What are the responsibilities and job description for the Associate Director of Development, Major Gifts position at Didi Hirsch Mental Health?
Description
Associate Director of Development, Major Gifts (Sepulveda Development)
This is a hybrid position, and you have the option to elect to a 9 / 80 flex work schedule.
The pay range for this role is between $86,000 - $98,900 annually.
About Didi Hirsch
Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services has been a national leader in whole-person mental health, crisis care, and substance use services since 1942 and is home to the nation's first Suicide Prevention Center. We are a nonprofit organization providing care to nearly 200,000 people annually across our programs. Didi Hirsch has deep roots in community-based mental health and a commitment to providing culturally responsive services that are just and equitable.
As an organization, we value equity, diversity, and inclusion. More than 1,000 dedicated employees and volunteers make Didi Hirsch's work possible. We intentionally recruit and retain a workforce that is reflective of the communities we serve and strive to cultivate a sense of belonging for them. We embrace employees and candidates from all backgrounds who want to help make this vision a reality.
Summary
Work collaboratively with the Director of Development, Major Gifts, the Vice President of Development, and with the partnership and support of the Development team to develop and implement targeted strategies to engage, cultivate, solicit, and steward relationships as appropriate; and manages a portfolio of gifts for events and other agency initiatives.
Primary Duties
- Partners with Director of Development, Major Gifts in implementing effective fundraising strategies that achieve philanthropic goals and further the programs and mission of Didi Hirsch.
- Supports the strategy for and implementation of a major gifts plan to enhance and build up the base of individual donors.
- Manages, cultivates, and stewards a portfolio of donors through 1-on-1 visits, site tours, events, and leverages relationships of the board, CEO, and VP of Development to achieve fundraising targets.
- Examines and leverages research on donor prospects to learn their giving history and charitable inclinations.
- Prepares written solicitation packages that include giving history, suggestions that may best appeal to the donors' philanthropic interests.
- Partners with Marketing and Communications team on projects pertaining to major gifts or individual fundraising work, such as individual or small group presentations, mailings / emails to specific donor groups, and other cultivation events.
- Writes follow-up correspondence to individuals and certain foundation donors; creates reports about progress in solicitations of major donors.
- Ensures all assigned major donors receive appropriate, consistent engagement / acknowledgement and updates on the impact that their gifts have on community needs.
- Partners with Events Manager on details of donor outreach / fundraising events.
- Stays informed about programmatic activities, maintaining the capacity to converse with donors regarding our work as well as develop written cultivation and stewardship materials that relay the work and impact effectively.
- Remains aware of trends in the field of philanthropy, which may include attending pertinent conferences and regularly monitoring appropriate literature (i.e., Inside Philanthropy)
- Supports the creation of innovative funding strategies as well as programs and projects to thank and to steward donors.
Position Requirements
Our Vision
A future where everyone has equitable access to care and is empowered to achieve optimal mental health and well-being.
Our Mission
Didi Hirsch provides compassionate mental health, substance use, and suicide prevention services to individuals and families, especially in communities where discrimination and injustice limit access.
Core Values
Excellence : We are constantly innovating, learning from the communities we serve, and applying the latest research to advance best practices. We uphold the highest ethical standards to ensure we are providing compassionate and excellent care.
Diversity & Inclusion : We value diversity of background, experience, and ideas, committing to a workforce representative of the communities we serve. We celebrate differences and prioritize creating a sense of belonging.
Equity : We are dedicated to maintaining equitable practices in our healthcare delivery and workplace culture, and we work to dismantle disparities and discrimination within both systems of care and society.
Well Being : We are devoted to the well-being of our staff, volunteers, and communities, and believe healthy teams lead to healthy clients.
Advocacy : We advocate across all levels of government and use our voice to reduce barriers to care, including stigma, systemic racism, and parity across payers, with the goal of access to high quality, integrated healthcare for all.
Community Engagement : We build partnerships in the community and across sectors to create a more inclusive and responsive mental health ecosystem and enhance greater accessibility to care and support.
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Equal Opportunity Employer / Protected Veterans / Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)
Salary : $86,000 - $98,900
