Regional Manager - DMV

Helping Hand for Relief and Development; Woodlawn (MD); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Helping Hand for Relief and Development (HHRD) seeks a Regional Manager to lead fundraising, donor engagement, community outreach, and regional operations. Working under national strategies and with the Zonal Manager, you will build relationships across the region and guide staff and volunteers toward shared goals.

You will develop and implement regional fundraising plans, cultivate donors, and establish partnerships with community organizations.

Qualifications

• Experience in fundraising, donor stewardship, and community partnerships.
• Strong communication and public-speaking skills.
• Proven team leadership, volunteer development, planning and organization.
• Sound judgment, problem-solving, conflict resolution, and financial accountability.
• Familiarity with CRM and data-management tools (Virtuous, HHDIS, Field Ops helpful).
• Authorized to work in the USA.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement regional fundraising plans to meet revenue targets.
• Cultivate and steward donors through communications, visits, events, and follow-ups.
• Build partnerships with Islamic centers, community organizations, schools, and corporations.
• Represent HHRD at community events and deliver program appeals.
• Recruit, support, and develop volunteers; coach regional staff.
• Oversee regional budgets and operations; support disaster fundraising as needed.

Skills

Fundraising

Donor stewardship

Community partnership

Public speaking

Team leadership

Volunteer development

Budgeting

CRM tools

Tools

Virtuous

HHDIS

Field Ops

Job description

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.

Work Expectations

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.

Our Vision:

As a leader to empower lives, creating opportunities and strengthen the bond of humanity. HHRD is committed to serve humanity by integrating resources for people in need. We strive to provide immediate response in disasters, and effective Programs in places of suffering, for the pleasure of Allah.

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