Director of Development

Director of Development will drive Caine Halter Family YMCA and Verdae YMCA philanthropic and promotional efforts by executing the following duties:

• Develop and implement the Annual Campaign plan for both branches according to directives from the Chief Philanthropy Officer; communicate plan and action steps to branch leaders and departmental staff
• Guide branch staff and volunteers in donor solicitation and other roles as required for successful fundraising efforts; coordinate campaign communication efforts to ensure consistent messaging from all branches.
• Assist branch Membership leadership to engage members; move individual, family, and corporate members from casual to committed, transitioning them from volunteers to donors.
• Partner with branch Membership leaders with family and corporate membership recruitment as part of a “Membership-Development Sales Team.”
• Use Moves Management and other data systems to record donor, volunteer, and financial data in a timely manner
• Responsible for the following for each branch campaign:
  • making a minimum of 10 donor solicitations each month
  • making a minimum of 30 intentional contacts monthly that move the prospect solicitation forward in a purposeful way
  • making a minimum of 4 new contacts/discovery calls each month
• Personally responsible for cultivating 10 major gift relationships of $5,000 each or more annually, respecting and following supervisor and branch leadership directives and policies as well as fellow development specialist previously established relationships
• Responsible for own donor correspondence (letters, emails, thank you notes, annual giving statements, etc.), handled with the utmost professionalism and in a timely manner.
• Act as Event Coordinator for assigned branch Annual Campaign initiatives.
• Lead branch-specific grant and sponsorship research and writing according to supervisor and branch leadership directives and with necessary/appropriate approval
• Assist with a minimum of 3 endowment visits with the Endowment Director each month
• Assist Branch Executive with Advisory Board Governance and Recruitment
• Lead assigned association projects such as capital projects, alumni program development, association grants coordination, or other association needs as assigned by Chief Philanthropy Officer and approved by CEO – understanding that the work assignments may include multiple Y branches.
• Will intentionally and continuously strive to promote an organizational culture that advances practices and policies which value diversity, strengthen inclusion, and build global community in the US and abroad.

Other Responsibilities:

• Adhere to policies related to boundaries with consumers
• Attend/complete required abuse risk management training
• Adhere to procedures related to managing high-risk activities and supervising consumers
• Follow mandated reporting requirements
• Adhere to job specific abuse risk management responsibilities
• Follow employees and volunteers screening requirements and use screening instruments to screen for abuse risk
• Provide employees and volunteers with ongoing supervision and training related to abuse risk
• Provide employees and volunteers with regular feedback regarding their boundaries with consumers.
• Require employees and volunteers to adhere to policies and procedures related to abuse risk
• Respond quickly to policy and procedure violation using the organization’s progressive disciplinary procedures
• Respond seriously and confidentially to reports of suspicious and inappropriate behaviors
  Follow mandated reporting requirements