Leadership Giving Director

United-Way-of-Metropolitan-Dallas-In; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 85,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision

403(b) retirement savings

PTO & Parental Leave

Life & AD&D insurance

Long-term disability

Job summary

United Way of Metropolitan Dallas is seeking a Leadership Giving Director to grow leadership societies and steward major gifts. You will manage relationships with donors, partners, and volunteers, coordinating with Workplace, Major Gifts, and program teams.

The role requires 3–4+ years nonprofit fundraising experience, excellent written and verbal communication, and a track record of achieving revenue goals. Strong collaboration and CRM skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; Master's preferred.
• 3–4+ years nonprofit fundraising and volunteer management experience.
• Proven ability to cultivate and solicit donors and manage relationships.

Responsibilities

• Develop cultivation and solicitation strategies for prospects and donors within the portfolio.
• Increase Leadership and Builders Society memberships while retaining Tocqueville Society members.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to grow campaigns and funding.
• Identify and qualify Leadership Society prospects; manage a high-potential portfolio.
• Drive activity to achieve member and revenue goals; solicit gifts $1K–$20K.
• Engage donors through events and follow up to secure commitments.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Discretion / confidentiality

Fundraising & donor relations

Volunteer management

Written & verbal communication

Self-motivation

Cross-functional collaboration

CRM tools

Adaptability under pressure

Education

Undergraduate degree

Masters degree preferred

Tools

CRM systems

Job description

Calling all Dreamers, Leaders, Social Innovators, Change-Seekers!!United Way is a community-based social change organization that puts opportunity in the hands of all North Texans in Collin, Dallas, southern Denton, and Rockwall Counties. United Way partners with hundreds of corporations, philanthropic organizations, educational institutions, nonprofit service providers, city and state government entities and representatives, advocates, and community leaders to improve education, income, and health – the building blocks of opportunity. United Way leverages our resources and networks to bring the best people, ideas, and projects together to create lasting change. Together, we believe we can build a future in which all North Texans, regardless of zip code, have the opportunity and access to achieve their full potential.The PositionReporting to the Sr. Director of Leadership Giving, this role is a key contributor to United Way of Metropolitan Dallas’ Resource Development Department. The Leadership Giving Director partners with the Leadership Giving Program Management, Workplace, and Major Gifts teams to grow leadership societies and increase revenue. Through strategic relationship management, the director cultivates and stewards donors through individual outreach, leadership society initiatives, and volunteer engagement events.To perform the job successfully, competitive applicants should demonstrate the following:Mission-Focused: Create real social change that leads to improving lives in our community.Relationship-Oriented: Communicate effectively to develop, grow and sustain productive relationships. Know how to capture, record, and interpret relevant information to forge partnerships, collaborate, cultivate, grow, sustain, and strengthen relationships.Results-Driven: Dedicated to shared and measurable goals; creating, resourcing, scaling, and leveraging strategies and innovations for broad impact.Stewardship: Must be transparent and meet the highest ethical standards on behalf of donors and align with organizational goals.Value a Culture of Collaboration, Inclusion, and Engagement: Committed to participating in cross-functional organization activities that contribute to UWMD’s goal of building and sustaining a high-performance organization and advancing a culture of collaboration and inclusiveness across the organization.Key Responsibilities: Emerging Leaders, Leadership, Builders, TocquevilleResponsible for developing cultivation and solicitation strategies for prospects and donors within assigned portfolio.Develop plan(s) to increase membership across UWMD’s Leadership and Builders Societies while retaining a portfolio of Leadership and Builders Tocqueville Society members with a high likelihood for growing the Tocqueville pipeline.Participate in cross-functional campaign teams to determine priorities, strategy and partnerships to best implement and leverage campaign plans in growing Leadership Societies.In partnership with the Corporate Workplace team, Leadership Program Management, and Leadership Society members identify and qualify prospects for Leadership Societies. Retain a portfolio of community and workplace Leadership and Builders Tocqueville Society members and prospects with a high likelihood for growing the Tocqueville pipeline.Collaborate with the Major Gifts Team in stewarding and cultivating transformational giftsDrive activity and results to achieve member and revenue goals. Responsible for soliciting gifts ($1K - $20K) in addition to maintaining and building annual gift support from a portfolio of current and prospective donors.Actively engage donors and prospects through events designed to cultivate Tocqueville members and enhance those relationships. Provide consistent follow-up post events to secure commitments or move relationships forward.Partner with financial staff to ensure good financial stewardship of gifts entrusted to UWMD and UWFMD.Collaboration and liaison with the marketing team to support the development of giving society collateral, social media efforts, and content updates for giving-related events, invitations, and promotional materials for Leadership and Builders Society.Core Competencies:Strategic Thinking and AnalysisAbility to maintain confidential informationProven experience with CRM tools in capturing donor information to improve relationships, streamline processes, and drive growth.Strong Fundraising and Relationship Management results and experienceProven Volunteer relationship management experienceStrong Writing and Verbal CommunicationSelf-motivatedAble to thrive in a fast-paced, goal-oriented, team environmentStrong cultural fit – highly collaborative and willing to engage with other departments and in organizational opportunities and initiativesQualifications and Skills Required:EDUCATION: Undergraduate degree required, Masters degree preferredEXPERIENCE: Minimum 3-4+ years of non-profit experience in fundraising and volunteer management experience.Inspired to be a part of the change? We invite you to apply: Careers - United Way of Metropolitan Dallas (unitedwaydallas.org)United Way of Metropolitan Dallas offers:Medical, Dental, Vision, 403b retirement savings plans, Life & AD&D, LTD, PTO, Parental LeaveJoin the Live United team to be part of the change. Apply Today!