Director of Development

The Director of Development will collaborate closely with Girl Rising’s Board and CEO to oversee Girl Rising’s growth and expansion, ensuring stability over the long-term. The role will lead the execution of a strategy to raise approximately $6 million in donated revenues in 2023, and $9 million in donated revenues in 2024. Two key areas of growth for Girl Rising over the next three years are content creation and storytelling initiatives , as described in the “We Create” pillar of our work, and multi-year educational programming and support of local partners, with a focus on women-led organizations, as described in the “We Collaborate” pillar of our work.

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with the Board, CEO, leadership and staff of the organization to determine the priorities of the organization.
• Establish fundraising objectives and create a comprehensive strategy to achieve those objectives, including engagement with foundation, corporate, government and individuals donors.
• Establish a strategy to identify new prospects and bring in new revenues to support Girl Rising’s new content creation objectives.
• Create compelling case statements and pitch materials, lead pitch meetings and solicit donations from foundation, corporate, government and individual prospects.
• Lead the stewardship of current donors by keeping them informed of new activities and initiatives, by demonstrating the impact of their support, and by establishing close and collaborative relationships.
• Plan and execute fundraising events, ensuring that donor needs are met, fundraising goals are achieved, and Girl Rising’s mission and impact is communicated in a meaningful way. 
• Work with the Board and with individual Board members to increase their participation in fundraising activities.
• Oversee and strengthen the fundraising processes and systems to maintain accuracy and increase efficiency of the Fundraising department.
• Lead communication of Fundraising goals, strategy, goals and progress to staff and Board through internal briefings, Board presentations and other materials as needed. Performs other related duties as assigned.
• Oversee and manage the Development staff; set performance goals and lead performance reviews.

Qualifications:

• Eight+ years fundraising experience with a sizeable, high-performing organization, and demonstrated success in growing donated revenues over time. Experience raising funds for media or film-making organizations or initiatives is a plus, but not required.
• Proven ability to cultivate relationships with foundations, corporations, government entities, and high net worth individuals.
• Demonstrated skills in motivating, directing and managing staff and consultants, and in coordinating and supporting the fundraising activities of others.
• An exceptional communicator, both in writing and orally; a person who gets energy from connecting with individuals, aligning the case for support and creating opportunities for engagement and joyful giving. 
• A good listener and strategist; comfortable receiving input from many sources, and able to analyze and formulate disparate information into a sound, well-organized plan; gravitas to challenge assumptions and stay focused on institutional priorities.
• Ability to work both independently without close oversight, but also a team player who will productively engage with others at varying levels of seniority within and outside of Girl Rising.
• Extensive knowledge of development database systems, preferably Salesforce. 
• High energy and a passion for Girl Rising’s mission.