Advancement Officer

Full-time, W2 |

Reports to:

President | Works closely with: CEO |

Location:

Dallas, Houston, Austin, Birmingham, or Atlanta preferred

The Network's mission is to defeat trafficking networks. Our current target, the illicit massage industry, is one of the largest forms of organized exploitation in the US with thousands of storefronts exploiting tens of thousands of vulnerable women from East Asia. Our diverse team leverages skills honed in the intelligence community, data analytics, financial services, and victim service provision. We are a 501(c)3 nonprofit based in Northern Virginia and work with partners across the United States.

We provide partners with data, intelligence, and tactics to disrupt trafficking in illicit massage businesses (IMBs) while building a safety net for those exploited in these places. Our solution is to attack the business model because trafficking exists for only one reason: it makes money.

The Network raises $2.5–3.0 million annually from a base of roughly 100 individual donors. Our CEO will continue to personally manage relationships with the organization's 20–25 largest donors. The Advancement Officer will own relationship management, cultivation, and solicitation for the remainder of the portfolio which consists of approximately 75–80 donors and prospects, spanning established $10,000+ major donors and earlier-stage donors being built toward major-gift capacity.

This is a relationship-first role: success is measured by whether donors feel known, are followed up with promptly, and are asked at the right moment, not by activity logged in a spreadsheet. The ideal candidate treats a warm lead (a name from a donor-hosted event, an introduction, a chance conversation) as something to cultivate immediately, without being told to.

The Advancement Officer reports to the President and works in close, near-daily coordination with the CEO, who remains the organization's principal fundraiser and lead solicitor for its top donors.

• Own a portfolio of approximately 75–80 donors and prospects (the individual donor base outside the CEO's top 20–25), including current $10,000+ major donors and sub-$10,000 donors with growth potential.
• Build genuine, long-term relationships with donors by understanding what motivates their giving and sustaining regular, personal communication tailored to their interests.
• Proactively follow up on new relationships surfaced through donor-hosted events, introductions, and networking (for example, following up individually with attendees of a donor-hosted cultivation event), then converting warm leads into cultivated relationships without needing to be prompted.
• Maintain accurate, up-to-date records of every donor interaction, proposal, and gift in the CRM.

• Design and execute personalized stewardship plans so donors see and feel the tangible impact of their giving.
• Meet weekly with the President and CEO to review portfolio activity and jointly determine which donors are ready for an ask and who should make it.
• Personally lead the solicitation and ask for the majority of gifts in the portfolio; partner with the CEO on asks that call for his involvement.
• Draft compelling, donor-specific proposals and presentation materials that make a persuasive case for support.

• Continuously identify, research, and qualify new individual donor prospects to grow the base beyond the current ~100 donors.
• Build and deepen The Network's philanthropic network in the Southern U.S., where a majority of current major donors are based, while traveling to other markets (e.g., Los Angeles, Seattle, DC) as needed to support the CEO's…