Vice President of Development/Fundraising
Company: Westhab, Inc.
Location: Yonkers
Posted on: May 10, 2022
Job Description:
JOB TITLE: Vice President of Development/FundraisingSTATUS:
ExemptLOCATION: BashfordREPORTS TO: President and CEOSummaryThe
Vice President of Development leads all aspects of Westhab's
fundraising strategy and execution across all channels including:
major gifts, planned giving, events, and direct response. Oversees
marketing and public relations efforts, volunteer coordination, and
the grant writing function, cultivating support from the public
sector, philanthropic foundations, and corporate partners. The
successful candidate will have an established network of
relationships and the capacity to grow Westhab's development
efforts in Westchester County, New York City, and beyond, and will
have experience personally securing major gifts and meeting annual
seven-figure fundraising goals.DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITES
- Creates, implements, and manages a comprehensive donor
relations plan including prospect identification, cultivation,
solicitation, and stewardship. Builds an extensive donor
pipeline.
- Manages and personally solicits a group of major donors.
Implements growth and retention strategies with existing donors and
prospects of all levels.
- Implements a Board engagement plan and works with the Board of
Directors on overall fundraising strategy and donor cultivation
efforts.
- Oversees all donor cultivation, fundraising events, and annual
appeals. Implements a comprehensive strategy for capital
campaigns
- Develops a planned giving program, to include identifying and
soliciting prospects, creating and implementing a marketing
strategy, and creating a gift policy.
- Develops annual fundraising budgets. Reports on the overall
performance of fundraising against goals and the strategic
plan.
- Supervises grant writing and volunteer coordination functions,
building relationships with foundations, corporate partners, and
civic organizations.
- Supervises communications functions, including internal and
external communications, social media, marketing, public relations,
and press releases, working with outside public relations and
marketing firms as needed.
- Stays apprised of advancements in the fundraising and
development profession. Directs and leads adaptations to current
strategies and practices.EXPERIENCE, EDUCATION AND SPECIAL
REQUIREMENTS:Bachelor Degree required with 5-10 years of
fundraising and development experience in leadership positions.
Prior experience in a senior leadership role required. Strong
background managing and cultivating all aspects of fundraising
including high net worth individuals, foundation and corporate
relations, and direct response fundraising. Experience with
fundraising applications using available data to perform donor data
analysis and reporting. Ability to coach staff in the development
and successful management of a major gift portfolio.AGENCY PROFILE
& EMPLOYEE EXPECTATIONS:Westhab is the premier organization of our
kind in our region, providing housing and supportive services for
more than 10,000 of the most vulnerable members of our community
each year. We are staffed by an extraordinary group of hard working
professionals that are fully committed to our mission - Building
Communities. Changing Lives. Working at Westhab is not easy. Our
expectations for all staff are high. We believe that the people and
the communities that we have the privilege to serve deserve our
very best every day. We are results-driven organization that
focuses on empowerment and impact. If you want to apply for this
opportunity, it should only be because you feel ready for the
challenges and expectations that come with joining this kind of
team. (EOE)z32Q39OTsC
Keywords: Westhab, Inc., Yonkers , Vice President of Development/Fundraising, Executive , Yonkers, New York
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