Vice President of Development

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Begin a fulfilling career with the State of Indiana by joining one of the largest employers in the state, offering a range of opportunities across 60+ agencies. At the state, you'll find competitive compensation, a robust benefits package and a commitment to work-life balance. Most importantly, you'll have the chance to make a real and measurable impact on the lives of Hoosiers across Indiana.

The Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites is a statewide museum system with 12 locations, including a central museum based in Indianapolis. Our mission is to ignite wonder, inspire curiosity, reveal stories and create connections. Our values are Integrity, Stewardship, Interconnectivity and Transparency.

The Development Team builds philanthropic support from individuals, corporations, and foundations. Team members stay closely connected with ISMHS staff to remain informed about exhibitions, programs, and institutional priorities, ensuring they can share the ISMHS story in a compelling way. They also monitor trends and best practices in the nonprofit, arts, culture, and museum sectors and engage with relevant professional associations.

The Vice President of Development reports to the President and CEO and leads both the Development Team and the strategic expansion of philanthropic revenue. This role is responsible for identifying, cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding major donors; overseeing the annual fund; and meeting or exceeding annual revenue goals in support of ISMHS’s mission.

The position is based in downtown Indianapolis. You may have statewide travel to communities surrounding ISMHS’s twelve locations. Occasional evening and weekend work is required. Travel and overnight accommodations are provided.

This position traditionally starts at an annual salary of $92,700 but may be commensurate with education and job experience.

• Develop and implement a comprehensive strategy to build and strengthen relationships among donors and prospective donors that result in an increase of funding support.
• Manage an active major gift and individual portfolio of donors to secure support for operations, exhibits, programs, and other institutional priorities.
• Identify new prospective donors through research, community outreach and relationship building to cultivate new donations.
• Work in partnership with the President & CEO and CFO to market and pursue planned giving opportunities.
• Manage the Development department to achieve annual fundraising priorities.
• Evaluate, update and manage ISMHS’s donor stewardship efforts.
• Manage the President & CEO’s portfolio to ensure timely donor stewardship communications.
• Manage the annual board giving process and work with the President & CEO on prospecting and cultivating the board’s sphere of influence.
• Prepare President & CEO for donor meetings and manage follow up.
• Support the President & CEO at events to ensure donors are cultivated and stewarded.
• Coordinate site visits, exhibition tours, and behind-the-scenes tours for funders with ISMHS leadership.
• Lead ISMHS events, tours, and other stewardship activities.
• Monitor department budget in coordination with President & CEO and CFO.
• Represent ISMHS at donor meetings and events and maintain a community presence for engaging with current and prospective donors.
• Track proposals, donor interactions, stewardship activities and reports through CRM database, Blackbaud Altru.

The job description is not intended to be a comprehensive listing of all activities, duties, or responsibilities required of the employee. Other duties, responsibilities, and activities may be changed or assigned at any time.

This position is exempt from overtime compensation for additional work hours that may be required to complete essential functions or other assigned work. Exempt employees may work more than 75 hours in a pay period without additional compensation and must report a minimum of 75 hours per pay period of work hours and/or paid leave taken to receive their base biweekly salary.

• Minimum of five years of…