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AIDA - Interamerican Association for Environmental Defense · 21 hours ago

Deputy Development Director

United States

Full-time

Remote

Mid, Senior Level

$80K/yr - $130K/yr

7+ years exp

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Responsibilities

Support the Development Director with creating, implementing, and monitoring a comprehensive fundraising strategy that incorporates integrated individual work plans and shared goals across the department.

Cultivate institutional funding opportunities by identifying, vetting, and maintaining a pipeline and portfolio of 20+ philanthropic funding relationships.

Design, prepare, and submit compelling concept notes, proposals, reports, and other collateral, working closely with AIDA staff to ensure that all donor materials are high-quality and support retaining and increasing support from donors.

Build relationships with prospective and existing donors via personal or video conferencing visits, phone calls, ongoing written contact, and events.

Acquire and maintain a strong knowledge of AIDA’s work to educate and inform prospective and existing donors.

Promote team cohesion and a positive workplace culture by participating in department, office, and organization wide meetings, trainings, and skills sharing.

Work closely with the Development Director and the Communications team on projects at the intersection of fundraising and communications, as well as identify opportunities to highlight AIDA in relevant funder spaces.

Maintain and regularly update donor databases, working with the fundraising team to ensure necessary information is current.

Collaborate with the Communications team to develop tailored fundraising products and reports and ensure proper maintenance of relevant email segmentation lists.

Qualification

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Fundraising strategiesDonor engagementPortfolio managementCRM databasesMicrosoft Office SuiteBilingual (English/Spanish)Project managementSense of humor

Required

Experience working in a fast-paced development/fundraising team.

Demonstrated success in creating and implementing donor engagement strategies to support the full donor life cycle.

Experience managing a portfolio of donors and supporting the cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship strategies to secure funding and deepen relationships with donors.

Demonstrated ability to develop new and creative approaches to qualify and cultivate new prospective donors.

Demonstrated capacity for collaboration across teams, absorbing and synthesizing complex information in English and/or Spanish and translating it to produce high-quality and compelling proposals, reports, concept notes, and other materials to meet deadline-driven deliverables.

Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills. Must be able to interact effectively with donors, executive team, management, and colleagues at all levels.

Strong critical thinking, research, analytical, and organizational skills.

Excellent project management skills with strong attention to detail, and the ability to prioritize working on multiple projects simultaneously while meeting internal and external deadlines.

Proven experience using CRM (customer relationship management) databases to track/record development activities.

Willingness to take initiative, problem-solve, and work cross-functionally with colleagues and across departments to support short-term and long-term Development and organizational goals.

Ability to work effectively and efficiently (both virtually and in-person) with minimal supervision.

Awareness and sensitivity to the needs and concerns of individuals from diverse cultures, backgrounds and orientations.

Ability to work toward the creation of a diverse, equitable and inclusive work culture that encourages and celebrates differences.

Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.

Willingness and ability to travel, primarily within the United States.

Preferred

Experience with donor databases (such as Salesforce or Everyaction) desired

College degree and 7+ years of fundraising and/or nonprofit experience preferred, ideally with a focus on foundations and institutional funding partners and experience securing six-figure grants or greater.

Excellent written and spoken communication skills in English and Spanish.

Sense of humor is desired.