Director of Development

Reporting Structure: Reports to Executive Director

Schedule: 30 - 40 hours per week

Compensation: $70,000 - $90,000/year, commensurate with experience

Status: 12-month consulting contract, subject to renewal or conversion to full-time employment

Work Location: Healdsburg Museum, 221 Matheson Street, Healdsburg, CA. Flexibility to work remotely as needed.

About the Healdsburg Museum and Historical Society (Museum):

The Healdsburg Museum is a regional history museum that documents, preserves and presents the history of Healdsburg and northern Sonoma County through exhibitions, research, and educational programs. The organization is a 501(c)(3) non-profit and is housed in a 1911 Carnegie Public Library at 221 Matheson Street in Healdsburg, CA. The Museum is run by a small full-time staff and team of volunteers, led by an Executive Director/Curator and overseen by a Board of Directors.

ABOUT THE POSITION

This is a new position opening as the Healdsburg Museum begins a new era of growth. The changes are inspired by a major multi-year principal gift, a strategic re-envisioning of the Museum’s role in the community, and an evolution of the Museum’s approach towards philanthropy. As such, this position offers the opportunity to play a catalytic role in charting the Museum’s future.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Fundraising Leadership and Strategic Planning

• Plan and implement the annual Fundraising Plan, working in close collaboration with the Board and Staff.
• Engage the Board in the fundraising process
• Analyze and report on performance against the Development Plan.

Donor, Member & Community Relations & Stewardship

• Identify, cultivate, and engage a portfolio of high-value donors and prospects in the individual, corporate, and foundation sectors to move to their optimum giving levels
• Develop strategies and goals and oversee campaigns to increase membership, improve retention rates and integrate members as part of the donor family.
• Identify, plan and organize various types of events to cultivate and/or steward prospects and donors and, in some cases, raise funds.
• Work in the community to cultivate positive and strategically valuable relationships with individuals, families, businesses and other key stakeholders in the community.
• Collaborate with staff and Board members to direct the identification, cultivation, and solicitation of donor prospects and implement effective fundraising strategies.

Communication Strategy and Brand Management

• Collaborate with Museum staff to maximize social media fundraising and membership opportunities.
• Consult with Museum staff to compile data to craft compelling narratives to support initiatives on behalf of the Healdsburg Museum.

Leadership

• Provide leadership, and guidance to staff and volunteers to achieve development goals.
• Manage donor software (Bloomerang) and establish donor database Practices and Procedures for the optimum use and long-time integrity of data-entry.

QUALIFICATIONS

• 5 years of fundraising experience with knowledge of fundraising best practices.
• Proven experience closing gifts from individuals, corporations and/or foundations.
• Excellent references from a previous non-profit organization client.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills.
• Effective oral and written communications skills. Proven ability to effectively articulate clear and compelling messages, including the use of storytelling.
• Excellent attention to detail and commitment to accuracy.
• Database experience mandatory. Core computer skills in Microsoft programs including Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
• Demonstrated ability to work as part of a team and with people from a variety of different racial, ethnic, socioeconomic, educational, religious, sexual, gender, and generational backgrounds.
• Flexibility to work occasional evenings and weekends.
• Board and/or Board committee exposure and experience a plus.
• Spanish language fluency a plus.

TO APPLY: Please send cover letter and resume to info@HealdsburgMuseum.org