Senior Director

Reports To: Executive Director

Status: Full-Time, Exempt

Salary Range: Up to $100,000, commensurate with experience

Benefits: HMO, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance fully covered by the employer. Generous holiday schedule and paid time off. Free onsite gym at Downtown Loop office location

Location: Hybrid in-person/work-from-home

The Senior Director of Advancement (SDOA) is a senior member of the leadership team accountable for all advancement functions, including fundraising, donor relations, grants, strategic partnerships, and marketing and communications. The SDOA is responsible for the contributed revenue that sustains the organization’s mission, and ensures all advancement work is grounded in survivor-centered values, confidentiality, equity, and trauma-informed practice, ensuring ethical storytelling, cultural humility, and respectful engagement in fundraising strategy, donor relations, and communications.

The SDOA will directly engage in major gifts cultivation and key donor relationships, and will provide strategic leadership, including setting priorities and strengthening advancement infrastructure in close partnership with the Executive Director. The Director of Advancement, Marketing, & Communications (DAMC) reports to the SDOA and leads day-to-day implementation of annual giving, communications, and events.

• Partner with the Executive Director and Fundraising Committee to develop long-term revenue strategies
• Develop and execute a fundraising strategy incorporating major gifts, annual giving, grants, corporate partnerships, and events aligned with organizational goals
• Ensure decisions and strategies are data-driven, including the agency’s Customer Relations Management (CRM) data
• Focus on new individual donor acquisition, particularly major gifts
• Spearhead a planned giving program, cultivating legacy donor relationships and building infrastructure to grow this revenue stream over time

• Collaborate with the DAMC to develop a grant strategy and priorities; ensure compliance, timely reporting, and strong funder relationships

• Develop the advancement budget with the Executive Director and financial services staff; manage the budget, monitor fundraising metrics to ensure revenue goals are met, and report progress regularly to the Executive Director, the Board of Directors, and Fundraising Committee

• Strengthen internal systems, donor management processes

• Lead and oversee the collaborative design of a trauma-informed stewardship framework that reinforces survivor-centered values across all giving levels
• Assess and strengthen donor pipelines; create new donor pipelines, particularly major donors; and improve donor retention and stewardship systems
• Partner with the Executive Director and DAMC to develop and implement a portfolio management strategy, determining the best breakdown for key staff to cultivate, solicit, and steward, including the ED, SDOA, and DAMC

• Monitor donor retention rates and guide strategies to strengthen long-term engagement

• Set strategic direction and goals for fundraising and stewardship events based on past results, knowledge of our donor base, and current trends
• Develop community engagement opportunities that educate and activate supporters, and ensure all events reflect trauma-informed design and organizational values
• Partner with the ED and Leadership Team to strengthen organizational visibility
• Build and maintain relationships with community partners, foundations, and corporations
• Represent the organization at advocacy initiatives, community events, donor meetings, and key major donor cultivation events
• Oversee volunteer fundraising engagement and give/get accountability, working with the DAMC on operational BOD and Associate Board (AB) support

• Set the strategic direction for all marketing and communications, ensuring messaging is trauma-informed and culturally responsive

• Oversee impact reports using anonymized data and ethical storytelling; collaborate with program staff to gather mission-aligned content

• Ensure brand consistency across all platforms and materials; approve major campaigns, media outreach, and public-facing content

• Support the Executive Director in public relations and crisis communication

• Collaborate with the Executive Director and volunteers,…