What are the responsibilities and job description for the Fundraising Consultant position at Creative Fundraising Advisors?
TITLE
Fundraising Consultant
POSITION TYPE
Full-time, FLSA exempt
LOCATION
Remote with 40% travel
PURPOSE
Creative Fundraising Advisors (CFA) is building capacity as we bring the best and brightest people and ideas to work with our mission-driven, nonprofit clients. We are looking for a dynamic professional with a growth mindset and deep expertise in direct fundraising experience and demonstrated expertise creating, implementing, and growing fundraising programs. Interested applicants should be motivated by the opportunity to contribute to a highly responsive, entrepreneurial environment and to continually innovate on fundraising consulting to meet our clients needs.
The Fundraising Consultant will work remotely with the CFA team and our nonprofit clients across the United States with 40% travel to client and team meetings required. Initially, the Fundraising Consultant will provide expertise and strategy to new and existing clients managed by CFA principal consultants. Over time, the successful candidate will also have the opportunity to manage their own portfolio of clients.
Reporting to the Head of Consulting, the Fundraising Consultant is key to CFAs commitment to providing comprehensive and creative solutions to clients. In addition to providing counsel to multiple nonprofit organizations in the planning stages, quiet phases, and public phases of multi-million dollar campaigns, CFA also provides ongoing fundraising counsel to organizations of all sizes. The Fundraising Consultant uses their own experience, best practices, and a creative approach to develop strategies and solutions - each to the unique needs of the client. The Fundraising Consultant will join a team with over 200 years of combined fundraising experience, providing a fresh perspective from which to serve our clients.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Assist with and, over time, lead multiple client engagements simultaneously with a primary focus on development assessments and fundraising counsel, as well as campaign feasibility studies and campaign counsel
- Analyze organizational capabilities and create strategies and recommendations for successful fundraising programs at all giving levels and from all potential revenue sources
- Conduct internal interviews with client board and staff, feasibility study interviews with donors and prospects, and lead community listening sessions and focus group discussions
- Create customized reports for clients with findings and recommendations for future organizational success, including development assessment and feasibility study final reports
- Serve as a resource to the clients development team, leadership, and Board of Directors
- Collaborate with the CFA team to ensure data analysis, strategies, recommendations, and counsel are sound approaches that maximize client success
- Support business development by participating in new business calls, drafting proposals, collaborating on CFA articles and webinars, attending conferences, etc.
- Assist with writing and strategy to deliver compelling and visionary case summaries and other fundraising collateral
- Participate in weekly meetings with the CFA team, client teams, and other meetings as necessary via video conferencing
REQUIREMENTS
COMPENSATION
The salary band for a Consultant at CFA is $80,000-$100,000, benchmarked to the Minneapolis-St. Paul market, and depending on experience and qualifications. There is room to grow over time based on a strong ability to regularly exceed expectations and demonstrate skills growth or take on additional responsibility.
Full-time employees are eligible for a comprehensive benefits package including :
TO APPLY
Please email your resume with a cover letter describing the ideas and experience that youll bring to CFA with Consultant in the subject line to : apply@creativefundraisingadvisors.com
ABOUT CREATIVE FUNDRAISING ADVISORS
Creative Fundraising Advisors (CFA) is a full-service fundraising consulting firm based in Saint Paul, Minnesota with more than 200 years of collective experience in philanthropy. Since our founding in 2014, we have raised more than $3 billion in partnership with our nonprofit clients throughout the country. We help our clients think big and lead with vision and compelling ideas that compel a community of donors to offer their support and inspire volunteers to action. We position our clients for success, bringing our knowledge and skills to the complex business of planning and fundraising. CFA focuses on arts & cultural, human services, education, and environmental organizations.
We value collaboration, transparency, integrity, creativity, equity, and change. These values guide our business decisions, company policies, and expectations of our employees, business partners, and clients.
CFA believes that diversity and inclusion are critical to strong partnerships and better business results. Our culture is grounded in respect and appreciation for each persons unique perspective, strengths, abilities, and contributions. It is our expectation that CFA and its employees, business partners, and clients treat each other with dignity and respect at all times.
Salary : $80,000 - $100,000