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Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center · 16 hours ago

Chief Development Officer

Houston, TX

Full-time

Onsite

Lead/Staff, Director/Executive

5+ years exp

Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center is seeking a Chief Development Officer (CDO) to lead their fundraising and development initiatives. The CDO will design and implement comprehensive strategies to enhance philanthropic efforts and work closely with the executive leadership team to cultivate donor relationships and inspire investment in the organization.

Non-profit Organization Management

Hiring Manager

Michelle Vercher, MS

Responsibilities

Develop and implement a comprehensive development plan and strategies to further fundraising efforts and capacity for the ERJCC. This includes annual fundraising and appeal, special fundraising events, corporate sponsorship, planned giving and endowment and grant maintenance and procurement

Implement appropriate plans and strategies to achieve goals

Write and develop proposals, materials, solicitation letters, invitations and other fundraising materials

Create a variety of collateral pieces as needed in partnership with the marketing department

Direct solicitation of gifts

Develop and implement comprehensive donor stewardship plan

Track and report metrics for various development initiatives

Collaborate with direct reports, support staff and volunteers to implement and execute planned strategies

Manage existing grants to include tracking metrics and outcomes, developing internal reporting system, maintaining historical records and working with staff to ensure that each project/program is meeting proposal conditions, expectations and deadlines

Perform prospect research on foundations and corporations to evaluate and identify new potential grant opportunities and liaise with program staff on submission of grants

Identify, cultivate, solicit and/or steward prospective and existing donors

Identify, cultivate, solicit and/or steward prospective and existing corporate sponsors/partners

Develop long range plan and strategies for planned giving and endowment

Manage a portfolio of prospects and actively develop prospect list to grow donor portfolio

Work collaboratively with Development team and other Evelyn Rubenstein JCC staff and volunteers

Stay current on local and regional fundraising climates and trends

Perform other reasonable duties as assigned

Attend donor and stewardship events as required

Engage and attend to donor needs

Meet and interact with members, guests and donors

Serve as a resource for philanthropic appeals and avenues of giving within the J

Serve as a member of the Evelyn Rubenstein JCC Executive Leadership team

Attend staff meetings

Participate in agency-wide in-service training programs

Participate in agency-wide open houses/program registrations/special events and programs as required

Always serve as a positive representation of the Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center

Qualification

Fundraising strategyDonor stewardshipGrant managementSalesforceMicrosoft Office SuiteOral communicationWritten communicationTime managementOrganizational skillsTeamwork

Required

Minimum requirement of a Bachelor's Degree with a Master's Degree preferred

5-7 years of related fundraising and development experience

Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)

Knowledge and experience with management and donor stewardship software with preference for Salesforce

Prior supervisory and management experience

Excellent oral and written communication skills

Must be detail-oriented, able to prioritize and multitask with the capability handle multiple individual requests

Time management and organizational skills to meet deadlines

Willingness to be flexible and available to work occasional evenings and weekend as required for special events and donor cultivation

Willingness to perform reasonable job tasks not part of immediate job responsibilities but significant in maintaining member satisfaction and achieving position and agency goals