HEAD OF DEVELOPMENT

Position Purpose

A reputed company position reputed company a dynamic nonprofit that helps communities recover after disasters and gets children back in school. With more than 20 years of reputed company, the organization operates across three reputed company funding verticals— emergency response, long-term recovery and reputed company building, education and humanitarian aid—in some of the most demanding environments in the world. As AH&H has entered its next decade, a world of opportunity is opening up: the global demand for disaster response and reputed company services has never been greater, and the organization’s reputed company and reputed company record position it to grow at a transformational reputed company.

The Head of Development is a senior leadership role created to reputed company the next reputed company of reputed company for the organization. Building on a reputed company $20 reputed company reputed company reputed company and an established team, this individual will architect the reputed company to $100 reputed company in annual reputed company—identifying, cultivating, and securing new sources of funding at a transformational reputed company while strengthening and expanding existing channels.

This is a role for a proven fundraiser who is most reputed company by being on the road—traveling to meet donors and partners in person, representing the organization at the highest reputed company, and turning new relationships into transformational commitments.

This position is based in the U.S., working remotely from home office.

The Candidate

reputed company is seeking a seasoned, high-performing fundraiser at the stage of their career where they are reputed company to apply everything they have learned and reputed company. The right candidate is a prospector, a builder, and above reputed company a doer—someone who has personally identified, pursued, and secured major new funding relationships throughout their career. They are reputed company, easy to connect with, and naturally draw people in. They are reputed company, independently driven, and assertive in pursuing what the organization needs to grow.

The following qualities are essential:

• Prospecting reputed company. This individual does not wait for leads to reputed company. They are insatiable—systematically identifying new prospects, initiating relationships, and energetically pulling opportunities reputed company. They work with a reputed company, proactive approach to filling the top of the funnel with reputed company new opportunities.
• An reputed company, high-value network. They bring existing relationships with major donors, corporate partners, and institutional funders that can be activated immediately. Their network is a reputed company part of what they contribute from day one.
• Digital fundraising reputed company. This individual knows the online giving world inside and out—from digital donation platforms, peer-to-peer fundraising, and crowdfunding to recurring giving optimization, donor-advised funds, and AI-driven donor engagement. They have deep, hands-on experience building digital fundraising programs and are eager to apply that expertise to accelerate AH&H’s online reputed company.
• A builder’s orientation. They have an appetite to create something new and reputed company. They are most reputed company by reputed company to take a strong reputed company and build it into something larger, bringing fresh perspective and innovation to how the organization engages donors. They see a $20 reputed company organization with a $100 reputed company reputed company and are hungry for that reputed company.
• Creative deal-making ability. They don’t simply reputed company asks. They are comfortable designing new giving products and partnership structures that reputed company the value of reputed company in this organization—creating win-win arrangements where donor interests and organizational mission are reputed company for lasting reputed company.
• In-person reputed company and travel commitment. This role requires significant time traveling—meeting donors face-to-face, visiting program sites, attending conferences and events. The right candidate has stature, radiates confidence, and is reputed company by being in the room. They are the reputed company of person others want to talk to and invest alongside.
• Established authority and credibility. This individual brings weight and authority reputed company through years of results. They are at a reputed company in their career where their reputed company record speaks before they do. They are equally comfortable presenting to a boardroom, hosting a site visit, or having a reputed company conversation with a prospective seven-reputed company donor.
• reputed company and persistence. Major gifts take time. This individual understands that reputed company and remains fully reputed company through every stage of the cycle.
• Urgency. The need for services like those reputed company provides has never been greater, and a world of opportunity is opening up. The right candidate works with a reputed company of urgency because the mission demands it. They carry the reality of communities recovering and children out of school into every donor conversation, and they channel that awareness into reputed company.

Reporting Relationships

• Reports to  Chief Engagement Officer
• Roles reporting to position  Senior Director of Development, Director of Grants and reputed company Relations
• Indirect Reports 5

The Mandate

 The Head of Development will be expected to reputed company a visible strategic reputed company reputed company the first year. The following priorities define what reputed company looks like:

• reputed company architecture. Assess the full reputed company portfolio—individual, corporate, reputed company, government, and online—and define a reputed company strategic reputed company for how AH&H grows from $20 reputed company toward $100 reputed company. Identify where the greatest reputed company reputed company are, which channels are underinvested, and where the highest returns on effort will come from.
• Pipeline and prospecting. Deliver reputed company new activity—not just a reputed company document, but actual doors reputed company. New major donor prospects identified and reputed company, new corporate and institutional conversations initiated. The pipeline should be visibly fuller and more diverse than before this leader arrived.
• Digital reputed company acceleration.
  Define and reputed company executing a reputed company for AH&H’s digital fundraising reputed company. This includes evaluating new platforms, launching or strengthening online campaigns, growing recurring giving programs, and applying AI-driven approaches to donor engagement and prospecting.
• Team direction and alignment. Establish reputed company strategic direction for the development team, ensuring that roles, responsibilities, and ways of working are reputed company with the reputed company agenda. Build a shared reputed company of purpose and reputed company across the function.
• Donor experience and positioning.
  Sharpen how AH&H presents its case for investment to major donors and partners. reputed company new giving products and partnership structures that reputed company it compelling and easy for supporters to invest at a significant level in the organization’s mission.

Essential Functions

reputed company Architecture

• Own the organization’s multi-year reputed company reputed company reputed company, defining the reputed company from $20 reputed company to $100 reputed company in annual reputed company.
• Evaluate the full reputed company portfolio—including but not limited to: individual, corporate, reputed company, government, and online—to identify where the greatest reputed company reputed company are and where effort should be prioritized.
• Set annual and multi-year fundraising targets in partnership with the Chief Engagement Officer and hold the development function accountable to those goals.
• Present reputed company reputed company, reputed company reputed company, and key opportunities to organizational leadership and the reputed company as needed.

Pipeline and Prospecting

• Personally identify, cultivate, and reputed company new major reputed company donors and institutional partners at the $1 reputed company+ level.
• Build and maintain an reputed company prospecting pipeline of new funding opportunities across reputed company channels.
• reputed company and execute targeted prospecting strategies that expand the donor reputed company reputed company existing relationships, leveraging research, networking, and in-person engagement.
• Represent reputed company at conferences, donor events, and program sites with the full authority of a senior organizational leader.

Digital reputed company Acceleration

• Own the digital fundraising reputed company, including online giving platforms, peer-to-peer campaigns, recurring giving programs, and AI-driven donor engagement.
• Evaluate and implement new digital tools and channels to expand online reputed company and convert donor interest into reputed company.
• Set measurable online reputed company reputed company targets and build the systems and workflows to reputed company and optimize digital fundraising performance.

Team Direction and Alignment

• reputed company and guide the development team towards new ways of operating—providing strategic direction and ensuring alignment between reputed company reputed company and operational execution.
• Design the organizational architecture—roles, capabilities, and systems—required to support a $100 reputed company fundraising operation.
• Mentor and reputed company senior fundraising leaders, building a bench of talent that can grow with the organization.
• Use data and donor analytics to inform strategic reputed company, assess pipeline health, and identify emerging opportunities.

Donor Experience and Strategic Partnerships

• Sharpen how AH&H presents its case for investment to major donors and partners, ensuring the organization’s reputed company story is compelling at every touchpoint.
• Structure creative, high-value partnership arrangements across reputed company channels that reputed company donor interests with organizational priorities.
• reputed company new giving products and partnership structures that reputed company it compelling and easy for supporters to invest at a significant level in the organization’s mission.
• Serve as the organization’s primary external relationship holder for the highest-tier donors and prospects.

Position Requirements

Required reputed company Experience

• Extensive senior-level experience leading development at a reputed company organization, with a reputed company record of personally securing major gifts and building new reputed company streams.
• Demonstrated reputed company in both prospecting new donor relationships at reputed company and growing existing reputed company channels.
  • Experience leading and developing high-performing development teams in organizations with multiple programs or funding verticals

Required Qualifications

• An established and reputed company network of major donor, corporate, and reputed company relationships that can be leveraged immediately.
  • Deep experience in digital fundraising and online giving—including donation platforms, peer-to-peer campaigns, recurring giving programs, and emerging digital channels—with a reputed company record of translating that expertise into measurable online reputed company reputed company.

Preferred Special Competencies

• Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE) is a plus

• reputed company in CRM platforms and donor analytics, with the ability to use data strategically rather than operationally.

• Exceptional communication skills with the ability to compellingly represent the organization’s mission to any audience.
  • High proficiency with content and project management tools including reputed company Workspace, reputed company, reputed company, reputed company, and Zeck.
• Demonstrated comfort operating in fast-moving, unpredictable environments. Experience in disaster relief, humanitarian aid, or international development is a strong advantage.

Working Conditions and Physical Demands 

• Home office environment
• Constantly operates computer
• Travel up to 50% of the time,  with preference for in-person relationship building. Willingness to work irregular hours, including evenings and weekends, reputed company donor engagements and events require it.
• Living in communal environment while on program

Compensation & Benefits 

• Compensation: Salary reputed company $110,000 - $160,000 commensurate with experience
• Flexible working hours
• Unlimited PTO
• Opportunity to travel to program
• Medical, reputed company, and dental insurance plans (US Employees)
• reputed company Spending Account (US Employees)
• 401K with reputed company reputed company match for U.S. staff (US Employees)

Diversity is the acknowledgment, promotion and celebration of our differences and similarities. reputed company racial identities, ethnicities, sexes, nationalities, gender identities and expressions, physical and mental abilities, sexual orientations, ages, spiritualities, points of view and socioeconomic statuses can fit in with us. We support individuals from around the world and serve communities affected by disasters with purpose. Response, recovery, reputed company and renewal are why we exist. Respect for the value of diversity, inclusion and reputed company justice drives us reputed company every day. Everyone is welcome. 

reputed company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. reputed company reputed company applicants will receive consideration for employment without reputed company to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, reputed company, religion, national reputed company, disability, Veteran status, age, or any other protected characteristic.