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Voda Cleaning & Restoration of St. Louis

Development and Communications Director House of Refuge Sunnyslope Love. House.

Voda Cleaning & Restoration of St. Louis, Queen Creek, Arizona, United States, 85142


About Us:

House of Refuge Sunnyslope (HRS) is a Christian faith-based nonprofit organization whose mission is to provide transitional housing and a continuum of supportive services to homeless men, women, and children in underserved communities to empower them to transform their lives. This is a new position in a single person fundraising shop. We expect responsibilities will grow over time.

Scroll down to find an indepth overview of this job, and what is expected of candidates Make an application by clicking on the Apply button.Position Summary:

The Development and Communications Director is responsible for ensuring the achievement of fundraising and communication goals through prioritization, planning and execution. The individual reports to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and collaborates closely with the CEO, Board of Directors, Fundraising Committee, and Director of Community Development to establish and achieve goals. The Development and Communications Director will assist the CEO in developing and implementing a comprehensive and strategic fundraising plan that includes individual donors, churches, special events, campaigns, and grants. He/She will be responsible for meeting agreed upon fundraising goals. The Director manages a caseload of established and prospective individual donors and partners.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:Donor Management

Manage annual fund campaigns and related donor communications.

Build a robust donor base by prospecting and cultivating new donors and maintaining long-term relationships with current donors.

Identify, cultivate, and track a portfolio of major gift donors for the CEO to solicit and manage.

Identify, cultivate, and track a separate portfolio of long-term loyal smaller donors as well as monthly givers for DCD to retain and maintain relationships with as bequest/planned gift prospects.

Conduct prospect research through multiple donor sources. Maintain comprehensive donor briefs, engagement reports, and wealth capacities.

Prepare and strategically deploy the CEO to meet with key potential donors.

Develop plans and activities to ensure individual donors are engaged year-round, educated about House of Refuge Sunnyslope, and informed about the impact they are making annually through a calendar of strategic touch points.

Create and implement plans to increase the number of monthly donors. Retain and increase the giving of existing monthly donors.

Identify and cultivate a list of individuals, foundations, and corporations and work in collaboration with the CEO, Fundraising Committee, and Board of Directors to continually update strategies.

Communications and Public Relations

Develop and implement a strategic communications plan to maximize public awareness and support for the mission and work of HRS that includes brochures, newsletters, direct mail, gift acknowledgments, annual appeals, annual gratitude reports, website content, e-blasts, social media, tours, and events to encourage all size donations and major and planned gifts.

Ability to inspire when speaking publicly about HRS, conduct tours and represent HRS in external business development settings.

Assist the CEO in managing vendor relationships ensuring deliverables are on time and within budget.

Operations

Manage the agency donor CRM database to ensure accuracy for contact information, reports, gift entry, and timely acknowledgements.

Maintain constituent records and recommend improvements for data processes.

Keep up to date with best practices in automatically processing transactions.

Assist in preparing accurate reports and dashboards as needed for planning and analysis of development activities.

Provide support for the Board of Directors and the Advisory Board in relation to donor tracking and management.

Represent HRS in a professional manner.

All other duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

Competencies:

To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following.

Job Knowledge – Competent in required job skills and knowledge; exhibits ability to learn and apply new skills; keeps abreast of current developments; requires minimal supervision; displays understanding of how job relates to others; uses resources effectively.

Project Management – Develops project plans; coordinates projects; communicates changes and progress; completes projects on time and budget; manages project team activities.

Communications – Expresses ideas and thoughts verbally; expresses ideas and thoughts in written form; exhibits good listening and comprehension; keeps others adequately informed; selects and uses appropriate communication methods.

Impact & Influence – Pursues and wins support for ideas; displays ability to influence key decision-makers; achieves win-win outcomes; uses authority appropriately to accomplish goals; addresses divergent opinions.

Dependability – Follows instructions, responds to management direction; takes responsibility for own actions; keeps commitments; commits to long hours of work when necessary to reach goals; completes tasks on time or notifies appropriate person with an alternate plan.

Consultative Selling – Qualifies potential customers; builds rapport and establishes trust; asks questions to discover client business needs; applies product and market knowledge effectively; presents solutions that meet customer objectives; manages and documents sales process.

Planning/Organizing – Prioritizes and plans work activities; uses time efficiently; plans for additional resources; sets goals and objectives; organizes or schedules other people and their tasks; develops realistic action plans.

QualificationsTo perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential function.

Faith:

Strong walk in Christian faith and lives a Biblical Life. Willing to acknowledge, and not compromise the ministry’s Statement of Faith and core values. Must demonstrate a strong commitment to the mission and vision of HRS.

Education/Experience:

Bachelor’s degree from four-year college or university; and two years of non-profit related experience in resource development including event planning, campaigns, communications, social media and CRM database management.

To apply send your cover letter and resume to careers@refugesunnyslope.com

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