Position Responsibilities
Summary:
The Director of Development executes on the school’s fundraising initiatives, grant applications and awards, and alum relations. In partnership with other administrative team members, coordinate communication plans and school events. This position will work closely with other members of the Development Committee. This position reports directly to the Executive Director.
Essential Functions:
Fundraising
- Strategically plans and executes a Fundraising plan for the fiscal year alongside the Development Committee. This includes but is not limited to: the Annual Fund, fundraising events, Holiday Faire & vendors, May Faire, Gala, Silent Auction, event sponsorships, and donor stewardship.
- Manages the creation and disbursement of the Annual Report, September of each year.
- Create and distribute both mailed and emailed fundraising campaign outreach.
- Gather and track progress towards fundraising goals.
- Advertise fundraising progress to the school community – including goals and progress towards those goals. This includes writing communications, posting on social media, personal communication with top donors, etc.
- Track amount raised, % participation and class rewards earned - and provide updates periodically to the school community.
- Send thank you notes to donors.
- Prepare and share tax deduction receipts with all donors.
- Follow up on pledges not received throughout the spring.
- In the near future, work closely with the Executive Director on a capital campaign
Grants
- Maintain reporting requirements for all awarded grants.
- Apply for grants that support the school’s long-range plans.
Communication
- Coordinates and executes on community wide communications strategy for the fiscal year. This includes: weekly Messenger communication, gathering clear and concise information from all realms of the school to share with parents, social media (Facebook, Instagram), external communication for events, campaigns, etc., the Annual Report, and assisting in any one off communications throughout the year relevant to the school’s development efforts, keeping them in line with weekly information shared.
- Creates content for all social media accounts for the school, posting periodically, as it pertains to fundraising and other development associated content
Alum Relations
- Build upon current alum relationship efforts.
- Coordinate new efforts in consultation with the High School Transition Coordinator and the Executive Director.
School Events
- Co-coordinates with the Development Committee and Parents Association the project management of school events to be sure communication and expectations are clear, and the needs of our community are met throughout these gatherings.
- Acts as a liaison along with the Development Committee for the Parents Association, guiding in event planning, volunteerism and alignment of PA happenings with the larger community calendar.
General
- Submit internal and external reports in a timely manner.
- Partner with outside contractors and organizations for website development and other content creation.
- Maintains positive relationships with parents and responds to all parent concerns
- Maintains positive, professional relationships with colleagues and responds to all collegial concerns
- Engages in on-going professional and personal growth
- Fulfills other duties, as assigned, relative to the job responsibilities
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