Director of Development

• Employees pay $0 out-of-pocket towards health,
  vision and dental premiums
• VCP offers a 401k plan at a 4% match
• Employees receive 6 weeks of paid time off in addition to major holidays

VCP was founded in Kansas City, Missouri, in 2016 by a group of combat Veterans shaped by their military service and began with a determination to do better for Veterans in need. Today, we’re growing nationwide to serve more Veterans everywhere, ensuring no one is left behind. Our founders’ solution was simple: provide Veterans experiencing homelessness with a home of their own and wraparound case management services that leverage the support of the community to not only get them back on their feet, but ensure they continue standing.

Our proven model has an 85% success rate at getting Veterans back on their feet.

We, the team members and co-founders of VCP, operate with innovation, entrepreneurism, and grit in our mission to serve those who served. We move with swift, bold action, driven by purpose. We believe in collaboration, community, compassion, and above all, serving Veterans with dignity and respect. We serve all Veterans with that ethos—regardless of length or type of service, or discharge status.

Are you a visionary fundraiser with a passion for transforming generosity into impact? As the Director of Development, you will serve as a member of the local leadership team and the leader of local development efforts. Under the direction of the local Executive Director and in strong collaboration with the National Director of Philanthropy, she/he initiates and implements development strategies, planning, and activities that result in a compelling, donor-centered development program which invites our community-at-large to have a lasting relationship with VCP to achieve our goals.

She/he will serve as a major gift officer, managing and cultivating relationships with existing major gift prospects, as well as identifying new prospects; interact with individuals and senior members of corporations/foundations; ensure local fundraising goals are met; work in direct collaboration with local fundraising consultant and leadership team; may serve as a liaison with other organizations’ staff when VCP is involved in joint ventures;

supervise the development staff to include recommending staff hires, discipline, performance management, and day-to-day supervision of the department.

• With the Executive Director & National Director of Philanthropy, you will develop and implement an integrated development program using a variety of cultivation, solicitation and stewardship techniques including making personal visits, and phone calls, sending appeals, events and gatherings, online campaigns, and networking. Includes helping unleash the giving potential of a wide array of funders and stakeholders and ensure that annual fundraising goals are met.
• Manage the local day-to-day development operations including prospect identification and research; cultivation and communications strategies; proposal development; writing, submission, and tracking of grants; solicitation strategies; donor stewardship, donor-centered communication, and outreach activities; and community engagement/volunteer relations.
• Provide leadership in research, qualification, and cultivation of prospective donors. Determine readiness of donors to progress toward giving and deeper engagement with VCP.
• Plan, coordinate, prepare materials, and participate in meetings to cultivate and solicit prospective donors and community partners; research new sponsorship options using appropriate cultivation activities.
• Together with the National Director…