Development Officer

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Full Time Salaried 8810-Clerical Oglethorpe Street, Washington, DC, US

3 days ago Requisition

Salary Range: $70,000.00 To $80,000.00 Annually

Development Officer

Location:

Washington, D.C.

Status:
Full-Time, Exempt

About the Humane Rescue Alliance (HRA)

For more than 150 years, the Humane Rescue Alliance has championed the protection of animals, support for people, and service to the community. With campuses in the District of Columbia and New Jersey, along with the nation’s leading pet transport initiative, HRA stands as one of the largest and most comprehensive animal services providers in the region.

Each year, HRA transforms the lives of tens of thousands of animals through rescue and adoption, humane protection, access to veterinary care, innovative community programs, transport partnerships, and legislative leadership.

The Humane Rescue Alliance is seeking a Development Officer to build, manage, and grow philanthropic relationships throughout the Washington, D.C. region.

The Development Officer will manage a portfolio of approximately 120–150 individual donors, corporate partners, and qualified prospects, cultivating relationships that increase giving, strengthen donor retention, and build a healthy pipeline for future growth.

This is a frontline fundraising role for someone who enjoys building relationships, identifying opportunities, making meaningful asks, and connecting donors with HRA’s mission and impact.

• Manage and grow a portfolio of approximately 120–150 individual donors, corporate partners, and qualified prospects.
• Develop personalized cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship strategies based on donor interests, capacity, and engagement.
• Conduct regular donor meetings, calls, campus tours, cultivation visits, and other meaningful relationship-building activities.
• Solicit significant philanthropic gifts and prepare written proposals or donor materials in partnership with internal teams when needed.
• Identify opportunities toretain, upgrade, and deepen relationships with existing donors.
• Qualify new prospects and build a strong pipeline of donors with the potential to increase their philanthropic support.
• Identify principal or transformational gift opportunities and partner with the Chief Advancement Officer and CEO on strategy and solicitation.
• Recognize potential planned giving opportunities and connect donors with appropriate resources when needed.
• Manage and grow assigned corporate philanthropic relationships.
• Build relationships with corporate decision-makersandsolicitcharitable gifts, sponsor ships, matching gifts, and other philanthropic support.
• Secure sponsor ships for major fundraising events and organizational initiatives.
• Partner with Public Affairs and other departments when volunteer activities or community engagement are part of a broader corporate relationship, whilemaintainingresponsibility for the fundraising relationship.
• Create personalized stewardship experiences thatdemonstratethe impact of donor support.
• Connect donors and prospects with HRA programs, staff, leadership, animals, and mission.
• Serve as the primary relationship manager for assigned donorsparticipatingin events and cultivation opportunities.
• Collaborate with Development Operations, Marketing and Communications, Public Affairs, program teams, and organizational leadership to advance donor relationships.
• Maintainaccurateandtimelydonor records, strategies, contact reports, solicitations, and next steps in the fundraising database.
• Participate in regular portfolio reviews and usemoves-management practices to advance donor relationships.

• Strong relationship-building, listening, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrated ability to cultivate,solicit, and steward significant donor or client relationships.
• Ability to confidently make philanthropic asks and develop individualized relationship strategies.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple relationships,…