters in Dunedin,
Florida, with time spent at local client locations as needed. The position reports to the
Director of Client Services.

What You'llMake Possible

Lead Client Strategy & Relationships

Serve as a trusted strategic partner to a portfolio of nonprofit clients, working as part of a collaborative Root Agency team.
Build authentic, long-term relationships with nonprofit leaders, boards, development professionals, donors, and other key stakeholders.
Facilitate regularly scheduled client meetings that move organizations from conversation to action through coaching, strategy, training, recommendations, and deliverables.
Understand each client's mission, goals, challenges, opportunities, and organizational context.
Anticipate client needs and proactively identify opportunities to strengthen organizational and fundraising outcomes while navigating complex decisions with clarity and a data-informed perspective.
Conduct organizational and development assessments that identify strengths, gaps, opportunities, and priorities.
Develop and implement fund development strategies and fundraising plans.
Coach nonprofit leaders and teams in major gift strategy, donor cultivation, solicitation, stewardship, and relationship development.
Help boards understand and embrace their role as ambassadors, advocates, and philanthropic leaders.
Conduct donor, prospect, corporate, foundation, and other philanthropic research to identify strategics to strengthen donor pipeline and long-term philanthropic relationships.
Help clients build fundraising systems and practices that are sustainable beyond the immediate engagement.
Facilitate nonprofit leadership, board, fundraising, and professional development trainings.
Support capital campaign feasibility and readiness studies.
Help organizations determine whether they are prepared to pursue a successful campaign.
Develop campaign strategies, timelines, goals, leadership structures, and implementation plans.
Coach campaign leaders, executive teams, boards, and volunteers through the campaign process.
Help clients translate a vision for facilities, programs, or mission growth into a compelling philanthropic opportunity.

Drive Data-Informed Decisions

Analyze data and information to identify meaningful trends, challenges, opportunities, and recommendations.
Translate complex information into clear strategies and actionable next steps.
Identify process improvements that strengthen fundraising effectiveness and organizational efficiency.
Prepare agendas, presentations, reports, recommendations, meeting notes, and next actions that keep clients moving forward.
Use project management systems to ensure client commitments and deliverables remain on track.
Collaborate across The Root Agency's Development, Data, Design, and Delivery functions to create an integrated client experience.

Estimated percentage of work time allocation

Preparing and Delivering Client Work Product (Includes research, analyzing, developing, writing, formatting, etc.) 50%
Client meetings and communications 30%
Travel 20%

Are you the Right Fit?

Bachelor’s degree required (preferred majors: nonprofit management, communications, public relations, or marketing but not required) with 7-8 years’ experience in nonprofit development or small nonprofit leadership. Master’s degree preferred.
Demonstrated knowledge of nonprofit fundraising or corporate philanthropic strategy. Experience in planned giving, major gifts, and capital campaigns preferred.
CFRE or interest in working towards CFRE required.
Experience in a consulting role, a plus.
Management experience leading dynamic teams of all levels.
Must exercise a high-level of confidentiality; be coachable, highly organized, and can execute to meet project deliverable due dates.
Must be detail and results-oriented with an ability to work in a cross-functional, fast-paced, and continuously evolving hybrid environment withdiverse teams and skill sets.
Comfortable using Microsoft 365 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Zoom and Adobe Creative Suite.
Demonstrable skills in Word: merge template functions and in Excel/Google Sheets: XLOOKUP, VLOOKUP, and Pivot Tables.
Exhibits excellent writing, editing, formatting, presentation, and facilitation skills.
Ability to evaluate priorities and multi-task accordingly, while keeping others apprised of status with respect to firm due dates.
Experience pulling reports and understanding operational workflows in a variety of CRM platforms.
Exhibits a positive professional attitude with resiliency and perseverance in working with complex projects.
Values integrity, altruism, and our philanthropic mission.

You’ll primarily work with the following tools and applications: