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Our client is a premier non-profit in the education space. Its mission is to enlist the nation's most promising future leaders in the movement to eliminate educational inequality. Embarking on a stage of significant growth, the organization is looking for a team of highly talented individuals to help shape both the future of the organization and the education landscape.

The Director of Development will work closely with the Executive Director on setting and executing high level development strategy, managing a development associate and working directly with a portfolio of donors and prospects. This individual must be comfortable in an entrepreneurial environment, possess an exceptionally high level of personal responsibility and be equally comfortable managing back-end processes, engaging with donors and creating strategy.

Responsibilities:

• Working closely with the executive director and the regional board of advisors to create and execute the regional strategic and operational plans to ensure that the region maximizes opportunities, meets its goals and significantly grows funding while building long-term sustainability
• Analyzing historical and market data to set ambitious, yet feasible, revenue, donor quantity and retention goals for the next three years, and interim benchmarks
• Regularly assessing progress to goals and adjusting course as necessary
• Developing and executing pitches and strategies to reach goals for different segments
• Managing a full-time development associate to ensure progress toward goals and develop him/her as a professional. Specifically ensuring s/he:
  • Strategically builds donor portfolios by designing and implementing donor engagement plans
  • Conducts excellent donor interactions and communications (i.e., events, operations, tracking systems and donor communications required to support the region's fundraising efforts are tightly executed and highly effective)
• Cultivating, soliciting and stewarding a portfolio of donors through external meetings, events and correspondence
• Supporting the executive director in regional advisory board management by developing the regional board, preparing for board meetings and corresponding with board members
• Ensuring that the events, operations, tracking systems and donor communications required to support the region's fundraising efforts are tightly executed and highly effective
• Leading focused growth in individual giving, corporate giving and foundation giving, with a particular emphasis on corporate and individual giving.
• Serving on the Boston regional leadership team to set direction and tone for the organization's presence in the geographic region
• Collaborating with the executive director and regional operations team to secure state funding
• Managing the region's relationship with public funding agencies and ensuring compliance with these agencies' requirements

• Bachelors degree required
• Minimum 4-7 years experience
• Strong relationship builder and keen understanding of what motivates others
• Ability to build strong relationships with various types of people and to motivate superiors, peers and direct reports to meet ambitious goals
• Strong strategic thinker and exceptional goal orientation
• Excellent detail orientation and organization skills
• Strong verbal and written communication skills: can speak compellingly about our organization, mission and goals and has a mature presence
• Comfortable and excited about managing in an entrepreneurial setting: ability to manage people and the back-office to ensure an efficient operation
• Ability to operate with purpose, urgency and accuracy in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
• High level of personal responsibility and drive towards exceedingly ambitious goals
• Knowledge of Raisers Edge, Excel and PowerPoint preferred, but not required

Salary for this position is competitive and depends on prior experience. In addition, a comprehensive benefits package is included.