Job Description

Chief Development Officer

FLSA Status: Exempt, Full-Time

Immediate Supervisor: President and CEO

Employees Supervised: Yes

This job description does not list all the duties of the job. You may be asked to perform other duties. You will be evaluated in part based upon your performance of the tasks listed in this job description. Harry Chapin Food Bank (HCFB) has the right to revise this job description at any time. The job description is not a contract for employment.

Position Summary:

Member of Senior Leadership Team. Develops and executes annual and long-range fund development plans to ensure continued growth in giving. Develops relationship with key donors. Supervises marketing and public relations efforts. Participates in organization-wide leadership and decision-making.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Member of Senior Leadership Team contributing to organization-wide strategic direction and decision-making.
• Works with President & CEO to develop annual and long-range fundraising strategies and goals.
• Actively fosters a productive and collaborative working environment, in alignment with organizational values.
• Meets budgeted fundraising goals.
• Prepares and monitors the departmental budget.
• Establishes departmental goals and goals for individuals in the department.
• Proactively develops strategies, grant requests, events, outreach and donor calls and funding ask as needed to support programs and activities of the Food Bank.
• Coordinates direct mail activities, including planning and implementation of direct mail program in collaboration with vendors and community partners.
• Develops and implements major gifts program.
• Updates and implements donor acknowledgement, stewardship, and cultivation process
• Ensures accurate and complete recordkeeping, including documentation of all interactions with donors in donor database
• Establishes and monitors plan to ensure active cultivation of relationships with current and prospective donors.
• Builds relationships directly with a portfolio of current and prospective major donors
• Submits reports and updates to donors, as necessary.
• Oversees the creation and execution of marketing and public relations plans.
• Develops written cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship plans
• Helps coach and inspire staff, board members and others in cultivation of donors and prospects
• Partners with CEO, board members and others in making solicitations as appropriate
• Represents the HCFB as a media spokesperson as needed
• Oversees Development Working Group
• Performs other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

General
Adhere to HCFB expectations and values:

• Be active by moving quickly, getting things done and holding self and others accountable for results.
• Be constructive by providing solutions, displaying optimism, being respectful and fair.
• Be truthful by providing facts to support opinions, speaking up and not exaggerating.
• Humanize Hunger by putting a human face on it.
• Communicating in a professional, honest, and open manner.
• Take time to have fun along the way.
• Believe in our mission and impact
• Honesty, integrity, and commitment to fighting hunger in Southwest Florida
• Ability to relate effectively other staff, volunteers, agency representatives and the public.
• Ability to complete work in an accurate, effective, and timely manner.
• Valid FL Driver’s License

Specific to Position

• College diploma and four years minimum experience in development and/or non-profit management or translatable experience.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Self-supporting as to computer and clerical needs.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite.

Working Conditions:

This position is responsible for all fund development and special events. Since the HCFB depends on these income sources for approximately 70% of the annual budget, the position can require long hours and can be somewhat stressful during the peak fund-raising season (holidays and wither months). This position is expected to work long hours when necessary, including occasional weekends. Must be comfortable in a fast-changing, busy, and occasionally ambiguous environment. In emergency situations, must be willing to work in demanding conditions.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $85,000.00 - $150,000.00 per year

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Fort Myers, FL 33901: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Willingness to travel:

• 25% (Preferred)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Fort Myers, FL 33901

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