Partnership Engagement Director

EPIP; United States; Remote; USD 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

An education-focused organization is seeking a Partnership Engagement Director to lead fundraising efforts, cultivate relationships with donors, and manage grant proposals. The ideal candidate has experience in fundraising and a passion for social justice. This role includes supervising a team member and collaborating with various departments. To apply, provide a resume and cover letter to the specified email.

Qualifications

• Experience working with individual and foundation donors.
• Knowledge of fundraising best practices.
• Passion for social justice and public education.

Responsibilities

• Support the implementation of a comprehensive development strategy.
• Cultivate, solicit, and steward individual donors and foundation funders.
• Lead the development of grant proposals and related reports.

Skills

Fundraising best practices

Grant proposal development

Donor cultivation

Social justice advocacy

Job description

The Partnership Engagement Director will support the implementation of a comprehensive development strategy with a focus on building a pipeline of individual donors and foundations. The Director is responsible for cultivating major gifts of $10,000 plus, grants of $25,000 or more and coordinating campaigns of $100,000 or more.

The Director will coordinate efforts to cultivate, solicit, and steward both individual donors and foundation funders and network regularly with prospective and current donors and funders. The Director will track information about individual donors, institutional funders, and prospects in the organization’s database.

The Director will take primary lead on the development of grant proposals and related grant reports as well as providing support to other team members responsible for fundraising activity. The Director will also supervise the Senior Development Associate, a role responsible for development research and coordination, meetings and events, and development-related data and knowledge management.

The ideal candidate will have knowledge of fundraising best practices, experience working with a variety of individual and foundation donors, and a passion for social justice and public education. The Director will support the fundraising efforts to grow Schott and shift resources to the education justice movement.

The Director will report to the Senior Vice President of Partnership Engagement, supervise the Senior Development Associate and work closely with the communications, Programs, Operations and Finance teams.

To apply, please email your resume and a substantive cover letter to [e-mail] with “Partnership Engagement Director” in the subject line.