Development Director

SHE LEADS JUSTICE: Development Director

Full Time Position

About Us

We are She Leads Justice, an antiracist, intersectional feminist nonprofit in Connecticut. We use our

institutional power to serve and center women and communities most impacted by systemic

injustice and oppression. Using a justice and equity lens, we work to close the civil legal justice

gap, advocate for policy that improves economic security, and organize for statewide systemic change.

Position Overview

The Development Director is responsible for planning, executing, and evaluating fundraising efforts

at She Leads Justice (SLJ) including annual giving, major gifts, corporate sponsorship, grant writing, and fundraising events. The Development Director participates in the organization’s fiscal planning and identifies diverse funding sources and opportunities that embrace SLJ’s goals and cultivates and maintains relationships with individuals and funders. This position reports to the Executive Director.

Essential Responsibilities Include:

• Individual Giving: Lead SLJ’s individual donor solicitations and stewardship through

direct mail, email appeals, and other methods to cultivate small gift donors; manage

stewardship of individual donors including new donor welcome packets, timely thank you

messages, and identification of engagement activities; expand SLJ’s monthly sustainer

and planned giving program.

• Development Operations: Maintain donor information, such as accurate record of

donor interactions; process online/offline donations; manage SLJ online giving platform;

create fundraising reports for organization leadership.

• Major Donor Program: Support cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship of major

donors by assisting the Executive Director, including following up on information

requests, arranging one-on-one meetings, recording donor interactions, and helping to

identify engagement activities for donors.

• Events: Support SLJ fundraising (virtual and in-person) events, including assisting with

logistics and production tasks for events, producing event communications and

collateral, and tracking event RSVPs; in coordination with Executive Director and Board

Members, identify and solicit event sponsors. Recruit, train, and support key volunteers

to assist in advancement efforts.

• Institutional Funding: Manage foundation, government, and corporate partners;

manage grant calendar for new and renewal applications; conduct research on

institutional prospects; work with staff to thoughtfully describe SLJ’s programmatic goals

and plans, identify opportunities to expand and elevate SLJ’s work and role as a

statewide leader for women’s economic security; work with staff on submission of

proposals and reports.

• Communications: Coordinate with organization leadership on the overall

vision and strategy for donor communications, such as social media posts, donor emails

and newsletters, website, and annual reports to increase donor revenue and loyalty.

Preferred Experience and Qualifications

• Minimum of 4 years of relevant experience with nonprofit fund development strategies and a track record of success in donor cultivation and stewardship, especially major donors
• Experience with donor database management
• Experience and success with grant writing, research and reporting
• Know how to turn knowledge into exciting and useful messages and distribute them to the right audiences
• Can lead volunteers, staff and board members with energy and vision
• Collaborating with diverse teams excites you, and you can manage multiple initiatives at once
• Know how to make timely, effective, and ethical decisions
• Confidence with the Microsoft Office suite, email marketing, and social media networks

Salary and Benefits

This is a full-time position. The salary range is $65,000 to $70,000 and comes with a benefits

package that includes generous paid time off, medical, and dental insurance, retirement

contributions. Please note this is a remote position. SLJ does not have a physical office.

Hiring Timeline

We will review applications on a rolling basis until the position is filled.

How to Submit Your Application

If you need accommodations or other help applying to this job then please contact

jobs@sheleadsjustice.org and let us know what you need.

1. Please email the materials detailed below to

jobs@sheleadsjustice.org and

include “Development Director” in the subject line

1. Attach a resume with relevant work experience
2. Attach a cover letter that addresses:

A. Your personal and professional commitment to our mission,

B. An example of how you have sharpened your equity lens with a particular focus on

anti-racism and intersectional feminism, and

C. What do you enjoy most about fundraising for an organization or issue you care about?

3. Optional–if you’d like, we welcome you to also submit up to four other materials that

further illuminates your passion, experience, and skills (e.g. articles or blogs, pictures,

interviews, etc.)

Please note that we will not consider:

• Applications that are not submitted to jobs@sheleadsjustice.org
• Incomplete applications that do not address the cover letter request in full
• Applicants who do not have relevant work experience or meet the minimum qualifications

She Leads Justice is an equal opportunity employer that centers and works closely with

marginalized communities. For this reason, we strongly encourage people of all historically

marginalized identities to apply. She Leads Justice does not discriminate on the basis of race,

color, national origin, sex, gender identity, religion, sexual orientation, age, disability, parental

status, veteran status, or any other protected status under local, state, or federal laws.

This is a full-time position. The salary range is $65,000 to $70,000 and comes with a benefits

package that includes generous paid time off, medical, and dental insurance, retirement

contributions. Please note this is a remote position. SLJ does not have a physical office.

Spanish speakers encouraged to apply