Director of Fundraising and Development

Position
Title:              Director
of Fundraising and Development

Location:                     Global
Surgical Expedition tendersglobal.net Glen Allen, VA 

Direct
Supervisor:      Executive
Director

 

We are seeking an engaging, motivated individual to
serve as Director of Fundraising and Development and play a vital
role on the fast-growing founding leadership team of Global
Surgical Expedition. This position collaborates with the Executive
Director and Board of Directors and reports directly to the
Executive Director. The Director will set and achieve annual and
long-range fundraising goals, measuring progress throughout the
year to ensure success. The ideal candidate is experienced in
fundraising, comfortable managing multiple simultaneous projects
and deadlines, familiar with the pace and strategy of a startup
organization, and excited to use fundraising and communication
skills to help changes lives across the world. 

 

JOB DUTIES

Fundraising and Stewardship

·      Develop and implement an
overall fund development plan and strategy to achieve GSE’s long
and short-term financial goals.

·      Identify,
cultivate, and steward relationships with individual major donors,
corporate sponsors, foundations, and other potential funding
partners.

·      Prepare
materials about major donors in advance of donor cultivation
meetings involving GSE leadership.

·      Oversees creation of
donor-related materials including print and electronic appeals,
stewardship communication, and meeting packets.

·      Make fundraising pitches
and requests for support, spending significant time developing
relationships and cultivating donors regionally, including a
measurable number of face-to-face visits with donor prospects to
solicit major gifts.

·      Facilitate
Major Gifts Committee plans and infrastructure.

·      Ensure
oversight and updates to GSE’s CRM (Donorview) for contact records
as well as grants management processes.

·      Process
donations including CRM entries, acknowledgement letters, and
stewardship processes.

·      Identify
and apply for grant funding opportunities, oversee creation of
related application

content, and update GSE grant solicitation database.

 

Communications 

·      Working with communications
consultant, develop and execute on an overall plan and strategy to
support fundraising objectives. Maintain a robust year-round
calendar that engages multiple audiences from donors to patients to
partners.

·      Executes regular social
media, print, and video-driven marketing campaigns to advance
organization awareness and initiatives.

·      Develops and oversees
development of agency collateral designed to communicate brand
identity and effectiveness, such as printed annual impact report,
event invitations, sponsorship packets, website, and other
video-based, cross-generational needs. Photo and video editing
proficiency.

 

SKILLS REQUIRED

Experience

 ·      At
least five years of relevant professional experience with specific
focus on fundraising and donor engagement is required. Additional
experience in business development, non-profit management, and
communications is preferred.

·      Bachelor’s degree
required.

·      Personal record of
success in reaching and exceeding fundraising and/or organizational
development (financial) goals.

·      Proven ability to
establish objectives, set performance standards, and organize and
motivate peers and volunteers to achieve goals.

·      Position located in
Glen Allen, Virginia (with some flexibility for remote working
available).

·      Proficient in
Microsoft Suite of products.

·      Skills:
organization, relationship management, basic analytics, written and
verbal communication, demonstrated project management,
organization, prioritization skills.

 

About GSE

Global Surgical Expedition was created in 2012 to help improve
access to surgical care for the 50% of our world’s population that
lacks basic surgical care. As a result, men, women, and children
suffer the death and disability caused by disease that could be
treated with one surgery. We do this through a comprehensive
approach focused on four pillars: delivering surgeries and surgical
infrastructure, education, research, and advocacy. To date, we have
provided over 600 surgeries to men, women, and children in Central
America and Africa and are growing our reach each year. This role
will be critical to the success of the organization and our mission
to ensure that we all have access to critical surgical care.