Director of Strategic Donor Engagement
The Director of Strategic Donor Engagement develops and executes comprehensive strategies to build relationships with current and prospective donors (i.e., individuals, businesses, and foundations), aiming to maximize their giving potential through personalized outreach, meaningful engagement activities, and effective communication while aligning donor interests with the organization’s mission and goals. The director ensures corporate culture, systems, and procedures support revenue development and positive donor and volunteer engagement.
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements below represent the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
Bachelor’s Degree and a minimum of five years related non-profit leadership and fundraising experience. Previous supervisory experience preferred.
(1) Handle detailed, complex concepts and problems and create solutions. Translate broad goals into achievable steps. (2) Ability to teach skills, encourage, and coordinate activities and job duties of multiple employees. (3) Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with a wide variety of volunteers and donors. (4) Ability to plan, organize, and run meetings; recruit, train, and work with volunteers to accomplish goals. (5) Effective verbal, listening, writing, and communication skills, attention to detail, and high-level accuracy. (6) Computer skills including database, spreadsheet, word processing, and email at a highly proficient level. (7) Ability to work cooperatively as a team member. (8) Ability to manage large amounts of information presented in written and oral information in a fast-paced environment. (9) Ability to manage multiple projects and volunteers
United Way employees must be able to work in a routine office environment. This includes long hours sitting while using a computer and other basic office equipment, which may cause eye and muscle strain. All employees make personal visits to various locations in the South Plains area, which requires reliable transportation and the ability to navigate to each location. Employees may occasionally lift materials and supplies of up to 25 pounds
United Way employees work in a fast-paced environment. All staff manage numerous interruptions including, but not limited to phone calls, emails, visitors, and impromptu meetings. Reasonable accommodations as stated in Title 1 of the Americans with Disabilities Act may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential duties and responsibilities
This position reports to the President & CEO and is a part of the senior management team, overseeing employee onboarding, employee relations, and dispute resolution. Supervises the day-to-day activities of the Resource Development Team. Establishes goals based on strategic objectives and conducts performance evaluations annually. Monitors the effective execution of staff responsibilities.
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