Director of Development and Communications; CL

Director of Development and Communications (CL)

Posted on February 24, 2020

Casa Latina is pleased to announce this unique opportunity to join our senior leadership team as Director of Development & Communications. We are a growing organization with a progressive approach to workers’ rights and social justice. We have an engaged board of directors, stable financial position and a robust contingent of volunteers.

We seek an experienced fundraising professional to become our next Director of Development & Communications. As a Director, you will work closely with the Executive Director and senior leadership, while leading a three-person team responsible for individual, foundation and corporate giving, events, marketing, and communications.

Our ideal candidate loves fundraising, is an excellent communicator, well-versed in print and digital communication, and is motivated to be part of an important social movement, empowering the Latino community to participate more fully in the economy and democracy of this country.

This may be an exciting opportunity if you are…

• Looking to match your fundraising skills with your passion for social justice;
• Wanting to get out from behind a desk to work more across departments and in the community;
• Excited to build your own team and help develop junior staff;
• Hoping to be engaged with program participants, staff, volunteers and donors, rather than working in isolation or separate from the people you serve;
• Eager to be part of a vibrant, Latino community;
• Experienced in fundraising, and looking to increase your responsibility and autonomy.

• Lead our strategic fundraising efforts.
• Lead the Development and Communications team in raising approximately $650,000 from individuals, corporations, and foundations.
• Planning:
  Lead fundraising planning and strategy, enhance existing systems, develop new ones. Work directly with the Executive Director and Finance Director to set and enact annual goals with a realistic budget, focusing on unrestricted individual and corporate giving. Expand sustainably and leverage the donor base.
• Implementation:
  • Individual donors:
    Manage a portfolio of standard and major donors and conduct prospect research. Use online giving, direct mail, workplace giving, and other fundraising campaigns.
  • Events:
    Lead our annual gala in September and eventually take full responsibility for the event the following year.
  • Institutional funders:
    Serve as the relationship manager for corporate and foundation funders. Conduct solicitations and oversee grant management, tracking, grant writing and reporting alongside other staff.
• Communications:
  Lead communications strategy and work with the Executive Director and Communications Associate to develop an annual communications plan; oversee content creation for print and digital media; promote Casa Latina through media coverage, event participation, and public speaking opportunities.
• Supervision and
  
  Coaching:
  
  Supervise and coach the Communications Associate and Development Operations Associate; analyze performance of fundraising and communications strategies; oversee donor data tracking by the Development Operations Associate using software tools; lead, inspire, mentor the development and communications team.

• 5 years or more of successful nonprofit development experience, with increasing levels of responsibility.
• Proven ability to set and meet ambitious and achievable fundraising targets.
• Strong commitment to social justice and to immigrant and worker rights.
• Experience working with, advocating for, and/or relating to marginalized communities, including low-income, people experiencing homelessness, and immigrant and refugee communities.
• Success in relationship-based major gifts cultivation and solicitation.
• Experience developing and managing revenue and expense budgets.
• Ability to hire, inspire and lead a high-performing team.
• Knowledge of, commitment to, and experience with the Latino community and Latino cultures.
• Full professional proficiency in English (speaking, reading, and writing). Spanish language skills a plus.
• Exceptional communication skills, including interpersonal, written, verbal, and public speaking.
• Familiarity with the Seattle philanthropic community is a plus.

Salary range: $75,000 - $80,000, depending on experience. Generous benefits, including paid vacation, medical, dental, and retirement.

Casa Latina is an affirmative action employer. People of color, women, immigrants, people with disabilities, people of any sexual orientation or gender identity, and people with low-income backgrounds are encouraged to apply.