Capital Campaign Director

Job Posting: Capital Campaign Director - Tabor Opera House Preservation Foundation a Non Profit Executive Director for 145 Year Old Historic Building

Reports to: Tabor Opera House Preservation Foundation Executive Director

Location: Leadville, CO - Full Time (The ideal candidate will live in Lake, Chaffee, Summit, Eagle or Vail County, but we will consider any Colorado resident, as this may be negotiated as a hybrid position if approved by the Executive Director. For any candidate, regular travel to Lake County, CO and throughout Colorado will be essential.)

Deadline for Applications: February 16, 2026, 5:00 p.m.

Video and/or In Person Interviews for competitive candidates will be scheduled for: February 22-28, 2026

Estimated start date: April 1, 2026

Submission Instructions: Send a Cover Letter & Resume to: sara@taboroperahouse.org by February 16, 2026. References will be requested of finalists.

Position Summary:

The Tabor Opera House is seeking a charismatic and enthusiastic champion for the Tabor project in the new role of Capital Campaign Director who will ensure the historic integrity of the opera house and the values-based mission of the Tabor while cultivating major support for the rehabilitation fundraising. The Capital Campaign Director will provide effective and innovative leadership to achieve the fundraising goals for the rehabilitation of the Historic Tabor Opera House, a property within the Leadville Historic Landmark District. Primary Responsibility falls on the Campaign Director to the capital campaign committee to coordinate an effective multi-year building rehabilitation capital campaign. The Campaign Director is the primary organizer of fundraising for the Capital Campaign and a key member of the team. The position works closely with the Executive Director to ensure a coordinated approach to organizational fundraising to meet the Foundation's Rehabilitation and Programming Missions.

About the Tabor Capital Campaign: In 1879, riding high on the silver boom, Horace and Augusta Tabor built the Tabor Opera House to bring culture to the rough-and-tumble mining community of Leadville. Now, the Historic Tabor Opera House The Tabor Opera House is the crown jewel of Leadville’s main street, and an anchor for the city’s National Historic Landmark District. With a stage that once saw luminaries like Oscar Wilde, John Philip Sousa, and Buffalo Bill, the Tabor was named a National Treasure and one of Colorado’s Most Endangered Places by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The building is nationally acclaimed for celebrating the history of the West. In 2016 a group of volunteers worked with the City of Leadville to purchase the Opera House. Programming, rehabilitation and operations are run via the nonprofit Tabor Opera House Preservation Foundation through a 50-year agreement with the City. The project has successfully completed 3 exterior building rehabilitation phases over the last 6 construction seasons, (primarily funded by state and foundation grants) and is currently working on a roof replacement project to occur in 2026 or 2027. Following a 2024 Feasibility Study and 2025 Capital Campaign Plan, the Foundation has begun seeding a Capital Campaign Committee, is onboarding a new CRM, and hiring this FT Campaign Manager so that we may begin to rapidly execute the interior capital campaign - a process currently expected to take 10+ years and at least 4 major phases.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Following and adapting the recommendations and actions identified in the 2025 Capital Campaign Plan to ensure success for the next phase of the Tabor rehabilitation project.
• Identify, Qualify, Cultivate, Solicit, and Steward donors for the Tabor Capital Campaign.
• Personally cultivate a portfolio of approximately 10-20 major donors per year.
• Lead the Capital Campaign Committee efforts, including assigning portfolios, coordinating prospect messaging and meetings, coordinating details of the Tabor road show (state-wide events related to donor-building), ensuring committee review of materials and campaigns, modeling and showcasing effective donor relations strategies, and attracting new members for the committee.
• Ensure that best practices are created and followed for organization-wide fundraising and stewardship activities including administrative practices for tracking donations; policies for donor acknowledgement levels and benefits.
• Provide monthly development reports for Executive Director & Campaign Committee
• Organization-wide, ensure that regular donor contact occurs using all communication channels.
• Coordinate between Executive Director and other staff to ensure smooth donor relations.
• Draft and adopt campaign materials to ensure alignment with TOHPF mission and messaging.
• Ensure that campaign messaging timing does not conflict with other marketing efforts.
• Provide campaign communication support for related activities.
• Serve as a public face of the Foundation and campaign.
• Collaborate with the Board of Directors, Capital Campaign Committee and Marketing/Fundraising committee to implement cross-sectional goals.
• Share supervision of Part Time administrative assistant to assist with donor recognition/tracking
• Manage additional fundraising contractors, consultants and volunteers as needed.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Deep knowledge of fundraising tactics with individual donors, grantors, and municipal entities.
• Effective communication skills tailored toward diverse audiences.
• Project management skills to efficiently complete tasks.
• Time management skills to meet multiple deadlines and follow through on detail-oriented, relationship-building activities.
• Personal accountability and willingness to self-evaluate.
• Strong ethos of confidentiality and ability to build trusting relationships.
• Teamwork and partnership-building skills.
• Knowledge of and/or experience with lobbying.

Education, Training, and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in non-profit management, business, finance, communications/ marketing, preservation, history, or theater studies.
• Minimum five years of impactful fundraising experience.
• Experience that can translate to cultivation of individual donors, foundations and grant support, major donors, municipal funding (including federal, state, county and city), and business sponsorships.
• Experience with budget development and capital campaigns.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, Quickbooks, donor databases, and social media.

Compensation and Benefits:

The salary range for this position is $60,000 - $75,000 and starting placement within that range is commensurate with experience. This position is eligible for the following additional benefits:

• Employer-sponsored health insurance with a contribution toward your monthly premium.
• Generous paid time off to be used for vacation, holiday, medical, and personal time away from work.
• Flex schedule policy with possibility for hybrid/remote work with supervisor approval.

Note: The duties listed above are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work that may be performed. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment to the position.

The job description does not constitute an employment agreement between the employer and employee and is subject to change by the employer as the needs of the employer and the requirements of the job change.

To Apply: Please send a Cover Letter & Resume to: sara@taboroperahouse.org by February 16, 2026. References will be requested of finalists.

• Employer-sponsored health insurance with a contribution toward your monthly premium.
• Generous paid time off to be used for vacation, holiday, medical, and personal time away from work.
• Flex schedule policy with possibility for hybrid/remote work with supervisor approval.

English proficiency required;

Spanish speaking helpful.