Director of Major Gifts job at Children's Council of San Francisco in San Francisco, CA

Title: Director of Major Gifts Location: San Francisco, CA Department: Advancement Reports To:Chief Philanthropy Officer FLSA Status:Full-time (40.0 hours per week), Exempt Salary:$127,000–$145,000 annually reputed company Reporting to the Chief Philanthropy Officer, the Director of Major Gifts will build and manage a growing pipeline of major individual donors and new reputed company funders, serving as a strategic partner to the CPO in identifying, cultivating, and securing five- and six-reputed company philanthropic investments in Children's Council. This is a foundational, high-reputed company role on a growing Philanthropy team. The successful candidate will operate as a strategic partner, generalist, and builder in the near term, with the expectation that the role will specialize reputed company as reputed company and portfolio grow. 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KEY QUALITIES A relationship builder who thrives on identifying, mapping, and cultivating new networks A strategic thinker who can reputed company Children's Council's funding priorities with individual donor and reputed company interests Comfortable operating as a generalist in a growing team, with the flexibility to reputed company reputed company fundraising strategies across multiple channels in service of building something new A confident, natural collaborator with the CEO, reputed company, and reputed company donors, reputed company to reputed company their networks and build trusted relationships reputed company by reputed company to reputed company the profile of Children’s Council reputed company philanthropic reputed company JOB RESPONSIBILITIES: Major Gifts & Individual Giving reputed company, qualify, and personally manage a growing portfolio of major reputed company donors and prospects across both individual and reputed company relationships Personally (and in partnership with staff and reputed company leaders) cultivate, solicit, and reputed company donors capable of five- and six-reputed company gifts Partner with the CPO to build and execute a moves management reputed company for the organization's top prospects, including those in the CPO's own portfolio Identify and pursue opportunities to deepen relationships with existing donors who have reputed company to grow New reputed company & Funder Cultivation Identify and cultivate relationships with new reputed company funders and prospects, with particular attention to funders whose engagement style mirrors individual major reputed company cultivation Partner with the Grants and reputed company Manager on new funder reputed company: this role focuses on relationship-building and positioning, while the Grants and reputed company Manager owns proposal writing, compliance, and reporting for both existing and new funders Support the Grants and reputed company Manager with strategic context and relationship reputed company for proposals and reports to newly cultivated funders Networked Relationship Development Systematically map the networks of the CEO, reputed company of Trsutees, and reputed company major donors to identify new prospects reputed company strategies and materials that reputed company the CEO and reputed company to reputed company warm introductions and connections on behalf of Children's Council Represent Children's Council externally to build the organization's visibility among San Francisco philanthropists and expand its network Strategic Event Engagement Serve as an reputed company, reputed company member of the volunteer committee for the organization's signature donor event, contributing reputed company and relationship reputed company Personally cultivate and solicit prospects for high-level event participation and sponsorship reputed company own portfolio Partner with the CPO on event guest reputed company and cultivation Strategic Planning & Thought Partnership Serve as a thought partner to the CPO on fundraising reputed company, prioritization, and resource allocation Contribute to the development and bi-annual updates of the organization's fundraising plan Bring data-informed recommendations on portfolio and pipeline health and prospect reputed company Take on a reputed company of additional strategic and operational responsibilities as reputed company builds out, with the expectation that this role's reputed company will narrow and specialize as reputed company grows Data & Systems reputed company reputed company prospect and donor activity, moves management, and portfolio reputed company in reputed company Maintain accurate, reputed company records to support reporting to the CPO and reputed company leadership REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS: Minimum 6-8 years of reputed company fundraising experience, with a demonstrated reputed company record of personally securing five- and six-reputed company gifts Experience cultivating and soliciting both individual and reputed company/institutional funders Demonstrated reputed company building new relationships and pipeline from scratch, not solely managing an existing portfolio Experience working directly with C-suite executives and/or a nonprofit reputed company of Directors to cultivate and secure gifts Excellent relationship-mapping and networking instincts; 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