Director Development for Corporate & Foundation Relations

Director Development for Corporate & Foundation Relations

Full time | Sloan Professional Services, LLC | USA

Posted On 04/20/2015

Job Information

Work Experience: 5 years

City: Los Angeles

State/Province: CA

Job Description

Sloan Professional Services is performing a retained search for a Director of Development to grow and sustain corporate and foundation support for one of its top clients.

1. Your goal is to establish the facility among the world’s most preeminent research facilities.
2. Plan and execute strategies to identify, cultivate, and solicit corporate and foundation prospects.
3. Oversee all required stewardship activities, including acknowledging and reporting on grants.
4. Manage a dynamic portfolio of prospects and grow the prospect pool.
5. Build strong relationships with corporate and foundation representatives and influencers.
6. Travel for face-to-face meetings.
7. Respectfully utilize company networks to increase support for the campaign.
8. Author proposals for and secure grants of $100,000+.
9. Identify substantial investment opportunities for corporations and foundations.
10. Build relationships with decision-makers.
11. Develop strategic partnerships between funders and senior management.
12. Coordinate corporate and foundation grant-seeking activities.
13. Drive collaborative development and implementation of cultivation strategies for key funders.
14. Arrange for and accompany management team members on visits with funders.
15. Contribute to the constituent database to ensure current and complete donor records.
16. Utilize the prospect management system.
17. Ensure compliance with gifting policies as well as laws and regulations governing charitable giving.
18. Evaluate and report the efficacy and ROI of corporate and foundation relations activities.

Skills Required

1. MINIMUM of 5 years experience fundraising in a major campaign environment: research facility, biotech, or institution preferred.
2. A strong track record of securing corporate and foundation investments.
3. Possess documented success building and/or growing a corporate and foundation relations program.
4. Proven success record of securing corporate and foundation investments of more than $100,000.
5. Demonstrated success in grant-writing.
6. Strong research skills.
7. Sound judgment and integrity.
8. Understanding of best practices and emerging trends in corporate and foundation relations.
9. Willingness to test new approaches and take appropriate risks.
10. Personal energy and enthusiasm and the ability to energize and motivate others.
11. High-level user of Microsoft Office applications and constituent databases.

Please reply with both a resume and cover letter for consideration for this position.

Very detailed interviews are required where you must give support that you have performed each of the above responsibilities and requirements. Therefore, if you haven’t done each of the above items please do not apply.