Senior Director of Development and Executive Initiatives; opens tab

Position Title:

Senior Director of Development and Executive Initiatives

Reports To:

President and CEO

Supervises:
None

Employment Status:
Full-time

Salary range: $90,000-$110,000

This position would be primarily responsible for development donor strategy and execution while also providing high-level support to the President and CEO on selected organizational priorities. The CEO would remain NCFA’s primary frontline fundraiser and senior donor relationship-builder. This person would create the structure, materials, preparation, and follow-through needed to make those efforts successful.

This is not an executive assistant position, although the role would help the CEO stay organized and move important priorities forward.

• Develop and manage an annual development strategy and revenue plan.
• Establish fundraising goals, forecasts, and performance measures.
• Draft grant proposals, reports, letters of inquiry, appeals, donor communications, and other fundraising materials.
• Conduct donor and prospect research and prepare the CEO for donor meetings, cultivation, and solicitations.
• Manage the development pipeline, fundraising calendar, donor records, acknowledgments, gift processing, stewardship activities, and follow-up.
• Develop relationships with selected donors and funders while supporting the CEO as the primary frontline fundraiser.
• Lead conference sponsorship and exhibitor revenue, including prospecting, recruitment, solicitation, tracking, benefit fulfillment, and ongoing stewardship.
• Help translate the CEO’s ideas and organizational priorities into actionable plans, written materials, and next steps.
• Track selected cross-organizational initiatives and help ensure that commitments, decisions, and follow-up items move forward.
• Prepare briefings, talking points, presentations, and other materials for important external and internal meetings.
• Coordinate special projects led by the CEO that may extend beyond development.

• Seven or more years of progressively responsible nonprofit development experience, including demonstrated success with institutional and individual fundraising, plus experience managing complex organizational initiatives
• Demonstrated success securing and stewarding significant foundation and individual gifts.
• Excellent grant writing, donor communication, and case-development skills.
• Experience managing a fundraising pipeline and CRM.
• Strong project-management skills and the ability to move work across organizational boundaries.
• Excellent judgment, discretion, and ability to work closely with a CEO.
• Experience in a small or mid-sized nonprofit, where senior staff combine strategy with hands-on execution.
• Adoption, child welfare, or family-services experience preferred, but not required.

Internal:
President and CEO, NCFA staff, and other leadership as needed to advance fundraising and selected organizational priorities.

External:
Donors, prospective donors, foundations and other funders, partners, and other external contacts relevant to development and CEO-led initiatives.

Other Duties:
This position may be asked to perform other duties and responsibilities that are reasonably related to the position and support NCFA’s mission and organizational needs.