Invisible Children (“IC”) is seeking a new leader to build and lead our Development Department. For the past nine years, IC has been focused on achieving a permanent end to LRA violence in Central Africa. We have built a constituency of millions of engaged supporters and donors (email list of 3.2 million subscribers; largest charity on Facebook with 3 million followers).
Our development model is truly unique, as the majority of our funding (annual average: $10-15M) comes from small donations from young people in the U.S. and around the world. This year, following the viral success of KONY 2012 and nearly a decade of grassroots organizing, we are looking to professionalize our Development Department, steward our constituency to become long-term financial supporters, and cultivate top donor relationships.
Job Summary:
The Director of Development will join the IC management team at the highest level, working directly with our COO, CEO, and Board of Directors to set a development strategy and drive revenue generation. Our ideal candidate has a strong background in development and major gifts and is ready to embrace this unique opportunity to build and lead a professional development operation on top of the world’s largest youth movement.
Job Functions:
Design:
Work with our team to design and build upon our existing development strategy
Develop, implement and monitor progress toward short- and long-term fundraising goals
Build:
Build a robust donor base with significant membership at all giving levels
Cultivate and steward relationships
Identify new funding opportunities and innovative financing models
Fundraise:
Actively fundraise through multiple donor channels
Personally solicit donations from major donors
Create and manage a Board giving program
Train:
Build development team capacity
Train the Board of Directors, Advisory Council and Executive Staff in cultivating relationships with potential donors
Communicate:
Work with Communications Team to manage marketing, messaging, and communication to donors
Qualifications:
- Leadership: Experience in planning, leading, managing and reporting on development projects; experience motivating and leading a successful team
- Entrepreneurial Spirit: Takes initiative, actively seeks out new opportunities and forges new donor relationships
- Strategy: Ability to identify areas of biggest potential impact, to set a strategy around the unique composition of the organization, and to show accountability for implementation
- Fundraising: Proven success in development for a nonprofit; experience in fundraising through multiple donor channels
- Communication: Skilled in creating powerful, compelling communications for fundraising
- Influencing: Ability to sell the vision of Invisible Children to key contacts
- Relationship-Building: Skilled at establishing and cultivating strong relationships externally and with colleagues across different levels of the organization
- Creativity: Ability to connect with idealistic and creative staff, supporters, and donors in a highly innovative environment
- International Experience: Preferably has experience with an international donor base
- Collaboration: Effective at working with others to reach common goals and objectives; experience coaching other Executive staff and Board members to solicit funding
Come work with us if:
- You thrive in an entrepreneurial environment
- You are driven by excellence and impact
- You have at least 8 years experience in development/ fundraising at a nonprofit, and are excited by the challenge of adapting a traditional model to an untraditional one
- Adaptability and taking initiative are some of your key strengths
- You don’t hate the idea of living in beautiful San Diego
