Director of Development & Community Outreach

POSITION SUMMARY

To support its vision, Intercultural Family Services is seeking to fill its first Director of Development and Community Outreach (“Director”) position. The ideal Director will have achieved success developing throughout their career a combination of mature and steady leadership skills. They will become a key member of IFS’s senior leadership team and support its strategic plan through a dynamic and well-planned, multi-faceted Major Gifts, Annual Giving, Planned Giving, and Foundation and Marketing strategy. The Director will be charismatic, inspiring, and collaborative in working with internal and external partners including staff, Board members, volunteers, and donors.

They will play a significant role in the success of IFS’s services, overseeing a set of integrated strategies to attract private investment and to enable the growth of the organization and the community it serves. The Director will have the opportunity to evaluate current strategies, consolidate strengths, develop, and implement a plan to expand both grassroots and high-level engagement and revenues, and meet or exceed the annual fundraising goal.

Personal knowledge of individual donors and donors with capacity is preferred as is grantee knowledge and demonstrated success in human services or education. Additionally, sophisticated understanding of how to design a donor program to generate revenue and build a major gifts pipeline and an outstanding major gift fundraising record are essential. If you want to make a significant difference in the community and have a passion for improving the lives of children by ensuring every child from birth to age eight has access to the highest quality care and education possible and help create a path that allows them and their teachers to reach their full potential, consider joining the IFS team.

PRINCIPLE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

General

• Communicates IFS’s mission and culture to all key stakeholders including staff, Board members, volunteers, donors, and partners.
• Provides outstanding leadership, management, task delegation, facilitation, and networking skills, including the ability to make prompt and effective decisions and to think strategically.
• Represents IFS in select high-level partnerships, speaking engagements and other externally facing activities.
• Represents Marketing and Development efforts as part of IFS’s strategic planning process.

Donor Outreach/Cultivation/Stewardship

• Works with the CEO and COO to develop and implement a comprehensive development strategy to include corporate, foundation, government grants, and individual giving.
• Supports and partners with the President and Board members on all major fundraising initiatives.
• Has primary responsibility for the development and execution of all grant requests.
• Oversees research funding sources and trends, with foresight, to help position IFS ahead of major funding changes or trends
• Monitors all donor information; provides and presents statistical analysis to Board and senior leaders.
• Develops and implements a stewardship program aimed at cultivating deeper ties with donors.
• Oversees identification and securing of in-kind donations of goods and services for special events and office needs.
• Develops relations with appropriate community leaders, businesses, and government to expand the reputation of the organization and to seek or expand new funding sources.
• Establishes IFS’s Legacy Planned Giving program.
• Establishes, supports, and oversees various volunteer Development Committees.
• Responsible for the cost-effectiveness and financial aspects of the department.
• Strong knowledge of the philanthropic sector, as well as the various laws and regulations affecting them. Business acumen and strategic planning.
   

Marketing

• Ensures the organization’s visibility in the community.
• Advises and supports volunteer-based special event committees concerning print, publicity, and media contacts.
• Evaluate and ensure that spending of marketing dollars is maximized and consistent with goals.
• Cultivates press relationships. Represents IFS in the community and communicates IFS’s successes and needs.
• Create marketing and promotional materials and events.
• Oversees IFS’s social media strategy including Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Instagram.
• Ensures that all communications are of the highest quality standards, reflect a positive image and address the issues and interests of specific audiences.