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Director Of Development

Core Ventures

Posted on: 27 Mar 2024

Job Location: Little Rock, US

Job Description:

The Company:

Immerse Arkansas transforms youth from crisis into "overcomers" through direct youth programs combined with support for families who foster or adopt. Our youth include those who have aged out of foster care, victims of trafficking, runaways, and homeless youth. We focus on helping youth deal with past trauma so they can thrive in a family and on their own as an adult. Core supports for youth include coaching, mentoring, connection to trauma-informed therapy, a drop-in center, supportive housing, relationship building events, and life skill training. Core support for families include training events, retreats and counseling. Our values drive how we behave. In all we do, we seek to have hearts motivated by worship, a work ethic that is scrappy, and a commitment to stick with each youth, no matter what.

The Position:

The Director of Development (DOD) is responsible for all components of Immerse

Arkansas' fundraising and communications operations. This includes designing and overseeing

fundraising goals, positioning Immerse and the team to reach those goals, assessing new opportunities for revenue generation, overseeing and developing communications strategy and implementation, building and maintaining redemptive relationships with key stakeholders, and leading people. The DOD also serves on the senior leadership team which guides all major decisions for Immerse. The main goal for the Director of Development is to position Immerse to massively increase generous giving from like-hearted people. Immerse is positioned to need to grow from approx 4.8M in revenue each year to 5-10M in the coming years.

Responsibilities:

Fundraising Leadership - Design, direct and oversee all fundraising activities including goal setting, strategy making, implementation and evaluation of strategy and effort, and stewardship and relationship management.
Set annual fundraising goals and set strategy for achieving annual goals.
Lead the three Immerse fundraising strategies: grant writing, annual giving, and major gifts.
Oversee the process of donors going through the donor cycle.

Communications - Design, oversee and lead all communications efforts for Immerse including email campaigns, social media, website, print materials, and any other media showing the mission and work of Immerse.
Lead in the development of key messaging and message delivery.
Develop and monitor the communications schedules and delivery.

Staff Supervision - Lead, manage, coach, and hold accountable all members of the development team. Lead through others when guiding people who aren't on your team to drive toward specific goals.
Develop highly-capable development team members through leading, managing, coaching, and holding accountable the members of the team.
Ensure staff is familiar with overall agency personnel policies and procedures and with job responsibilities.

Team and Personal Development - Supporting the continual clarity of the mission and vision by the organization and oversight of the assemblage of meetings and training to inspire, direct and maintain focus, and unify the team. Challenge team members to embrace the level of excellence needed to truly "walk with" and to constantly tell a redemptive story. Promote teamwork through collaboration, support, and communication.
Assist in creating a productive, purposeful and successful schedule of team meetings and staff development offerings.
Ensure that communication with team members is consistent, complete and timely.
Ensure that communication with team members is consistent, complete and timely.

Qualifications

Experience leading non profit development work is required. Experience working with revenue budgets and goals in the range of $5-10M is required. Experience working with youth who are at-risk or in foster care preferred. Five or more years of supervisory/management experience.
Master's Degree in social work, communications, business or related field preferred.
Must be able and willing to agree to the Immerse statement of faith.
Understanding of trends and processes for fundraising work.
Has a deep desire to build relationships with people over using people for their wealth.
Comfortable interacting with youth in informal settings.
Must demonstrate a commitment to the value of cultural competency.
Strong analytical and problem solving skills, and ability to lead and develop staff and volunteers.
Outstanding communication skills, both written and oral.
Proficiency in word-processing, data entry, and organizational software.
Able to work in a fast-paced environment, and react calmly and effectively in emergency situations.
Must be available evenings, weekends and on-call as needed.
Must have a driver's license, reliable transportation, and be able to travel within the assigned region.
Must successfully complete the required background checks and drug screening.

Salary + Benefits:

Compensation: 90k - 125K.
100% paid health insurance for all employees
Group dental and vision available
PTO + Holidays
Cell phone stipend
401k matched
Sabbatical eligibility every 7 years

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