Job Details

Senior

Richmond Neighborhood Center HQ - San Francisco, CA

Optional Work from Home

Full Time

$119,000.00 - $131,000.00 Salary/year

Nonprofit - Social Services

Description

We are a strong, local organization who cleared over $12 million of government funding last year. We have very strong ties to the community, and we have programs everyone loves - a unique approach to food security, youth services, community celebrations, and the like. We advocate to the city and state for wage equity in a historically underpaid field, in a historically person of color and women-led field, and we put our money where our mouth is. Is the Richmond Neighborhood Center of San Francisco your ideal non-profit placement?

Our ideal candidate has experience raising over $600,000 annually for a community-based organization and is a builder of teams, processes, departments, and strategies. This person should understand the rules of the road for fund development, be able to analyze donor trends, and come up with a unified fundraising strategy. You should be a resident of either California or Washington State, with required travel to San Francisco several times each year. You get bonus points for living in the Richmond District itself, and for including a cover letter as part of your application.

Job Title: Development Director

Employee Type: Year-round, Full-time Exempt, Salaried

Pay: $119,000 - $131,198 per year

Location: 741 30th Ave, San Francisco, CA. We are willing to accept candidates working remotely in California or Washington State.

Reports To: Executive Director / CEO

Supported By: Development Coordinator and contractor team

JOB SUMMARY:

Reporting to and working in close collaboration with the Executive Director, the Development Director will design and execute on a comprehensive development strategy for TRNC. The Development Director will form and manage TRNC’s development team, overseeing and executing the agency’s annual fundraising efforts.

POSITION BRIEF:

The Richmond Neighborhood Center (TRNC) is a 44 year-old anchor institution that touches the lives of thousands of Richmond District residents every day through food security programming, cultural events, and school-based programs. The agency has a proven track record of resource development from government sources ($6.2M), fee-based programming ($1.6M), and in-kind contributions ($3.5M). However, despite tremendous fundraising potential and decades of community good will, TRNC’s fund development efforts are in their early stages of development. We are seeking a seasoned fundraising professional to join our team and cultivate the skills, systems, and culture capable of unlocking our fundraising potential and inspiring donors to support our important mission.

In the first 90 days, this position should be able to produce an evidence-based, thoughtfully planned model for cultivating individual and major gifts, particularly tapping into the giving potential among volunteers and Richmond district neighbors. Components of this plan include KPIs and benchmarks, new sources of revenue, data management accountability, solicitation schedules, visually stunning marketing materials, and implementing fresh event ideas.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Strategy Development: Work with the Executive Director, board, senior leaders, consultants and other stakeholders to identify funding needs, preferred funding targets, and approaches. Identifies top priorities and best practices for raising capital and securing new sources of revenue to advance our mission.
Performance Management: Evaluates agency fundraising activities, providing data-driven insights regarding fundraising strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats, and implementing continuous quality improvement cycle. Establishes benchmarks and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) that track and help communicate progress toward optimizing the agency’s fundraising performance.
Plan Implementation: Directs annual fundraising work plan implementation, ensuring the creation of a clear purpose, task/people assignment, and solicitation schedule, following up with deadlines and completion.
People Management: Recruits, trains, and supervises fundraising staff, volunteers, and consultants, fostering a collaborative and motivated team environment.
Data Management & Administration: Oversees fundraising data management, ensuring accurate and timely recording of donations, gift acknowledgement, and fiscal reconciliation.
Communications & Marketing: Align marketing and communications strategies in support of strategy efforts.

Qualifications

CHARACTERISTICS and EXPERIENCE:

Mission & Values Alignment: Passion for TRNC’s mission and demonstrated history of promoting core values of equity, justice, and community.
Development/Fundraising: 7+ years of proven success in fund development for a complex nonprofit organization. Experience raising $600,000+ in annual contributions from multiple donor channels.
Project Leadership: Experience in planning, leading, and managing development projects, including coordinating with peers to achieve desired outcomes, and tracking and reporting on progress to senior leaders/board of directors.
Entrepreneurial Spirit: Takes initiative and actively seeks to deepen current donor relationships and to forge new ones.
Communications: Skilled in creating powerful, compelling written and oral communications for fundraising. Ability to convey complex ideas through brief, simple materials. Experience and credibility when presenting materials to external audiences.
Influencing: Gets others to accept ideas by using convincing arguments, creates a win-win situation and responds appropriately to key stakeholders.
Collaboration: Effective at working with others to reach common goals and objectives.
Relationship Building: Skilled at establishing and cultivating strong relationships with peers, across different levels of the organization and externally.
Data & Technology: Data-driven leader comfortable using technology to engage/retain donors, measure fundraising performance, and enhance fundraising outcomes. Donor Perfect database experience, desired.
Ethics & Legal Compliance: Firm understanding of ethical and regulatory standards in the field of nonprofit fund development. Fundraising certification, such as Chartered Advisor in Philanthropy (CAP) or Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE), desired.
Also, please include a cover letter as part of your application.

BENEFITS

Comprehensive and fully covered medical, dental, and vision insurance!
Life insurance, including EAP with counseling sessions
13-17 paid annual holidays
Unique Days of Action policy for 3 paid days off each year to demonstrate or volunteer
Sick and Vacation accruals begin Day 1
403(b) or Roth 403(b) with matching available!
Voluntary life insurance can also be elected up to 5x annual salary

Requirements For All Staff:

DOJ Live Scan Fingerprinting: All employees who have contact with youth under the age of 18 must be fingerprinted under procedures established by the DOJ. We cannot employ any individual who has been convicted of a serious or violent felony, as defined by the California Penal Code. The organization also receives updated information from the DOJ during employment. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records on a case by case basis.
TB Test: Every employee who has regular contact with youth is required to have a current tuberculin skin test or an X-ray examination of the lungs (with a negative result) prior to reporting for duty.
Employment Authorization: Employees must be able to prove that they are authorized to work in the United States using any of the documentation allowed according to current I-9 processes.
Covid-19 Vaccination: SFUSD requires all subcontractors to mandate Covid-19 vaccination: employees must be vaccinated or have a medical or religious exemption to initiate an accommodation and the interactive process.

The Richmond Neighborhood Center is an equal opportunity employer that values equity and recruits a diverse, inclusive workforce. We strongly encourage women, people of color, those who live with disabilities, and folks who identify as LGBTQQ+ to apply. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.

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