Overview
Development Director/GO Jobs in Baltimore, Maryland, USA at EPIP
Position: Development Director (LET’S GO)
Since 2009, LET’S GO Boys & Girls (LET’S GO) has been engaging and supporting elementary and middle school students in high-qualitySTEM educationprograms in order to
1) break the cycle of poverty and
2) increase the number of STEM professionals from urban underserved communities. In partnership with schools and youth organizations, LET’S GO engages youth and families from low income/high-risk neighborhoods inhands-on, minds-on STEM programs.
LET’S GO seeks its first-ever Director of Development (DD) to join theleadershipteam. Reporting to our Executive Director, the DD will bring a passion for our issues paired with a high level of expertise and strategic thinking to drive revenue and build long-term and exponential growth opportunities for LET’S GO over the next decade.
WHY YOU WANT THIS JOB:
Just like everyone at LET’S GO Boys & Girls, you believe if youth from low income/high risk communities participate and persist in high-quality STEM learning experiences in elementary and middle school, they will, in the long-term, graduate from high school on time and in high standing, complete post-secondary school, enter the workforce in professional STEM and STEM related jobs, and achieve economic prosperity for themselves and their families.
You also believe in the adage: “What gets measured, gets managed” and are able to hold yourself accountable to partners, funders, and your team members as you lead the fundraising efforts and help LET’S GO deliver its mission.
HOW YOU WILL DO THE JOB:
Working 40 hours a week in the DC Metro area, you will be the lead strategist and project manager of LET’S GO’s roughly $620,000 philanthropic revenue portfolio. The Director of Development is both a strategic and tactical position and is responsible for developing, executing, and analyzing LET’S GO’s annual development plan, as well as representing LET’S GO to individual and institutional donors.
In addition, the DD will manage, build, and execute LET’S GO’s grant writing and reporting process. Finally, the DD will be responsible for analyzing and fine-tuning communications, ensuring LET’S GO is optimizing its messaging at every opportunity.
This position will work out of their home in the DC or MD area as well as all LET’S GO’s locations which currently include:
Programming Locations in Baltimore City, Anne Arundel County and SE & NW DC
Primary Responsibilities:
Collaborate with and support the organization’s overallleadershipas a member of LET’S GO’leadershipteam
Serve as a staff leader and development liaison to the LET’S GO’s Board of Directors
Manage and execute the organization’s annual development and stewardship plans to achieve annual revenue goals and to generate funding to support the programmatic operations of LET’S GO
Update existing development and stewardship plans with new ideas, industry best practices, and data-driven analysis
Ensure a robust gift pipeline big enough to hit annual revenue goals by actively managing prospective and current donors, foundations and other funders solicited via proposals, grant applications, multiple appeals, and other fundraising activities
Foundation and Corporation Relations:
Manage relationships with existing foundations/corporations
Author compelling grant proposals and complete grant reporting processes in a timely and efficient manner
Research and develop relationships with poten…
Title: Development Director/GO
Company: EPIP
Location: Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Category: Non-Profit, Management
