Mission: MANNA’s mission is to involve, educate, and unite people in the work of ending hunger in Western North Carolina
Vision: A hunger-free Western North Carolina
Position Summary: The Chief Development Officer is responsible for designing and leading comprehensive fundraising and communication strategies for MANNA Foodbank. This position is responsible for achieving all fundraising goals and managing the overall performance of the entire Development team, including identification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship of individual, corporate, and foundation gifts, including major gifts, planned giving, special events, and DirectMail. This position is also responsible for engaging our community through marketing, communication and volunteer solicitation. The Chief Development Officer will work effectively in a highly visible role safeguarding and building the brand and reputation of MANNA with a broad range of constituents. The position serves as a key member of the Senior Leadership Team and will work collaboratively with all departments within MANNA as well as with the Board in fulfillment of MANNA FoodBank’s mission and vision.
Oversight of other Positions:
The Chief Development Officer leads the entire development, marketing and communications, and volunteer recruitment teams while directly overseeing the Communications and Marketing Director, Director of Philanthropic Engagement, Grants Manager, and Corporate Engagement Manager.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Qualifications:
Additional Skills:
Physical Demands: Primary functions require sufficient physical ability and mobility to work in an office setting. This includes: the ability to stand or sit for prolonged periods of time; to occasionally stoop, bend, kneel, crouch, reach, and twist; Exerting up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects. Use of arm and/or leg controls requires exertion of forces greater than that for sedentary work. Worker sits most of the time.
Functions also require ability to operate office equipment requiring repetitive hand movement and fine coordination including use of a computer keyboard, and to verbally communicate to exchange information.
Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus; close visual acuity to perform activities including but not limited to preparing and analyzing data and figures, transcribing, viewing a computer terminal, extensive reading.
Travel: Minimal, but routine travel may be required within the service area. Current driver’s license required; copy of current auto insurance; and clean MVR required.
Schedule: Occasional evening and weekend assignments
Benefits: MANNA is also thrilled to offer a competitive and comprehensive benefits package:
Mission: MANNA’s mission is to involve, educate, and unite people in the work of ending hunger in Western North Carolina
Vision: A hunger-free Western North Carolina
Position Summary: The Chief Development Officer is responsible for designing and leading comprehensive fundraising and communication strategies for MANNA Foodbank. This position is responsible for achieving all fundraising goals and managing the overall performance of the entire Development team, including identification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship of individual, corporate, and foundation gifts, including major gifts, planned giving, special events, and DirectMail. This position is also responsible for engaging our community through marketing, communication and volunteer solicitation. The Chief Development Officer will work effectively in a highly visible role safeguarding and building the brand and reputation of MANNA with a broad range of constituents…