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Job Description
Job Description
Development Director
NYFS is actively recruiting for a Development Director with three to five years of experience in individual and major donor giving using a data-driven framework for donor engagement strategy. This is an in-person position located out of our Shoreview, MN location with one day per week work remote (Friday). To apply, please email your resume and cover letter to HumanResources@nyfs.org .
Scope of Position :
The primary goal of the Development Director is to lead our development department in achieving our fundraising and communications / marketing goals through a data and goal driven, relational style while staying apprised of and implementing best practices for donor engagement. This position manages our individual donor engagement, grants portfolio, donor database, events, and our internal and external communications. This position supervises a .6 FTE Development Associate and works closely with our President and CEO, finance department, and administrative department. This position will co-create the strategy and lead the implementation of all fundraising and communications / marketing activities, working with consultants on grant writing and graphic design. This person is responsible for developing practices for storytelling that support the dissemination and documentation of communities, calls to action, events / fundraising, and stories via original content development. This position will also participate on the Leadership Team, the Board Development Committee, and in board meetings where appropriate.
Position responsibilities include, but are not limited to :
- Individual Donor Fundraising (60% of position)
Work with the President and CEO to steward major donors using the moves management process, prioritizing in-person contact and data tracking practices.
Lead the creation and implementation of our annual communication / marketing calendar.
Manage our social media accounts including producing content, posting, updating information and graphics while ensuring it is relevant, informative, and engaging to our community.
Elevate the NYFS brand in the community through the NYFS website and donor newsletter.
Work with our contractor to keep our website updated and ensure it has accurate, comprehensive, and up-to-date information about the agency, our staff, and our services.
Develop and maintain media / news outlet contacts for promoting NYFS initiatives and events.
Coordinate with the President and CEO to create and disseminate our annual report.
Manage our grant portfolio calendar to ensure the timely submission of all grants and reports.
Participate in the Board of Directors’ Development Committee.
Produce annual organizational event to engage community and new prospective donors.
Hold smaller events to engage major donors in the work of NYFS.
Participate in Leadership Team Meetings to help plan and execute organization-wide strategy.
Required Qualifications :
Strong candidates will have a solid understanding of their own culture and practice sensitivity and respect to the cultural backgrounds of clients as well as other staff. NYFS welcomes clients as well as staff with diverse cultural / ethnic identities, sexual orientations, gender identities, disabilities, and socioeconomic backgrounds.
Salary Range : $78,400-$98,000 per year based on education, training and / or experience.
NYFS Benefits :
Agency Overview :
Northeast Youth and Family Services (NYFS) is a community-based nonprofit founded in 1976 serving Northeast Ramsey County. NYFS provides trauma and culturally responsive clinic-based, and school based mental health services, domestic and sexual violence services, and community-based services including diversion programming, youth development programming, and community advocacy with offices in Shoreview and White Bear Lake. We have long-standing partnerships with 15 municipalities in Ramsey County; NYFS’ services are genuinely community-driven.
Who We Are :
NYFS lives its deep values around providing integrative care for the whole family with a focus on youth, young adults, and their caregivers. Staff are dedicated, innovative, and mission-driven, offering authentic, relational, client-centered care. The team is playful, creative, growth-oriented, down-to-earth, and hardworking – and we laugh a lot! We are committed to genuine integration of trauma and culturally responsive care across the agency. As a trauma-responsive organization, NYFS is actively invested in organizational supports for staff wellness and work sustainability. We believe in a family-first work environment, rather than seeking work / life balance.
We are committed to a policy of equal employment opportunity in recruitment, hiring, training, and promotion of persons based on merit, qualifications, and competence. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, creed, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, place of residence, political affiliation, veterans’ status, or status with regard to public assistance, or any other class protected by local, state, or federal law. NYFS provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities upon request.
Company Description
Northeast Youth & Family Services (NYFS) is a mental health and social services agency serving people of all ages, abilities and backgrounds in the Twin Cities Northeast Suburbs.
Company Description
Northeast Youth & Family Services (NYFS) is a mental health and social services agency serving people of all ages, abilities and backgrounds in the Twin Cities Northeast Suburbs.
Salary : $78,400 - $98,000