About the role

  • Development Director building a Major Gifts program to grow fundraising at Maryland Legal Aid. Lead fundraising efforts across individual and corporate fundraising for social justice initiatives.

Responsibilities

  • Build and maintain a portfolio of 50-75 major and mid-level donors and prospects
  • Maintain and execute thoughtful moves management strategies, tracking in the CRM, to cultivate, solicit, and steward donors in assigned portfolio
  • Ensure a high level of donor satisfaction and engagement by creating an executing a effective donor stewardship program with the support of the team
  • Oversee two community facing events hosted in conjunction with our volunteer Equal Justice Council and Equal Justice Associates for audiences between 250-100 guests, and strategize 3-4 new smaller cultivation events with donors and prospects
  • Lead planned giving marketing with vendor support
  • Identify and cultivate corporate partners and work with Chief Development and Communications Officer to cultivate and pitch corporate prospects
  • Work with Chief Development and Communications Officer in stewarding our volunteer groups such as our Equal Justice Council, Equal Justice Associates, and others
  • Contribute to event strategy and lead sponsor engagement for key fundraising events
  • Support the success of annual fund campaigns by advising on best practices and creative tactics and offers
  • Manage fundraising related vendors such as Bloomerang CRM, Bloomerang Fundraising (formerly QGive), and planned giving vendor
  • Supervise and support the professional growth of the Development Coordinator

Requirements

  • 4+ years of nonprofit fundraising experience, with a focus on major gifts; corporate fundraising experience a plus
  • Strong writing and communication skills
  • Experience with donor databases, moves management, reporting (Bloomerang a plus)
  • Experience planning and executing annual fundraising campaigns and sponsorship programs
  • Experience planning and executing fundraising and public-facing events.
  • Organized, proactive, and data-driven
  • Commitment to equity and justice; ability to communicate with empathy and cultural competence

Benefits

  • health, dental, and vision insurance
  • life insurance
  • 401(k) retirement plan
  • three weeks of paid time off
  • paid sick leave
  • 14 annual paid holidays

Job title

Development Director

Job type

Experience level

Lead

Salary

$100,000 - $120,000 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Location requirements

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