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Girl Scouts of Central Indiana · 1 month ago

Director of Development, Exempt, Full Time, Annual Salary $60,000-$72,000

Indianapolis,IN,US

Full-time

Onsite

Lead/Staff, Director/Executive

$60K/yr - $72K/yr

2+ years exp

Girl Scouts of Central Indiana is dedicated to fostering diversity, equity, and inclusion while serving over 16,000 Girl Scouts and 10,000 volunteers across Indiana. The Director of Development will be responsible for cultivating relationships, developing funding proposals, and securing philanthropic support to meet the organization's goals. This role involves strategic collaboration with the Chief Advancement Officer and requires building relationships with external stakeholders to enhance funding opportunities.

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Responsibilities

Identifying corporate and individual prospects; cultivating relationships; developing funding proposals; and securing philanthropic support for Girl Scouts of Central Indiana

Identifying needs of GSCI and translating those needs into to external funding opportunities (RFPs, foundation guidelines, proposals, etc.)

Working strategically with the Chief Advancement Officer to contribute to and recommend goals and priorities for the Fund Development team

Building relationships with external stakeholders and constituents through visits, correspondence, and regular communication

Developing individualized strategies for prospects and donors

Conducting research to identify prospects, for both the organization as a whole and for specific programs that align with GSCI’s strategic direction

With the Chief Advancement Officer, defining goals, objectives, and metrics for Development program

Working collaboratively with GSCI colleagues and partners to identify, develop and frame aspects of existing programs and plans that have the potential to attract private support, grants and sponsorship funding

Collaborating with external grant contract writer for the creation and submission of corporate grant proposals, including reviewing drafts, providing supporting narrative when requested, and through the securing of required attachments

Supporting sponsorship solicitations of GSCI programs by coordinating prospects, tracking responses, serving as a point of contact, and providing following up

With the contracted grant writer, tracking all corporate grant sponsorship activity in an organized manner, including application and reporting deadlines

Stewarding sponsor relationships throughout programming, including but not limited to collecting data, photos, and testimonials of events/programs to send to corporations and community partners to ensure they feel the full impact of the relationship

Maintaining regular reporting and financial reports with the Finance team

Ensuring that diversity and pluralism is embraced and incorporated into the daily work of the position

Participating, as appropriate, in GSCI events and programs, including those held in the evenings and weekends

Participating in diverse community and cultural events and programs, including those held in the evenings and weekends

Fostering a culture of diversity and inclusion in the workplace and amongst the membership

Seeking and accepting opportunities for professional growth and development

Understanding that council priorities are growing membership and cultivating new donors

Developing an annual goal that supports the membership growth priority

Implementing an action plan that supports the membership growth priority

Developing an annual goal that supports the cultivation of new donors

Implementing an action plan that supports the cultivation of new donors

Qualification

FundraisingRelationship BuildingProject ManagementMicrosoft OfficeNetworkingTeam-BuildingFostering DiversityOral CommunicationWritten CommunicationTime ManagementAdaptabilityOrganizational Knowledge