Vice President of Development

About the Organization:

One World Surgery (OWS) is a nonprofit organization with the
vision of a world committed to safe, timely and accessible surgical
care. Our mission is to ignite the spirit of service and transform
lives by providing access to high-quality surgical care globally.
OWS funds and operates the world-class Holy Family Surgery Center
in Honduras and construction for a second site in the Dominican
Republic is nearing completion. Our nonprofit is dedicated to
helping thousands of underserved patients receive surgical and
primary care and helping hundreds of physicians, nurses and others
contribute to making a positive impact in global health. With the
support of more than 100 global teammates, One World Surgery hosted
over 50 medical missions and 1,500 volunteers in Honduras and the
Dominican Republic in 2023.

One World Surgery has a strong mission-oriented and values-based
culture with passionate and highly engaged teammates across the
Dominican Republic, Honduras, and the United States.

We embody the spirit of service and seek to learn and
continuously improve to expand our impact on patients, volunteers,
and communities. We foster supportive working environments where
teammates can utilize their skills and grow professionally. We
regularly connect as a global team to celebrate personal and
organizational milestones.

 

Position Summary:

The Vice President (VP) of Development provides strategic
direction and oversight and implementation for all fundraising and
communication initiatives. They are responsible for meeting diverse
revenue goals and ensuring long-term strategic growth and
mission-aligned communications. Leading the Development team, this
position develops and implements a robust annual fundraising plan.
Key priorities for the next 12-24 months include broadening and
retaining donors at all levels of giving and developing a plan to
increase annual revenue from $8M to $10M within the next three
years.

The leader that fills this role is a highly-experienced
nonprofit development professional with demonstrated fundraising
success. The individual should have both strategic-level and
tactical thinking abilities, experience managing a high-performing
team, influence and consensus building acumen, and a passion for
One World Surgery’s mission and values.

 

Reports to: CEO

Supervises: Development Division

 

Major Responsibilities:

• Manages, coaches, and develops a growing team responsible for
  achieving annual revenue and communication goals in a manner
  consistent with our values & culture
• Serves on the leadership team contributing to organizational
  strategy and leading reporting on the development division’s annual
  plan both internally and to the Board of Directors
• Develops a comprehensive development and fundraising strategy
  that includes but is not limited to individual donors, corporate
  partnerships, events, grant sources, and foundations

• Accountable for the team’s achievement of revenue targets;
  establishes division’s annual goals and objectives and is
  accountable for ensuring that goals and objectives are met
• Oversees all fundraising initiatives such as corporate and
  workplace giving, grants, major gifts, individual giving, events,
  and new fundraising opportunities
  • Leads the development of relationships and engagement of target
    partners, corporations, individuals, and grants
  • Enhances donor recognition and retention, increases reach and
    penetration of workplace campaigns within existing partners, and
    cultivates new corporate partnerships
  • Advances fundraising opportunities including foundation grants,
    individual giving, event revenue, and other fundraising
    vehicles
  • Manages and personally solicits a portfolio of major gift
    donors and/or corporate partners, and coordinates the cultivation
    of new prospects
• Creates and implements a multi-channel marketing and external
  communications strategy that increases engagement; supervises the
  Communications Manager and ensures all day-to-day and routine
  communication, social media, website and marketing duties are being
  carried out to brand standards and in alignment with the strategic
  plan
• Monitors financial expenditures and progress to budget and
  takes appropriate measures to meet top and bottom-line goals
  ensuring a high return on investment; partners with the Finance
  team to ensure all donations and pledge processing are handled to
  the highest levels of stewardship, accuracy, and security
• Collaborates with Finance team to ensure accuracy in donor and
  gift records, reporting and audit compliance

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree with at least 10 years fundraising experience
  developing strategies that includes but is not limited to
  individual giving, corporate partnerships, grant sources, and
  foundations
• Has a proven record of raising at least $8M+/year
• Demonstrated creativity in developing successful multiple
  philanthropic lines and donor stewardship
• Experience in small to large scale fund development events
• Ability to build, influence and engage a wide range of donors
  and long-term relationships; extraordinary verbal and written
  communication skills
• Experience building and managing high-impact teams, both direct
  reports and cross- functionally, that deliver measurable
  fundraising growth
• Experience developing and leveraging donor data from a donor
  relations CRM system to drive donor strategy and to assist with
  recognition, engagement, and stewardship
• Experience executing communication strategies
• Strategic and analytical thinking, strong capability for
  project management
• Excitement for and experience in adaptive change management;
  tackles ambiguity with innovative attitude
• Highly empathetic, collegial, and service-oriented
• Has proficient knowledge of nonprofit GAAP accounting, revenue
  recognition, and restricted/unrestricted net assets
• Enthusiasm to travel, locally and globally, to manage
  relationships internally and externally; up to 15% required

Location: Fully remote. Candidates must be
located in the United States within 30 miles of a major
international airport. Preference for candidates located in Denver,
CO or Twin Cities, MN.