DEVT000: Department Head

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Summary/Objective

Oversee the three main pillars of development (grants, fundraising, and events), ensuring budgeted fundraising goals are met so classes can continue.

Primary Responsibilities

• Proactively ensure pro bono volunteer staffing of development functions (approximately 15-20 pro bono volunteers) with support from HR for recruiting/org planning
• Lead the strategy development for each pillar, setting goals and holding people accountable for reaching those goals
• Provide outline/direction for each pillar, (i.e. write scripts, get leads loaded, agenda for colloquiums, etc.) including overseeing the building of the Salesforce contact list, and oversight of outreach for corporate mentors
• Touch base with each member weekly, either via email, phone, slack, etc. to ensure they are on track to hit goals they have set for the week or month
• Provide weekly updates to peers in organization on fundraising efforts, and participate in the bi-weekly Steering Committee meetings
• Review contributions weekly
• Partner with Marketing to ensure they are supporting our initiatives where it makes sense
• As time permits, meet with strategic groups in organization to see how we can be more efficient
• Participate in the leadership team activities of Budgeting, Planning and Reporting

Qualifications

• Genuine concern about/interest in solving the gender gap and opportunity gap in education
• Resourceful, can-do attitude
• Networking experience preferred
• Sales experience preferred
• Supervisory experience preferred
• Development experience a plus
• 12 month commitment preferred, 5-10 hours/week