Philanthropic Consultant

Successful candidates will be responsible for:

• Manage large-scale engagements by coordinating multiple internal and external resources, managing resources and budgets, and ensuring alignment across workstreams while maintaining accountability for deliverables and deadlines.
• Engage clients effectively through structured meetings and presentations, providing intentional leadership and delivering insights that drive action across all stakeholder levels/groups.
• Translate client needs and priorities from and/or into defined scopes, approaches, and deliverables that drive alignment between client expectations and company success.
• Conduct tasks and projects for external clients, including program reviews, fundraising strategy development and implementation, board development, campaign counsel, and other services as needed.
• Plays a key role in project management as well as risk management, proactively identifying challenges and implementing mitigation strategies to ensure smooth project execution and client satisfaction.
• Responsible for business development efforts, including identifying new opportunities, cultivating long-term and new client relationships, drives company provided leads as seller or subject matter expert and supports overall business development processes.
• Model and reinforce the company’s ethos high-performance, growth-mindset and serving and championing brand and market presence. 
• Meet annual productivity goals by delivering high-quality client work efficiently and identifying and extending client work.
• Collaborate regularly with internal team members and clients to ensure delivery of cohesive and quality work products on deadline.
• As opportunities are provided, create written content, and engage in speaking opportunities to promote expertise in philanthropy through firm and industry publications, conferences, or events.
• Participate in ongoing internal activities as a productive and active member of the company. These may include orientation and ongoing training, firm-wide client review meetings, and other skill-building activities.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• 7+ years of donor facing fundraising experience in higher education and healthcare settings.
• 2+ years of experience leading development/advancement organizations, including strategy development and execution. 
• 2+ years of experience leading a team.
• Demonstrated ability to develop skills in others, with a strong aptitude for training, coaching, and effective knowledge transfer.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, both written and verbal.
• Demonstrated ability to develop skills in others, with a strong aptitude for training, coaching, and effective knowledge transfer.
• Experience presenting at conferences, demonstrated leadership within the philanthropic sector, and a strong interest in sharing knowledge and expertise with diverse audiences.
• Powerful analytical skills, both qualitative and quantitative, and a solid strategic thinking.
• Ability to create a strong, positive initial impression and maintain solid professional credibility.
• Commitment to an inclusive, high-performing workplace culture.
• Bachelor’s degree.

Work Environment/Conditions

• This position can be remote or based in our Minneapolis office (locally based employees are encouraged to maintain a hybrid office present).
• Position requires ability to work in a stationary position for majority of workday.
• Continuous use of computer.
• Frequent communication with team and clients via Zoom and in person.
• This is an exempt position that requires at least 40 hours of work per week but due to the nature of this role, additional hours are required when deadlines need to be met.
• Overnight travel to client sites, conferences, or company meetings is sometimes required (up to 50%).
• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Applicants may reside in the following states: AR, CO, FL, GA, IL, MA, MD, MI, NE, NY, OH, OR, SC, TN, TX, and WI. Due to FL legislation, BWF Zuri is required to participate in e-verify.