Director of Development, Exempt

Description

Reports to Chief Advancement Officer:

• Exempt
• Full Time
• Pay Grade 12
• Annual salary $60,000 - $72,000
• Located at Founder’s Lodge Event & Conference Center

Girl Scouts of Central Indiana embraces an inclusive culture. We value diversity, equity, and inclusion across all identities. We are committed to continual learning and to a culture of safety and wellbeing in which individuality is celebrated and everyone is valued and respected. Everyone is welcome to bring their authentic selves into our space.

Girl Scouts of Central Indiana serves 45 Indiana counties, nearly more than 16,000 Girl Scouts and 10,000 adult volunteers. We are the proud facilitators of Girl Scout camp at five Indiana locations, conveners of thousands of Girl Scout programs with nearly 600 community partners and serve thousands more community members each year at our STEM Center of Excellence and Founders Lodge Event and Conference Center.

The Director of Development is externally facing and has responsibility for identifying corporate and individual prospects; cultivating relationships; developing funding proposals; and securing philanthropic support for Girl Scouts of Central Indiana.

The Director of Development is responsible for identifying needs of GSCI and translating those needs into to external funding opportunities (RFPs, foundation guidelines, proposals, etc.).

The Director of Development work strategically with the Chief Advancement Officer to contribute to and recommend goals and priorities for the Fund Development team.

• Build relationships with external stakeholders and constituents through visits, correspondence, and regular communication.
• Develops individualized strategies for prospects and donors.
• Conducts research to identify prospects, for both the organization as a whole and for specific programs that align with GSCI’s strategic direction.
• With the Chief Advancement Officer, defines goals, objectives, and metrics for Development program.
• Works collaboratively with GSCI colleagues and partners to identify, develop and frame aspects of existing programs and plans that have the potential to attract private support, grants and sponsorship funding.
• Collaborates with external grant contract writer for the creation and submission of corporate grant proposals, including reviewing drafts, providing supporting narrative when requested, and through the securing of required attachments.
• Supports sponsorship solicitations of GSCI programs by coordinating prospects, tracking responses, serving as a point of contact, and providing following up.
• With the contracted grant writer, tracks all corporate grant sponsorship activity in an organized manner, including application and reporting deadlines.
• Stewards sponsor relationships throughout programming, including but not limited to collecting data, photos, and testimonials of events/programs to send to corporations and community partners to ensure they feel the full impact of the relationship.
• Maintains regular reporting and financial reports with the Finance team.
• Ensure that diversity and pluralism is embraced and incorporated into the daily work of the position.
• Participates, as appropriate, in GSCI events and programs, including those held in the evenings and weekends.
• Participates in diverse community and cultural events and programs, including those held in the evenings and weekends.
• Foster a culture of diversity and inclusion in the workplace and amongst the membership.
• Seek and accept opportunities for professional growth and development.

All employees of the Girl Scouts of Central Indiana are responsible not only for the position but also for the duties and responsibilities that all employees share.

• Understands that council priorities are growing membership and cultivating new donors.
• Develop an annual goal that supports the membership growth priority.
• Implement an action plan that supports the membership growth priority.
• Develop and annual goal that supports the cultivation of new donors.
• Implement an action plan that supports the cultivation of new donors.

• Oral and Written Communication abilities…