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Position Purpose:
The Director of Strategic Giving will lead a team of effective fundraisers and be responsible for developing and implementing collaborative and effective strategies to help fund Vermont Foodbank's mission and strategic direction. They will articulate the Vermont Foodbank's values, needs and vision to key stakeholders, cultivating support for the organization's mission and impact through significant financial support. They will be an effective leader, supervisor and frontline fundraiser.
This position, in collaboration with the CPO and other Foodbank staff, will synthesize and translate VF activities and goals into fundable projects. They will facilitate and execute the packaging and messaging of major giving opportunities in various formats, including solicitation of individuals, corporate partners, and private foundations and through multi-year campaigns as-required. Conversely, the Director of Strategic Giving will also keep the organization appraised of donor trends, concerns, and available potential interest and capacity.
They will lead a state-wide team in creating strategies for transformative fundraising, developing authentic relationships with donors, and growing philanthropic resources for VF. That team works to: identify cultivate, solicit and steward $2,500 donors (individuals, corporate partners, government and private foundations); grow the number of major donors; increase the size, frequency and impact of donations; and deepen donor engagement around our mission and the root causes of hunger and poverty. The Director of Strategic Giving will maintain a portfolio of key donors and prospects as well as have equal focus on leading and resourcing a team and building and sustaining fundraising strategy and systems.
With the CPO, they will support the grant manager/s in the fiscal management and reporting of private and government grants; coordinating with finance and program staff to ensure proper tracking, utilization and reporting for grants.
This position reports to the Chief Philanthropy Officer and supervises the Major Gift Manager, the Corporate Philanthropy Manager, and the Grants Manager/s. This position works closely with the entire philanthropy team and other staff to inspire and engage people to take action against hunger and poverty. They work closely with the donors services and the marketing and communications teams to develop and coordinate fundraising and stewardship activity.
The Director of Strategic Giving will be a skilled people manager, relationship builder, compelling communicator and a strategic thinker, with proven success developing major gifts fundraising plans and closing major gifts. They will engage with supporters with authenticity, trust, confidence, and professionalism. Their approach to fundraising will center equity and they will seek to learn about, identify and address systems of inequity and oppression embedded in non-profit funding models and/or organizational fundraising practices.
The starting pay for this salaried position is set at $89,315.20 with eventual potential range ($84,048 to $126,072) placement based on years of experience within VF compensation equity roadmap.
Building equity, inclusion and racial justice work into Vermont Foodbank's organizational practices is everyone's responsibility, and it requires the commitment and collaboration of every employee and team. Therefore, everyone is expected to honor diversity, contribute to an inclusive organizational culture, and leverage their own personal agency and scope of influence to center equity.
Supervisors are expected to be unequivocally committed to enabling equity work throughout the organization by practicing inclusive and transparent management and by helping to reshape positions, priorities and goals, and budgets to better center equity.
Compensation details: 89315.2-89315.2 Yearly Salary
Salary : $84,048 - $126,072
