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Associate Director of Partnership Development, Fundraising Industry

Employer
KaBOOM!
Location
District of Columbia, United States
Salary
$80,000.00 - $90,000.00
Closing date
Jul 2, 2022

KABOOM! is looking for a passionate, goal-oriented Associate Director to join the Partnership Development Team. An integral member of the team, the Associate Director will diversify our funding base by securing support from new regional and state-focused private foundations, corporations, family foundations, with a focus on securing unrestricted funding. This position provides great opportunity for growth and professional development for someone with the natural talent for building relationships, sensing opportunities, and securing grants and large gifts. As a front-line fundraiser, the Associate Director will have a strong sense of direction, steering funder conversations towards multi-year opportunities, effectively implementing fundraising campaigns and other sustainable growth strategies. This position plays a vital role in our fundraising strategy, by focusing on securing unrestricted funding, and working across departments to develop and secure partnerships that advance our mission of ending playspace inequity for good.

Racial equity and community responsiveness is at the center of our work and the ideal candidate will have a shared passion for joining the racial justice movement to address inequitable access to playspaces in communities impacted by structural racism. Interested candidates are encouraged to highlight their experience working to advance social impact issues that intersect or directly impact the lives of children, such as education, public health, housing, early learning, disaster recovery, neighborhood revitalization, and park access. Candidates with experience working alongside Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC), with a proven ability to lead and co-create partnerships with key stakeholders serving these communities, are strongly encouraged to apply.

Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Develop and implement effective fundraising strategies that help advance our mission to close the playspace equity gap and reach our annual revenue goal of $20M+
  • Secure five- and six-figure grant opportunities with new funders, with a focus on securing unrestricted gifts
  • Create compelling proposals, pitch presentations, applications, and other materials, as needed, in support of funder solicitation
  • Collaborate with KABOOM! colleagues to develop program/project concepts that can secure new foundation or corporate funding
  • Stay abreast of philanthropic trends and proactively identify funding opportunities in the private sectors
  • Develop a deep understanding of KABOOM!’s community-build and community engagement models, process and partnership guidelines, and overall due diligence procedures
  • Actively contribute to our equity-informed and inclusive work environment by promoting practices that support racial equity and belonging
  • Fully embrace our organizational values of partnership, humility, equity, play and accountability

Education and Experience Required:

  • Bachelor's degree and a minimum of six (6) years of experience in grant writing, prospect research, general fundraising
  • Proven experience in building new funder relationships and growing a portfolio of +$3M; experience executing effective fundraising campaigns or major donor strategies a plus
  • Strong writing skills, with an exceptional ability to develop compelling proposals and cases for support that align with funder priorities
  • Strong and persuasive oral, interpersonal and presentation skills with the ability to effectively interface with staff, community leaders and senior level executives
  • Proven ability to thrive in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial setting with aggressive deadlines, management of multiple priorities and projects at once, while balancing long-term goals with daily demands
  • A sharp mind, top-notch critical thinking and organizational capabilities, adept at quickly absorbing information from various angles, always keeping an eye on the big picture while maintaining superior attention to detail
  • High level of integrity, trust and accountability along with excellent judgment and common sense as well as the right blend of professional confidence with a keen sense of diplomacy
  • Collaborative, team-oriented work style with self-motivation and drive to get the job done with little supervision
  • Enthusiastically contributes to “big picture” thinking
  • Good sense of humor, positive attitude, collaborative, team player
  • Salesforce platform experience highly desired
  • Expertise in Microsoft Office Suite: Word, Excel, and PowerPoint a plus
  • Bilingual Spanish-English candidates strongly preferred, but not required

 

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