Freedom for All Americans
Chief Development Officer
About the Organization:
Freedom for All Americans (FFAA) is the nationwide campaign dedicated to ensuring that every American, regardless of where they live, is protected under the law from discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity and expression – without allowing overly broad and harmful religious exemptions that will encourage employers, business owners or others to choose to disregard those protections.
http://www.freedomforallamericans.org
As we have already seen in 2015 in states across the country, opponents of equality are likely to continue to look for ways to chip away at protections for marriage and nondiscrimination in order to undermine our gains. But it is not enough to merely take a defensive posture and fight back against discrimination. We must take the fight on the offensive with a multi-year initiative that seizes on our best opportunities to advance local and state-level victories. This work will ensure more LGBT people are protected from discrimination, allow for robust organizing in conservative Southern and Midwestern states, boost public opinion and create pressure for Congress to pass a comprehensive nondiscrimination bill.
About the Role:
FFAA seeks a Chief Development Officer to provide strategic leadership and implementation for the campaign's fundraising program. The Chief Development Officer will report directly to FFAA's Chief Executive Officer, and will work closely with FFAA's staff and Board of Directors to raise between $5-6 million a year over the next five years or longer, while growing and diversifying FFAA's funding base.
The Chief Development Officer will have at least ten years of senior development and management experience and demonstrated success in raising high dollar individual, corporate, and foundation support. The right candidate is a strategic and entrepreneurial development professional who is passionate about the mission of Freedom for All Americans. The Chief Development Officer reports to the CEO.
Responsibilities include:
• Design and implement a cohesive strategy to achieve or exceed the campaign's fundraising goals with a particular focus on major individual donors ($25K+) as well as foundation and corporate support
• Identify, cultivate, solicit, and steward key donors; regularly engage the CEO, Board members, program staff, existing funders, and other volunteer leadership bodies in donor cultivation and solicitation of funds as appropriate
· Conceptualize and partner with senior staff and department heads and the CEO to develop foundation proposals; supervise all grant writing, research, and reporting to funders
· Oversee and manage strategic fundraising events around the country
• Create, maintain, and evaluate systems to support all development activities including donor and gift record keeping, processing, acknowledgement, and prospect research
· Develop and manage the fundraising budget; provide regular financial reporting to the CEO
· Track and evaluate progress against fundraising plans and projections
· Build and supervise a development team
· Report regularly to the CEO and as requested to the Board of Directors
Key Competencies/Qualifications include:
· At least ten years experience as a senior development leader in a sophisticated organization with extensive major gifts ($25K+) expertise, preferably in the LGBT or marriage movement
· A record of measurable results in personally identifying, cultivating, and soliciting individual donors, corporations, and foundations for support – experience with LGBT constituencies and/or progressive donor community is highly desirable
· Demonstrated skill in managing development staff and systems
· Excellent, persuasive writing and editing skills
· Well-developed interpersonal and organizational skills
• Highly entrepreneurial; resourceful, and flexible with the ability to anticipate and act on events and opportunities that will advance FFAA
• Energetic and willing to work hands-on in developing and executing a variety of fundraising activities ranging from the day-to-day to the highly creative and visible
· Willingness and ability to travel as necessary
· Commitment to FFAA's mission and values
· Bachelor's degree or equivalent
Additional information
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
The position is open to all qualified applicants regardless of race, ethnicity and national origin, age, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability, HIV status, religious affiliation, political affiliation, etc.Please email a resume and cover letter to jacob@freedomforallamericans.org before October 5th, 2015.
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