What are the responsibilities and job description for the Community Development Director position at Winter4Kids?
The Opportunity
The Angeletti Group invites nominations and applications for the role of Director of Development (DOD) at Winter4Kids.
This is an exciting opportunity for a dynamic, mission-driven, and self-motivated fundraising professional to oversee its development program and increase philanthropic support to generate and diversify a meaningful revenue stream for the organization.
About the Role
Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer & President, the Director of Development will be an externally focused development professional with a strong passion for Winter4Kids' mission.
They will be responsible for leading and managing all of Winter4Kids' development activities, including providing strategic leadership to create, execute, and evaluate the year-round fundraising program, supervising the development team, and working collaboratively to achieve fundraising growth.
About Winter4Kids
Winter4Kids is focused on providing children with life skills and opportunities for a healthy lifestyle through access to winter activities that they might not otherwise experience, such as alpine skiing, snowboarding, Nordic skiing, and biathlon.
By repurposing and reengineering the former Hidden Valley ski area in Vernon, New Jersey into the National Winter Activity Center, Winter4Kids has been able to dedicate a campus solely for children and use its facilities, programs, and environment to change and save lives of youth in New Jersey.
The Winter4Kids winter sports instructional program provides access and competency, while its programs build on that with life skills, healthy meals, and an environment to ensure every child has positive alternatives to the effects of trauma.
About the Future
Looking to the future, one key objective of Winter4Kids is to serve more kids so that they have more positive choices to develop.
A new lodge addition, slated to come online in 2024, will increase capacity and add experiential summer activities consistent with Winter4Kids values and will extend its impact into times when the school environment is not available.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide strategic direction, leadership, and management of all fundraising activities at Winter4Kids.
- Implement, manage, and direct a comprehensive development program, including major gifts, direct response/annual fund, special events, planned giving, targeted approaches to private and public funding sources, and appeals for specific needs.
- Manage and evaluate development staff and hire new staff as needed.
- Initiate and implement fundraising strategies to identify, diversity, cultivate, and solicit new and existing donors.
- Utilize resources, including the donor database, wealth screening, staff, publications, and the internet to identify potential major gift prospects.
- Take actions in the best interest of Winter4Kids with respect to community relations, volunteer efforts, services, gifts, and fundraising from public and private sources.
- Develop methods and materials to educate prospects on Winter4Kids' compelling and emerging needs.
- Oversee the planning and implementation of fundraising and special events, analyzing the process and results of each event.
- Oversee the maintenance of the database and ensure consistent database usage across the organization.
Requirements
- Development professional of proven fundraising experience.
- High level of social/emotional intelligence.
- Experience with fundraising databases.
- Bachelor's degree required.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
- 401K retirement plan.
- Paid time off and holidays.
- Employee assistance program for mental health and financial counseling.
