Development Officer

* Remote Position need to be located near greater Charlotte, NC area*

Summary:

The Development Officer creates, implements, manages, and assesses a comprehensive donor relations plan to assist the Development Department in reaching its strategic fundraising goals for Children’s Hope Alliance. The scope of work includes promoting a culture of engagement across the state of North Carolina through donor engagement, donor recognition, fundraising, stewardship, and strategic communications. The position reports to the Director of Development.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

• Serve as a master event planner for major CHA fundraising events including CHA’s annual Giving Them Hope Luncheon and grow event opportunities in LKN region.
• Responsible for sponsorship solicitation for fundraising events and securing support to offset event-related expenses.
• Responsible for strategy, stewardship, and solicitation efforts of a portfolio of Annual Major Gift Donors.
• Ensures special events are communicated and on the calendar to appropriate staff and targeted guests.
• Coordinate all donor, volunteer, and community relation events in assigned region--managing event costs vs budget.
• Identify ways to promote the agency and child advocacy in general. Requires public speaking and serving as agency representative in civic and other community groups.
• Cultivate existing donor relationships in assigned area. Work to grow the identified giving program and annual fund donations.
• Acts as a liaison and specialist to Development personnel to provide cultivation, and stewardship and solicitation assistance to individual donors and prospects
• Identify and solicit donor prospects with the goal of increasing contributions.
• Record all donor contacts in donor database
• Assist with volunteer and Gift in Kind activities in assigned region.
• In conjunction with communications staff, assist with public relations in assigned region.
• Contribute to department meetings; follow department procedures and practices on donor stewardship/follow-up/reporting.
• Assist communications staff in gathering success stories, photographs in assigned region.
• Other tasks as requested by supervisor

Supervision responsibilities:

This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

All employees have the following expectations:

• Mission: Contribute to and enhance company mission
• Organization: Prioritize and plan work responsibilities appropriately
• Professional Development: Attend and/or successfully complete all required trainings and meetings
• Timeliness and Accuracy: Perform quality work within given deadlines and expectations without direct supervision
• Professionalism: Comply with all applicable policies, practices, and procedures; report out-of-compliance and unsafe activities to supervisor; interact professionally with employees, volunteers, families, children, and the community
• Teamwork: Serve effectively as a team contributor on all assignments
• Communication: Utilize effective verbal and written communication skills; give and receive effective feedback
• Leadership: Work independently while understanding the necessity for communicating and coordinating work efforts with other appropriate individuals
• Cultural Competence: Is sensitive to the cultural, ethnic, and religious views of the children and families served, and in community and public contact.

Education and Experience Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree (B.A.) from a four-year college or university and/or 5-10 years related experience in Development or Leadership in a non-profit setting
• Experience with Benevon Fundraising a plus.
• Strong, collaborative, energetic individual with a deep personal commitment to the highest standards of ethics, confidentiality, and professionalism
• Results-oriented individual who demonstrates the ability to work well with people at all levels of the organization, develops relationships with diverse constituencies, and employs keen judgment
• Use of Salesforce Philanthropy Cloud a plus
• Frequent Evening and Weekend Engagements
• Must have a willingness to represent the agency to the public
• Must be detail-oriented, have excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills
• Must be customer service oriented and enjoy working with the community
• Must be culturally sensitive to children and families and support cultural diversity in the organization
• Must be adept to Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook
• Must possess a valid driver's license, travel around LKN area, and insurable by agency insurance carrier
• Must submit to and pass pre-employment checks, criminal records check and DMV/MVR checks

Physical Requirements

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, use hands and fingers, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls, talk, and hear. The employee is frequently required to reach with hands or arms, stand, walk, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 30 pounds.
• Specifics vision abilities required by this position include close, distance, color, and peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• Physical functions which are considered essential to the satisfactory performance of the job include the following: reading, typing, writing, speaking, and using the telephone and prolonged sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
• Employee must be able to operate a vehicle for job duties, and keep a valid NC drivers license with insurance.
• The work environment will contain slight to moderate office-related noises. The employee is not exposed to extreme weather conditions, toxic fumes, or airborne particles.
• The employee must occasionally travel to different locations in the course of work.