Chief Development Officer – Job Posting
Care Ring, Inc.
The Chief Development Officer (CDO) is responsible for implementing, maintaining, and growing the fund development program and related marketing, communications, and public relations efforts. This position will reports directly to the Executive Director for Care Ring and works closely with Care Ring’s Senior Staff. This full-time position is exempt under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
Duties will include:
· Developing, implementing, and maintaining strategies for all Care Ring fundraising activities including cultivation and solicitation of individual donors.
· Establishing, maintaining partnerships and ensuring appropriate cultivation, solicitation and stewardship efforts for volunteers, key donors and prospects including individuals, corporation, foundations, the faith community and civic groups.
· Oversees fundraising planning and implementation, including identifying resource requirements, researching funding sources, establishing strategies to approach funders, submitting proposals and administrating fundraising records and documentation.
· Recruiting and maintaining a volunteer committee to plan and implement Care Ring’s annual events including solicitation of corporate sponsors and auction items.
· Marketing and PR responsibilities including agency brochures, newsletters, annual report, website, social media, news releases, and positive media relations.
· Ensure the development and implementation of external communication, media, marketing and branding efforts.
· Responsible for the direction and management of 4-5 direct reports.
· Overseeing Care Ring’s grant writing and grant management activities, including working closely with Care Ring’s Grant Writer.
· Assisting with Care Ring’s United Way Campaign, including presentations, agency fairs, and preparing proposal for allocation request.
· Assisting Care Ring’s Chief Operating Officer and Executive Director with agency management including budget preparation and strategic planning.
Basic Requirements
· Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing, Communications or relevant field required. Advanced Degree a plus.
· Demonstrated supervisory experience.
· Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE) certification a plus.
· Association of Fund Raising Professionals (AFP) membership a plus.
· Familiarity with Charlotte philanthropic markets is ideal.
· Experience managing donor gifts (processes and database).
· Excellent computer skills necessary including all MS Office Suite applications or equivalent programs and fundraising software.
· Strong interpersonal skills required to communicate effectively in both written and oral forms, including presentations.
· Healthcare-related fundraising experience desired.
· Experience working with non-profit agencies preferred.
Position Requirements
· While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and talk or hear.
· Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
· Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
· Travel may include trips to local meetings and occasional overnight travel to meetings or conferences.
· Driving
· Typing, Data entry, 10 key
· Proficiency with word processing , spreadsheets, email or presentation software
· Ability to exercise independent judgment and reason objectively.
· Ability to communicate effectively in written and oral expression.
· Ability to document accurately, concisely and in a timely manner.
· Ability to handle a variety of duties.
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned this job classification. They are not to be constructed as an all-inclusive list of all duties, skills, and responsibilities of people so assigned.
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