Director, Individual Giving, Development
<h3><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>About the role:</strong></span></h3>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">The Director of Individual Giving will lead the strategy, growth, and execution of Vera’s individual donor program, with a focus on building a strong and sustainable individual giving pipeline. This newly created role is both a frontline fundraiser and a strategic manager, responsible for personally cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding a portfolio of approximately 75 prospects with capacity of $100,000 or more, while ensuring growth of individual revenue across individual giving channels. </span><span data-ccp-props="{"469777462":[720],"469777927":[0],"469777928":[8]}"> </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">The Director will manage and support the PMG Manager, Midlevel Manager, Associate Director (Digital), and Events Manager, ensuring that individual donor engagement is integrated, coordinated, and aligned with organizational fundraising priorities. The Director will create and implement strategies to identify, qualify, cultivate, solicit, and steward individual donors, with a particular emphasis on elevating donors throughout the pipeline and increasing long-term philanthropic investment in the organization’s mission.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"469777462":[720],"469777927":[0],"469777928":[8]}"> </span></p>
<p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">1. Frontline fundraising</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p>
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<li><span data-contrast="auto">Manage a personal portfolio of approximately 75 qualified prospects and donors with capacity of $100,000 or more, creating tailored cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship plans for each relationship</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559740":259}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">Identify, qualify, cultivate, solicit, and steward individual donors, with a focus on securing significant gifts, increasing donor retention, and upgrading donors over time</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559740":259}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">Prepare and review donor briefings, proposals, solicitation materials, stewardship reports, acknowledgments, and other written materials needed to advance individual giving relationships</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559740":259}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">Partner and engage organization leadership and programmatic staff on moves management and cultivation</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559740":259}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">Maintain accurate and timely donor records, contact reports, next steps, and pipeline information in the organization’s CRM</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559740":259}"> </span></li>
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<p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">2. Individual giving strategy and management</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p>
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<li><span data-contrast="auto">Develop and lead a comprehensive individual giving strategy that advances donors through the organization’s pipeline, from digital and event-based engagement to midlevel, major, and principal giving</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">Partner with development leadership, executive leadership, board members, program staff, communications, and finance colleagues to shape compelling cases for support and donor engagement opportunities</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">Ensure digital fundraising and donor communications strategies support acquisition, retention, segmentation, personalization, and donor movement across the pipeline</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">Create systems and strategies that connect annual, midlevel, digital, events, and major gifts work into a cohesive donor experience and clear moves management pipeline</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">Use donor data, wealth screening, engagement metrics, and prospect research to set priorities, identify upgrade opportunities, and evaluate progress toward revenue and activity goals</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
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<p><strong><span data-ccp-props="{}">3. </span><span data-contrast="auto">Cross-team collaboration</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p>
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<li><span data-contrast="auto">Oversee the PMG Manager, Midlevel Manager, Digital Associate Director, and Events Manager, providing strategic direction, coaching, accountability, and coordination across individual giving functions</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">Monitor individual giving performance against goals, provide regular reporting, and recommend adjustments to strategy based on results, donor behavior, and organizational priorities</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
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<h3><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>What qualifications are we looking for?</strong></span></h3>
<p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Required</span></strong><span data-contrast="auto">:</span><span data-ccp-props="{"335557856":16777215}"> </span></p>
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<li><span data-contrast="auto">Advanced degree and 12+ years of significant professional experience in individual and major gift fundraising, including managing other fundraising. In lieu of degree requirement, applicable work or life experience may be considered.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"335557856":16777215}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">Candidates must have ability to close 6 and 7 figure gifts and experience securing gifts from prospects. </span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335557856":16777215,"335559740":259}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">Minimum of 3 years of team management experience</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559740":259}"> </span></li>
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<p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Preferred</span></strong><span data-contrast="auto">: </span><span data-ccp-props="{"335557856":16777215}"> </span></p>
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<h3><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><span class="TextRun SCXW232907634 BCX0" lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW232907634 BCX0">Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities you'll bring:</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW232907634 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335551550":0,"335551620":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":276}"> </span></strong></span></h3>
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<li><span data-contrast="auto"><span data-ccp-parastyle="cs182f6ed1" data-ccp-parastyle-defn="{"ObjectId":"4f84c1ef-b57e-5591-946e-5f48e2226260|1","ClassId":1073872969,"Properties":[469777841,"Times New Roman",469777844,"Times New Roman",469769226,"Times New Roman",268442635,"24",469777842,"Times New Roman",469777843,"Times New Roman",469775450,"cs182f6ed1",201340122,"2",134233614,"true",469778129,"cs182f6ed1",335572020,"1",134233118,"true",134233117,"true",469778324,"Normal"]}">Demonstrated success managing a portfolio of high-capacity prospects and donors, including relationships with seven-figure giving potential.</span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":true,"134233118":true}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto"><span data-ccp-parastyle="cs182f6ed1">Experience designing and implementing individual giving strategies that move donors through a pipeline from acquisition and midlevel engagement to major and principal gifts.</span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":true,"134233118":true}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto"><span data-ccp-parastyle="cs182f6ed1">Proven ability to supervise, coach, and align staff across multiple fundraising functions, including major gifts, midlevel giving, digital fundraising, and events.</span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":true,"134233118":true}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto"><span data-ccp-parastyle="cs182f6ed1">Strong understanding of relationship-based fundraising best practices.</span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":true,"134233118":true}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto"><span data-ccp-parastyle="cs182f6ed1">Experience partnering with senior leaders, board members, volunteers, and cross-functional colleagues to advance donor relationships and fundraising goals.</span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":true,"134233118":true}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto"><span data-ccp-parastyle="cs182f6ed1">Experience supervising, mentoring, and developing fundraising or donor engagement staff, with </span><span data-ccp-parastyle="cs182f6ed1">a track record</span><span data-ccp-parastyle="cs182f6ed1"> of setting goals, managing performance, and building collaborative team culture.</span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":true,"134233118":true}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto"><span data-ccp-parastyle="cs182f6ed1">Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to translate organizational priorities into compelling donor-facing materials.</span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":true,"134233118":true}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto"><span data-ccp-parastyle="cs182f6ed1">Proficiency</span><span data-ccp-parastyle="cs182f6ed1"> with donor databases or CRM systems, reporting tools, and data-informed fundraising practices.</span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":true,"134233118":true}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto"><span data-ccp-parastyle="cs182f6ed1">Commitment to </span><span data-ccp-parastyle="cs182f6ed1">the Vera’s</span>
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