Reading Partners · 4 days ago
Development Director, Eastern Regions
Baltimore, MD
Full-time
Hybrid
Director/Executive
$110K/yr - $129K/yr
7+ years expReading Partners is a leader in addressing the literacy crisis in the U.S. by leveraging community volunteers to provide one-on-one tutoring to students. The Development Director will create and implement fundraising strategies, manage donor relationships, and drive regional growth to achieve ambitious fundraising goals.
ChildrenEducationNon ProfitTutoring
Responsibilities
Each year, create, lead, and drive overarching fundraising strategy, operational plans, and all revenue activities to meet or exceed the fundraising goal for the assigned portfolio
Manage a portfolio of existing and new foundation, corporate, and individual relationships to meet annual fundraising goals by end of fiscal year
Maintain, renew, and upgrade current portfolio of donors
Own, develop and implement innovative strategies to increase support from new funding streams
Create a fundraising strategic plan for the next 3-5 years
Drive regional external relations and organizational brand awareness within portfolio
Grow prospects and pipeline for major individual donors
Increase corporate giving partnerships by 10%
Steward local fundraising events
Support Board and partner engagement and stewardship
Build and support a highly invested board in local regions
Manage annual Board fundraising planning and goal achievement for each region in the portfolio
Work collaboratively with the Board and partners to expand the supporter network
Develop high-quality, mission-aligned email and social media content to steward donors and grow brand awareness
Drive development operations activities to achieve high levels of data integrity, customer service, and communication
Project manage all event and solicitation logistics, including annual fundraising event and annual appeal
Oversee development systems and track progress against goals in Salesforce
Produce reports and data to drive streamlined communication
Demonstrate experience in external relations and relationship development
Regularly deliver convincing messaging and tailored experiences
Demonstrate a genuine joy in connecting with donors, and all external stakeholders
Internally, establish highly collaborative relationships with all team members
Demonstrate a hunger to learn, grow, support, and add great value
Regularly seek to understand all aspects of our model to convey externally
Demonstrate an ability to devise innovative regional strategic fundraising plans, create action steps, and mobilize many stakeholders to achieve fundraising goals
Build sustainable plans to maximize market opportunities, meet goals and significantly grow funding
Leverage systems, people, and resources to drive processes and track progress against goals to report on progress to senior leadership and board
Execute work in a highly organized, analytical, and data-informed manner
Demonstrate a proficient ability to conduct research, to prospect, and to drive ongoing external development efforts
Demonstrate excitement to steward and leverage relationships that result in meeting or exceeding target fundraising goals
Boast an entrepreneurial spirit and actively seek to deepen current donor relationships and forge new ones
Effectively write high-quality donor communications that demonstrate deep knowledge of our program and promote our mission
Demonstrate the ability to write customized and compelling grant reports, proposals and letters of intent
Through exceptional writing, serve as an ambassador of Reading Partners
Externally, serve as an ambassador of Reading Partners
Quickly establish credibility when promoting Reading Partners to external audiences
Demonstrate a high degree of comfort and poise with donors, corporations, and prospects
Demonstrate a proficient ability to conduct research, to prospect, and to drive ongoing development efforts in rapidly growing organizations
Demonstrate a strong detail orientation, accuracy, and ability to develop compelling reports and communications to be used internally and externally
Execute all work in a highly organized, analytical, and data driven manner
Positively collaborate with the regional staff team to meet and exceed aggressive fundraising goals
Consistently coach, grow, and create stretch assignments to develop future fundraising leaders from within
Qualification
Required
Are achievement-oriented and have a demonstrated track record of achieving significant fundraising goals
Have 7+ years of increasing responsibility in a development or related role
Track record of building strong and productive relationships with regional/national philanthropic organizations and individual donors
Have demonstrated experience in planning, leading, and managing development projects, to achieve desired outcomes, and tracking and reporting on progress to leaders
Are skilled at relationship development within the fundraising community, among peers, and internal/external stakeholders
Have a high degree of comfort with Salesforce or other fundraising databases
Can demonstrate experience managing virtual and in-person fundraising events
Are an exceptional and persuasive communicator in written and verbal communication
Have experience in fundraising marketing and/or campaign communications
Hold a Bachelor's degree and/or equivalent experience
Demonstrate a commitment to fostering a dynamic and collaborative work environment
Display a deep belief in our mission and root your work in our core values
Ability to prove eligibility to work legally in the U.S. and that you are at least 18 years of age
Preferred
Are an AmeriCorps, Peace Corps, or other national service alum/alumna
Have experience working in re-launch or growth phases of organizations
Benefits
Medical, dental, and vision insurance with substantial employer contributions toward both employee and family premiums
Life and disability insurance at no cost to employees
A free Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Significant pre-tax employer funding to help offset employees’ out-of-pocket medical expenses
Spring Health for easy access to therapy, coaching, and wellness resources, including six sessions provided at no cost to employees
Carrot for guidance and support related to hormonal health, fertility, family-building, and gender-affirming services
403(b) retirement plan with immediate eligibility to participate and to receive employer matching contributions
Flexible Paid Time Off (Unlimited PTO) and Paid Parental Leave for up to 8 weeks for birth and non-birth parents
14 paid holidays annually, plus one week of office closure in early July and two weeks in late December
A dynamic, mission-driven culture with a strong commitment to employee development and career growth
Company
Reading Partners
Reading Partners empowers community volunteers to provide one-on-one reading instruction to elementary school students.
201-500 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
unknownKey Investors
ECMC FoundationThe Dallas FoundationAccelerate
2024-07-25Grant
2023-06-20Grant
2023-05-25Grant
Leadership Team
Adeola Whitney
Chief Executive Officer
Edwin Goutier
Chief Innovation & Technology Officer
Recent News
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2026-01-12
2023-06-26
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