Chief Development Officer

SUMMARY

Reports to: Executive Director & President

Supervisory Responsibilities: Major Gifts Director, Senior Director, Marketing, Regional Finance Directors, Director of Strategic Initiatives, and Development consultants

FLSA Status: Exempt

EMILYs List, the nation’s largest resource for women in politics, is searching for a Chief Development Officer to lead our Development team. The Chief Development Officer oversees fundraising channels from major donors and direct marketing, including mid- and high-level individual donors, institutional partners, direct mail, telemarketing, and offline sustainers.

Our team is steadfast in our commitment to elect Democratic pro-choice women up and down the ballot. The opportunity for the new Chief Development Officer at EMILYs List is to join a dynamic organization and write the next chapter of the nation’s largest resource for women in politics.

• Serves as the principal development and fundraising officer for EMILYs List
• Understands the organizational strategy and aligns Development activities to increase the reach and visibility of EMILYs List
• Works closely with the President, Executive Director, Board of Directors, and Senior Leadership on all development, partnerships, messaging, marketing, events, branding, and positioning efforts for the organization
• Responsible for engaging and expanding the EMILYs List donor community, increasing growth and diversity in membership, major donor relationships, and overall revenue
• Directly manages the Major Gifts Director, Senior Director, Marketing, and five Regional Finance Directors, leading a team of 15-20 full-time staff and consultants responsible for a majority of EMILYs List’s cycle income
• Creates all fundraising and revenue projections for the organization and contributions bundled for endorsed candidates and drives progress and accountability to these goals
• Builds and maintains strong relationships internally, ensuring the flow of information to and from other departments is timely and consistent, including aligning fundraising activities with the Digital team and ensuring the Development team has the resources and information from other departments that they need to be successful
• Develops the departmental budget and approves spending decisions, allocating resources in a fiscally responsible and strategic manner
• Uses available information and consults with others to make decisions in a timely manner and assesses risk when strategic decisions are made
• Other duties as assigned
• Travel is required as needed for events and meetings

• At least 8 years of experience in direct fundraising and development in non-profit or political organizations (formal leadership experience in Development is preferred)
• A self-starter skilled in cultivating and managing new donors and thinking creatively to diversify fundraising channels, with proven success achieving large scale revenue targets
• Experience working with senior executives and Boards of Directors
• Strong and persuasive verbal and written communication skills
• Strong interpersonal and leadership capabilities, including experience as a direct supervisor supporting the performance and professional development of others
• Comfortable holding others accountable to desired outcomes and revenue targets
• All candidates should possess commitment and passion to elect Democratic pro-choice women, as well as a commitment to the diversity of our candidates, membership, partners, and staff

The starting salary for this position is $200,000 on an annualized basis and comes with a comprehensive benefits package. If you are selected for an interview, you will be contacted directly. No calls, please.

Our office is based in Washington, DC. This position is based in the DC office with a hybrid schedule requiring at least 3 days per week in office.

About EMILYs List

EMILYs List, the nation’s largest resource for women in politics, works to elect Democratic pro-choice women up and down the ballot and across the country with a goal of fighting for our rights and our communities. Our work is centered around a fundamental vision: Run. Win. Change the World. EMILYs List has raised $850 million in service to that vision and has helped Democratic women win competitive elections by recruiting and training candidates, supporting and helping build strong campaigns, researching the issues that impact women and families, running one of the largest independent expenditure operations for Democrats, and turning out women voters to the polls. Since our founding in 1985, we have helped elect the country’s first woman as vice president, 175 women to the House, 26 to the Senate, 20 governors, and over 1,500 women to state and local office. More than 40% of the candidates EMILYs List has helped elect to Congress have been women of color. Visit www.emilyslist.org for more information.

EMILYs List is an Equal Opportunity Employer that values a multicultural, diverse working environment. Applicants of diverse backgrounds are welcomed and encouraged to apply.

EMILYs List prohibits discrimination of employment, promotion, compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment based on gender, disability, race, age, national origin, color, creed, sexual orientation, sex (including marital and parental status), gender identity and expression, religion, economic status, ethnic identity, veteran’s status, or any other basis prohibited by applicable law. The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed by the person holding this position.  This is not an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities. EMILYs List reserves the right to amend and change responsibilities to meet organizational needs as necessary.

Salary : $200,000