Director of Development

Do you want an impactful career AND quality time to spend with your family or pursue your hobbies?

You can have both by joining Empire Justice Center as a Director of Development
!

Empire Justice Center is a diverse, highly respected statewide legal services organization that fights for marginalized low-income individuals and families across New York. We succeed through direct legal representation, high-impact litigation, legislative advocacy, and training the next generation of advocates. Our team is passionate, determined, and committed to justice for communities facing poverty, housing insecurity, immigration issues, domestic violence, disability discrimination, and civil rights violations in schools.

The Director of Development is responsible for leading, implementing and managing Empire Justice Center's comprehensive fundraising program in partnership with the Chief Operating Officer, President & CEO, Board of Directors and program leadership.

The Director will lead day-to-day fundraising activities across individual giving, major gifts, foundation and institutional giving, corporate and law firm support, annual giving, donor cultivation and stewardship. The Director will help translate the organization's development strategy into clear annual work plans, fundraising campaigns, prospect strategies, and measurable results.

• True work-life Balance: A flexible 35-hour full-time workweek (true work-life balance)!
• A comprehensive health insurance plan for you AND your family!
• Additional benefits include: 14 paid holidays + generous vacation, sick, and personal time, group term life insurance, 403(b) with employer contributions (vesting after 12 months), and a $1,500 bilingual salary enhancement for qualifying employees.

• Travel to and work in the Albany office 3 days per week is required to meet client and organizational needs.
• Must demonstrate a high level of comfort and commitment to working with people from marginalized communities.
• Work closely with your assigned supervisor and participate in regular supervision meetings, including work plan development and grant deliverable management.
• Please note that all positions will supervise other practice group members if needed.
• Due to limited resources, all staff are expected to perform administrative and other support-related duties to serve our clients and fulfill our mission as a non-profit legal services organization.
• Other duties as assigned by your supervisor and/or to meet the organization’s needs.
• Implement the organization's annual and multi-year fundraising plans.
• Establish fundraising calendars, goals, timelines, and performance measures.
• Track progress toward fundraising goals and identify opportunities or challenges requiring attention.
• Lead and coordinate fundraising activities across individual, foundation, corporate, law firm, and other philanthropic sources.
• Develop and maintain a strong donor and prospect pipeline.
• Coordinate prospect identification, qualification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship activities.
• Work with the COO and CEO to prepare for donor meetings and solicitations.

• Manage and grow the organization's individual giving program.
• Develop and implement strategies for annual giving, recurring giving, and donor retention.
• Manage a portfolio of major donors and prospects.
• Develop individualized cultivation and solicitation plans.
• In collaboration with Marketing, prepare briefing materials, proposals, donor correspondence, and solicitation materials.
• Coordinate donor meetings, cultivation activities, and stewardship.
• Track donor moves and next steps through the organization's CRM.
• Manage a portfolio of foundation…