Senior Director, Unified Fundraising

Title: Senior
Director, Unified Fundraising
Department: State Capacity Building
Status: Exempt
Reports To: Vice President, State
Development
Positions Reporting to this
Position: None
Location: Flexible (the employee may decide
whether to work remotely and/or from an LCV office)
Travel Requirements: Up to 15%
Union Position: No
Job Classification Level: M-III
Salary Range (depending on
experience): $102,000 – $150,000

General Description:

LCV believes our earth is worth fighting for because
everyone has a right to clean air, water, and a safe, healthy
community. To ensure those rights are protected, we help people use
their power to shape policy, hold politicians and polluters
accountable, and influence elections.

Over 50 years, LCV has grown into a potent political force for
protecting our planet and everyone who inhabits it. We have built a
powerful national movement with 30+ state affiliates, and
grassroots and community organizing programs across the country.
LCV and our state affiliates, collectively called the Conservation
Voters Movement (CVM), have committed to building an anti-racist
national network by advancing racial justice and equity in
everything we do. This organizational work involves an active
process of identifying racism and other interlocking forms of
oppression as they exist in our policies, practices, and
institutions; changing and applying internal policies and power
dynamics in ways that work to eliminate systemic racial inequities;
and, working to change societal policies and power dynamics to
eliminate systemic racial inequities. 

LCV is hiring a Senior Director, Unified Fundraising who will be
responsible for the implementation of a new fundraising pilot
program to foster successful fundraising collaboration between LCV
and a select group of state affiliates. The goal of Unified
Fundraising is to combine fundraising between LCV and participating
state affiliates, resulting in more money from more donors to power
the Conservation Voters Movement. Fundamental to this effort is the
opportunity to pursue anti-racist fundraising.

Our 10 year vision is for all fundraising programs, from
membership to major donors and from foundations to planned giving,
to be unified with state affiliates. We plan to phase the
implementation of the work, starting with institutional/foundation
fundraising; planned giving; mid-level donors; and membership
testing. 

The ideal candidate to lead this transition is an experienced
and effective leader with deep knowledge of establishing and
directing fundraising systems. They are an effective collaborator
and communicator, a creative problem solver, familiar with
principles of racial equity and social justice, and seasoned at
project management.   

Responsibilities:

• Lead the development and launch of the Unified Fundraising
  program, managing and collaborating with senior staff
  cross-departmentally at LCV and at select state
  affiliates. 
• Lead detailed planning and assessment of each of the four pilot
  areas: planned giving, mid-level donors, membership message
  testing, and institutional giving. 
• Lead the development of collaborative communications and
  management systems as well as the development of policies including
  MOUs, donor relations protocols, and revenue sharing across LCV and
  state affiliates.  
• Build and lead the implementation of the “Hub” of centralized
  services that support Unified Fundraising consisting of data,
  research, portfolio development, marketing, legal, and skill
  building. This includes working cross-departmentally to hire new
  staff and consultants at LCV and working in coordination with state
  affiliates. 
• Oversee Unified Fundraising budgeting process, including
  revenue and expenses across multiple entities, including state
  affiliates.
• In collaboration with state affiliate and national staff across
  various teams, manage and evaluate the Unified Fundraising work of
  state and national staff.
• Help integrate and test anti-racist fundraising practices and
  share learnings and progress within LCV and with state
  affiliates.
• Work with the LCV Data team to ensure that data and donor
  management systems are well positioned to manage, analyze, and
  evaluate the work.
• Travel up to 15% of the time for in-state visits with state
  affiliate staff, retreats, training, and conferences, as
  needed.

Qualifications:

• Work Experience: 
  • Required – 8+ years experience
    with fund development operations, including budgeting and
    reporting, staff management, systems development and evaluation.
    Experience managing or directing a fund development
    program. Project management experience, including effectively
    managing across departments and working with other senior
    management leaders. Demonstrated understanding of all fundraising
    programs, including membership, major donors, institutional giving
    and planned giving.
  • Preferred – Experience working
    within an affiliated organizational network, ideally experience
    with collaborative fundraising in the network. Experience
    working with 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4) organizations. Experience
    with strategic planning and launching new initiatives. Demonstrated
    understanding of data management and  experience sharing data
    across systems.

• Skills: Ability to
  manage many details, complicated processes, databases, tracking
  systems and working across teams. Excellent listener and
  communicator. Excellent project management skills. Ability to work
  with different stakeholders to achieve shared goals. Able to work
  effectively at all levels of the organization and with multiple
  stakeholders. Highly detail oriented. Creative and innovative; a
  problem-solver and resourceful during challenging or new
  situations.

• Cultural
  Competence: Demonstrated awareness
  of one’s own cultural identity, views about difference, and the
  ability to learn and build on varying cultural and community norms.
  Commitment to equity and inclusion as organizational practice and
  culture. Understands how environmental issues intersect with
  racism, economic and social inequality in the U.S. and has a
  passion for working to dismantle these systems.

• Working Conditions: This
  job operates in a professional office environment, and routinely
  uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones,
  photocopiers, and audiovisual systems. This position is largely
  sedentary, often standing or sitting for prolonged periods. The
  person in this position frequently communicates with partners and
  must be able to exchange accurate information. Applicants need to
  be located in and legally authorized to work in the United States.
  LCV requires all employees working from our offices or
  participating in in-person meetings or events to be fully
  up-to-date on their COVID-19 vaccinations, subject to reasonable
  accommodation as required by law.

LCV offers a comprehensive and competitive benefits package that
includes vacation, sick and parental leave, personal days, paid
holidays, health insurance (two plan options for staff to choose
from), dental and vision insurance, life and disability insurance
(short- and long-term), Flexible Spending Account, 401(k)
retirement plan with company matching contribution, commuter
benefits program, sabbatical, and student loan assistance.

To
Apply: Send cover letter and resume
to [email protected] with
“Senior Director, Unified Fundraising” in the subject line
by January 29, 2024. No phone calls
please.

LCV is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a
racially just, equitable and inclusive workplace. All qualified
applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard
to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation,
gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or genetic
information, or any other protected status. LCV is committed to
providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation
for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services,
programs, and activities. If you
require reasonable accommodation in completing this application,
interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise
participating in the employee selection process, please
contact [email protected].