Director of Development

Location: Northern

# Director of Development Hot Job Education Level4 Year Degree## Description GENERAL DESCRIPTION The Director of Development is responsible for planning, organizing, and directing all of MRI's fundraising including, the major gifts program, annual fund, planned giving, special events and capital campaigns. The Manager works closely with the President/CEO in all development and fund raising and marketing/PR endeavors. The Director of Development is also responsible for the coordination, implementation and evaluation of public information and education;

marketing; resource development; social media maintenance; customer service; and internal communication. The Director of Development also will research, identify, and evaluate potential business opportunities for the purpose of job training possibilities for our persons served. This includes job potential in MRI and in the community.

ESSENTIAL JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
* Develops and maintains a system for fund-raising and planned giving activities for agency expansion through private funding opportunities; this system shall include but is not limited to developing and maintaining a donor data base.
* Coordinates all fund-raising and development activities and maintains personal contact with major benefactors and potential givers to enhance agency resources and services.
* Creates fundraising goals and relies on extensive experience and judgment to plan and accomplish these goals.
* Identifies new donors and organizes initiatives to solicit funding.
* Responsible for developing major gift opportunities and writing grant proposals.
* Inspiring new supporters to raise money, while maintaining and developing relationships with existing supporters.
* Research, identify, and evaluate commercial and service-based work opportunities that align with MRI's mission.
* Develop and maintain vendor and customer relationships to support ongoing and future business opportunities.
* Managing and updating databases to record donor contact and preference information.
* Plans, develops, implements and evaluates public relations, marketing, web-site maintenance, customer service and development activities for the agency. This responsibility requires the use of a computer and word processing, a variety of software applications, a phone and a vehicle.
* Initiates donor engagement initiatives, such as tours, mailings, e-newsletters or small special events, under the direction of the President/CEO.
* Assists with planning and implementation of marketing for special agency programs and events such as United Way Giving Campaign and community partnered events.
* Maintains and builds online presence through variety of social media platforms (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Tik Tok, etc.).
* Executes public relations and marketing/fundraising goals set forth in the marketing plan using multiple methods, including website content management, media relations, social media management and design of printed promotional items.
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* Administers all policies and procedures as developed by MRI; communicates to staff, interprets as necessary, and confirms compliance.
* Develops managers' and/or supervisors' skills, particularly in the management techniques of planning, organizing, leading, and supervising through continued coaching and feedback performance.
* Recruit, organize and manage volunteers to carry out various functions within the organization.
* Confers with the Program/Department Directors to assess needs for information; drafts and presents to the Executive Director public and internal informational materials, agency brochures and public education marketing and web-site materials.
* Develops and maintains a media directory of relevant information on media sources for the area of Decatur and Macon County; prepares press releases and public service announcements for media dissemination.
* In collaboration with Program/Department Directors, coordinates the maintenance of the MRI Website and completes updates on a regular basis to assure accurate and timely information is available to the public.
* Coordinates the development and maintenance of marketing, web-site and audio-visual materials for use in…