Director of Development

Director of Development

Pembroke Hill School is seeking a compassionate and dedicated Director of Development to join its team. The Director of Development is responsible for meeting fundraising goals by strategizing, cultivating, personally soliciting and stewarding gifts of $10,000+ in partnership with the Assistant Head of School, Head of School, and leadership volunteers.

Our mission, “Together cultivating the best in each, for the benefit of all” fuels our passion for our work as we curate a best‑in‑class development team. Our values of respect, compassion, scholarship and integrity serve as our north star. Building on the success of our recently completed $55M+ capital campaign, we will work together to achieve the annual support needs of the School and the goals of our inspired and transformational Strategic Plan.

• Major Gifts and Fundraising Strategy
• Collaboration and Donor Engagement
• Supervision and Team Leadership
• Communication and Interpersonal Skills
• Confidentiality and Technical Proficiency

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work experience.
• 6 years of progressive fundraising experience, including 3 years of successful major gift fundraising.
• Exhibit mastery of CRM donor‑management system.
• Supervisory experience.
• Proven ability that indicates individual major gifts solicitation success.
• Occasional weekend and evening work, occasional travel.

This is a year‑round position paid time off in accordance with employee benefit plans.

Compensation will be based on a competitive norm influenced by area and peer schools, using years of experience and the highest completed degree. Transcripts and verification of employment will be required. Benefits include health, dental, retirement match (up to 8%), professional development opportunities, PHS tuition remission, free lunch, and more!

Pembroke Hill School is an independent school in Kansas City, Missouri. Pembroke Hill seeks to fulfill our mission by recognizing that diversity, belonging, equity, and inclusion are integral elements of school and community life. Our mission‑inspired goal is together, cultivating the best in each, for the benefit of all. Cultivating each to be a global thinker and valuable member of the PHS community poised to acquire the academic and life skills that make a significant difference for all.

The physical demands described here represent those that must be met by an employee to perform the essential functions of this job successfully. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

• Ability to sit and stand for extended periods. For elementary and lower school, sit on the floor for extended periods of time.
• Ability to enter data into a computer, to see and read a computer screen and printed material with or without vision aids.
• Ability to hear and understand speech at normal classroom levels, outdoors, and on the telephone.
• Ability to speak in audible tones so that others may understand clearly in normal classrooms, outdoors, and on the telephone.
• Physical ability to lift, carry and/or hold up to 25 pounds to shoulder height and 50 pounds to waist height.
• Ability to occasionally balance, reach, bend, squat, stoop, or kneel.
• Ability to climb stairs, walk, and occasionally run, if required.