Development Officer
Children's Hope Alliance is dedicated to promoting child advocacy and community engagement. The Development Officer will be responsible for fundraising, community relations, and supporting the agency's mission through various events and public speaking.
Responsibilities
- Cultivate existing donor relationships in assigned area. Work to grow the identified giving program and annual fund donations
- Work withing the agency to further fundraising through Special Events
- Identify and solicit donor prospects with the goal of increasing contributions
- Travel required for donor meetings and cultivation
- Responsible for sponsorship solicitation for fundraising events and securing support to offset event-related expenses
- Meet all fundraising budget goals on a quarterly and yearly basis
- Follow all fundraising models, tour, and cultivation processes
- Record all donor contacts in donor database
- Identify ways to promote the agency and child advocacy in general. Requires public speaking and serving as agency representative in civic and other community groups
- Assist with volunteer and Gift in Kind activities in assigned region
- In conjunction with communications staff, assist with public relations in assigned region
- Coordinate donor, volunteer, and community relation events in assigned region--managing event costs vs budget
- Contribute to department meetings; follow department procedures and practices on donor stewardship/follow-up/reporting
- May be required to photograph miscellaneous donor/volunteer activities in assigned region
- Assist communications staff in gathering client success stories in assigned region
- Other tasks as requested by supervisor
Skills
- Bachelor's degree (B.A.) from a four-year college or university; 1-3 years' related development or marketing experience including relationship building
- Must be customer service oriented and possess a willingness to represent the agency to the public
- Must be detail-oriented, have excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills
- Frequent weekend and evening engagements
- Must be culturally sensitive to children and families and support cultural diversity throughout the program
- Must also be adept at Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook
- Must possess a valid driver's license and be insurable by agency insurance carrier
- Must submit to and pass pre-employment checks, criminal records check, and DMV/MVR check
- Non-profit experience preferred
- Experience with Salesforce a plus
- Experience with Benevon fundraising model a plus
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