<p>The Chief Development Officer (CDO) reports directly to the CEO and serves on the Senior Management Team. The CDO provides leadership and oversight of all resource development strategies and activities. Includes creating, planning, and managing successful initiatives in areas including major gifts, planned giving, grants, annual giving, special events, communications, and stewardship. Works with board, professional staff, and program staff to lead and direct significant major gift fundraising to secure philanthropic support for operating, capital, endowment, and other campaigns as well as articulated JCC projects and initiatives outside of but carefully aligned with the JCC's annual operations. Works with the senior management team (chief executive officer, chief operations officer, chief financial officer, chief program officer) the development team and the board to lead multi-million-dollar, multi-year resource development strategies and monitor progress against goals.</p> <p>Responsibilities:</p> <ul> <li>Provide overall direction and set priorities for the fundraising functions of the agency. </li><li>Serve as lead staff in prospecting for new donors, further development of current donors, and aggressively soliciting gifts. </li><li>Develop an annual development plan and budget. </li><li>Setting fundraising goals and integrating development strategies into the overall mission of the JCC. </li><li>Develop a plan for hiring, training, supervising and leading a development team. </li><li>Research potential and current funders. </li><li>Provide internal coordination of grant submissions. </li><li>Participate in the writing of proposals, sponsorship packages, grants, etc. </li><li>Establish strategies to approach corporate and private funders. </li><li>Develop creative ways to "tell the JCC's story" </li><li>In collaboration with the development team set annual giving goals and develop strategies for all phases of the individual giving program including solicitation and stewardship. </li><li>Maintain accurate reports and dashboards. </li><li>Partner in planning and implementing successful special events and ensure proper follow-up. </li><li>Collaborate with the marketing team to develop key storytelling opportunities to enhance fundraising efforts. </li><li>Lead staff of the development committee. </li><li>Participate in Board meetings. </li><li>Expand donor cultivation, recognition, and stewardship. </li><li>Train the members of the Board to lead with their gifts and to exercise their roles as fundraisers, ambassadors, and cheerleaders for our Vision in all parts of the community. </li></ul> <p>Benefits and Compensation:</p> <ul> <li>$130,000-150,000K annual salary </li><li>Incentive package to be negotiated </li><li>Flexible schedule and remote work available </li><li>Suite of benefits including medical, retirement, etc. </li><li>Free membership to the Kaiserman JCC </li><li>Generous discounts on Kaiserman JCC programming, including preschool, camp, and other offerings </li></ul> <p>Minimum Qualifications:</p> <p>Qualifications:</p> <ul> <li>Seven plus years of proven team leading and fundraising success in comparable institutions. </li><li>Excellent oral, written and communication skills, including the ability to engage donors and charismatically tell our story to the broader community. </li><li>Ability to organize and prioritize campaigns, initiatives, and solicitation efforts. </li><li>Proven ability to translate broad goals and strategies into specific activities and initiatives that increase contributed revenue. </li><li>Experience and demonstrated success in building and managing teams. </li></ul>