The Development Director is an essential part of the Posse Atlanta development effort. The development director is responsible for working with the site director and development officer/associate along with Posse’s national development team to meet annual revenue goals. The development director, in coordination with the site director and national development team will plan, manage, and coordinate the site’s development efforts including building new strategies for expanded funding, identifying, cultivating and soliciting donors and overseeing and at times collaborating with the development officer/associate on writing proposals and reports with accompanying budgets, thank you letters and other correspondence, planning events, soliciting corporate donations for events, and ensuring all necessary documents for grants management and audit purposes are properly filed.
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Work with site director and development officer/associate to create and implement annual development plan and strategy to raise an annual budget of approximately $3 million.
- Develop a pipeline of prospects for cultivation and solicitation and arrange meetings for site director and self with prospects.
- Cultivate and steward relationships with select corporate & foundation staff, and individual donors.
- Maintain portfolios of fundraising prospects and donors.
- Assist site director with advisory board meetings and other related activities.
Other responsibilities include:
- Write grant proposals, reports and budgets with development officer/associate or on own.
- Compose thank you letters and other correspondence of own and at times for site director.
- Working as a team with the site director, development officer/associate, and national development team to plan fundraising events and develop strategy for soliciting corporate donations for events.
- Ensure site is properly filing all required documents for grants management and audit purposes.
We are looking for someone who is collaborative, innovative, hard-working and thrives in a fast-paced environment. The successful candidate will have these qualities/qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree
- Seven years minimum of work experience as a development professional
- Motivated and able to work independently as well as with a team
- Willingness to take initiative
- Ability to meet deadlines and multi-task, manage concurrent processes/projects, and focus on the small but important details in all projects while keeping the bigger picture in mind
- Excellent written and verbal communications skills, including grant writing
- Excellent office and computer skills.
- Proficient in Word, Excel and experience working with a fundraising database
- Able to establish and maintain cooperative professional relationships with colleagues, donors, volunteers and the public
- Strong public speaking and presentation skills
- Demonstrated belief in Posse’s mission and values
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree
- Minimum seven years of experience as a development professional
- Grant writing experience and excellent written communications
- Strong verbal communication, public speaking and presentation skills
- Experience with fundraising databases
- Proficient in Microsoft Word and Excel
- Excellent office and computer skills
- Ability to meet deadlines, multitask, and manage concurrent projects with attention to detail
- Motivated, able to work independently and collaboratively on a team
- Willingness to take initiative
- Ability to establish and maintain professional relationships with colleagues, donors, volunteers and the public
- Demonstrated belief in Posse's mission and values
What We Do
The Posse Foundation is a nationally recognized youth leadership development and college access program that identifies, recruits, and trains diverse teams—Posses—of public high school students and sends them to top colleges and universities. To date, more than 11,000 Posse Scholars have been accepted into top-tier institutions of higher education throughout the country. These young people have received more than $1.8 billion in full-tuition leadership scholarships from Posse’s college and university partners and have been agents of positive change on their campuses. Posse’s unique and carefully structured, three-month selection process identifies candidates using criteria beyond academic achievement, including leadership talent, desire to succeed and ability to work constructively with people from diverse backgrounds. Posse’s high school through college programming makes it one of the most comprehensive programs of its kind in the nation. In 2010, The Posse Foundation was identified by President Obama as one of 10 national non-profit organizations to receive a portion of his Nobel Peace Prize grant. Posse’s 2021 budget of $26 million supports programs in Atlanta, Bay Area, Boston, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New Orleans, New York City, and Washington, D.C., as well as Veterans, Virtual, and Arts programs. Posse has a staff of 170 nationally. There is a national board of directors, as well as advisory boards in each city.
Why Work With Us
Posse is proud to offer competitive benefits to its employees. Some of Posse’s benefits include employer paid medical, dental, and life insurance plans for employees; paid parental leave; 403(B) plan with employer match; Flexible Spending Account; and a generous paid time off policy
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