Regional Manager - DMV

Helping Hand For Relief And Development Inc.; Woodlawn (MD); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Helping Hand For Relief And Development Inc. is seeking a Regional Manager to lead fundraising, donor engagement, community outreach, and regional operations across the region.

Working under national fundraising strategies, you will build relationships with Islamic centers, schools, and foundations, growing support for the mission and guiding staff. You will develop and carry out regional fundraising plans, set goals, track progress, maintain donor records, and oversee budgets.

Qualifications

• Experience in fundraising, donor stewardship, and community partnership development.
• Strong communication and public-speaking skills, with the ability to adapt messages to different audiences.
• Team leadership, volunteer development, planning, organization, and follow-through.
• Sound judgment, problem-solving, financial accountability, and professional integrity.
• Comfort with CRM and data-management tools; familiarity with Virtuous, HHDIS, and Field Ops is helpful.
• Must be authorized to work in the USA.

Responsibilities

• Develop and carry out a regional fundraising plan aligned with HHRD priorities; set goals, track progress, and adjust activities to meet annual revenue targets.
• Cultivate and steward donors through thoughtful communication, visits, events, and timely follow-up. Maintain accurate donor records in Virtuous, HHDIS, and related systems.
• Build partnerships with Islamic centers, community and professional organizations, schools, corporations, foundations, scholars, and other local stakeholders.
• Represent HHRD at khutbahs, meetings, events, and public forums; deliver appeals and explain the organization’s programs, impact, and priorities.
• Recruit, support, and develop volunteers, while providing direction, coaching, and constructive feedback to regional staff.
• Oversee regional budgets, expenses, records, and operational practices in line with HHRD policies. Support emergency and disaster response fundraising when needed.

Skills

Fundraising

Donor stewardship

Public speaking

Team leadership

Financial accountability

CRM familiarity

Tools

Virtuous

HHDIS

Field Ops

Job description

Who Are We:

HHRD is a global humanitarian relief and development organization responding to human sufferings in emergency and disaster situations around the world. In addition to our emergency relief efforts in natural or man-made disasters, we also work on long term relief- and development programs.

Core Values:

• Mutual Respect: Recognize the innate worth of all people and the value of diversity
• Equity and Justice: Work to ensure equal opportunity for everyone, irrespective of race, gender, color, class, ethnicity, disability and location
• Care for All: Provide care for vulnerable groups; orphans, widows and elderly people
• Honesty and Transparency: Being accountable at all levels for the effectiveness of our actions and open in our judgments and communications with others
• Self Respect: To help the poor without the feeling of humiliation
• Solidarity with the Poor: Powerless and excluded will be the only bias in our commitment to the fight against poverty

About the Role

HHRD is seeking a Regional Manager to lead fundraising, donor engagement, community outreach, and regional operations. Working under national fundraising strategies and in partnership with the Zonal Manager, you will build relationships across the region, grow support for HHRD’s mission, and guide staff and volunteers toward shared goals.

What You'll Do

• Develop and carry out a regional fundraising plan aligned with HHRD priorities; set goals, track progress, and adjust activities to meet annual revenue targets.
• Cultivate and steward donors through thoughtful communication, visits, events, and timely follow-up. Maintain accurate donor records in Virtuous, HHDIS, and related systems.
• Build partnerships with Islamic centers, community and professional organizations, schools, corporations, foundations, scholars, and other local stakeholders.
• Represent HHRD at khutbahs, meetings, events, and public forums; deliver appeals and explain the organization’s programs, impact, and priorities.
• Recruit, support, and develop volunteers, while providing direction, coaching, and constructive feedback to regional staff.
• Oversee regional budgets, expenses, records, and operational practices in line with HHRD policies. Support emergency and disaster response fundraising when needed.

Qualifications

• Fundraising, donor stewardship, and community partnership development.
• Strong communication and public-speaking skills, with the ability to adapt messages to different audiences.
• Team leadership, volunteer development, planning, organization, and follow-through.
• Sound judgment, problem-solving, conflict resolution, financial accountability, and professional integrity.
• Comfort with CRM and data-management tools; familiarity with Virtuous, HHDIS, and Field Ops is helpful.
• Must be authorized to work in the USA.

The role involves extensive travel within the assigned region, with occasional travel beyond the region for national meetings or organizational events. Evening, weekend, holiday, and extended hours may be needed during campaigns, major events, and emergency appeals. The Regional Manager must be able to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.