Vice President of Development
The Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina is an exciting, challenging, and rewarding place to work. Our vision: No one goes hungry, our Mission: Nourish people. Build solutions. Empower communities. We are an equal opportunity employer and are known for our core values of Respect, Integrity, Compassion, Dedication, Teamwork, and Fun!
At the direction of the President & CEO, the Vice President of Development is responsible for developing and executing comprehensive fundraising strategies and plans in support of The Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina’s mission and goals. The Vice President of Development creates and leads all elements of philanthropy and fundraising and works closely with the Vice President of Communications and Public Policy in promotional aspects and avenues for the organization. This senior leadership position is directly responsible for achieving all fundraising and financial objectives and managing the overall performance of the entire Development team. This includes, but is not limited to, identification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship of individual, corporate, and foundation gifts, including major gifts, planned giving, special events, and direct mail. This position is also responsible for volunteer cultivation and management.
Typical Work Schedule: 8:30am – 5:00pm | Monday – Friday
The Vice President of Development directly manages and leads a team of six (6) individuals at the Director level within Development, Philanthropy Operations, and Volunteer Engagement departments.
Job Responsibilities:
- Strategic Fundraising Leadership: Develop and execute comprehensive fundraising strategies to support the organization’s mission and goals, ensuring alignment with overall organizational strategies.
- Budget Oversight and Data-Driven Decision Making: Develop and manage the Development department’s budget, utilizing data analytics to monitor financial performance, identify trends, and inform strategic decisions, ensuring optimal allocation of resources to achieve fundraising objectives.
- Team Management and Development: Lead and mentor the Development team, fostering a collaborative environment that encourages professional growth and high performance.
- Donor Cultivation, Solicitation, and Stewardship: Identify, cultivate, solicit, and steward relationships with individual donors, corporate partners, and foundations to secure major gifts and grants.
- Collaboration with Communications: Work closely with the Communications and Public Policy departments for direct marketing efforts and public relations strategies.
- Community Engagement: Actively represent the organization within the community, building and maintaining relationships with a broad range of constituents to enhance the organization’s visibility and impact.
- Mission Alignment and Innovation: Ensure all programs and activities reflect the organization’s values and mission, while fostering a culture of innovation and creativity to anticipate and respond to community needs.
- Volunteer Management: Oversee the cultivation and management of volunteers, ensuring their effective integration into organizational initiatives and collaboration across departments.
- Community-Centric Fundraising: Champion community-centric fundraising within the department and organization.
- Technological Proficiency: Utilize technology effectively, including donor databases and other relevant software, to enhance development efforts.
- Executive Leadership: Be an active and engaged participant of the Executive Management Team. Uphold and display organization values. Serve as a positive role model to staff and across the organization with cross functional colleagues. Demonstrated passion for the mission of the organization.
- Board Engagement: Serve on the Board Development Committee and proactively engage with all board members in building strategic relationships that may benefit the organizations development efforts.
Perform other duties as assigned.
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature of the work being performed by people assigned this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree, preferably in Public Relations, Marketing, Journalism, or Communications is required.
- An MPA, MBA or Master of Social Service Administration degree or the equivalent is preferred.
- At least twelve (12) years of progressively responsible experience in fundraising in the non-profit sector, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Fund Raising Leadership: Proven track record leading fundraising initiatives, securing major gifts, capital campaigns, annual fund. Food Bank experience preferred.
- Budget Management: Experience in financial oversight of development budgets, including tracking revenue, managing expenditures, and reporting financial performance.
- Relationship Building: Proven ability to cultivate relationships with key stakeholders, including donors, investors, corporate partners, and community leaders.
- Communication Skills: Exceptional written, verbal, public speaking, and interpersonal abilities.
- Team Leadership: Ability to lead collaboratively with confidence and humility.
- Inclusivity: Possesses relatable lived experiences that connect with diverse staff and stakeholders.
- Board Collaboration: Experience working effectively with nonprofit boards and key stakeholders.
- Analytical Thinking: Employs problem-solving approaches and oversees expenditures to improve resource stewardship.
- Data Proficiency: Skilled in managing and analyzing donor data to enhance fundraising outcomes.
- Technical Skills: Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, particularly PowerPoint and Excel, and fundraising software such as Raiser’s Edge.
- Regional Insight: Understanding of North Carolina’s economic challenges and philanthropic landscape, appreciating rural and urban community differences.
- Valid NC Driver’s license as occasional travel in the service area will be required.
- Must believe in the mission of the organization.
Physical Requirements:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job, with or without accommodation.
- While performing the essential functions of this position, the employee is regularly required to talk, hear, and interact without deliberate impediment (e.g. wearing or listening to headphones, etc.). The employee is often required to sit and use their hands and fingers to handle or feel. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, reach with arms and hands, climb, balance, lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, and to stoop, crouch or crawl.
- Vision abilities required by this job include close vision.
These physical demands are representative of the physical requirements necessary for an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations can be made to enable people with disabilities to perform the described essential functions.
Work Environment:
- While performing the responsibilities of the job, the employee is required to work in an office setting.
- Frequently, the employee will be required to drive an automobile.
- The employee will be required to interact with Food Bank personnel in the warehouse(s). In doing so, the employee will occasionally be exposed to moving mechanical parts and vehicles.
- The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet to moderate.
While performing the responsibilities of the job, these work environment characteristics are representative of the environment the job holder will encounter. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable people with disabilities to perform the described essential functions.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not regard race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, pregnancy, marital status, disability, genetic information, veteran status, sexual orientation or any protected class characteristic when seeking to hire. This practice, in addition to hiring, applies to our recruiting, training, transfers, promotions, job benefits, pay, dismissal practices, social and recreational activities, and any other term or condition of employment.
We care about our employees, our candidates, and our community.
As such, please note that this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
Benefits For You
We help YOU thrive. As a mission-based organization, we believe our team needs great support to help deliver on our work to Nourish People, Build Solutions, and Empower Communities. Our comprehensive benefits package includes:
- Medical, Dental and Vision Plans
- Health Spending Accounts + Employer Contributions
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Paid Time off: including Holidays, Personal, Vacation, and Sick Time
- 403(b) with 5% Match after 90 days
- Paid Parental Leave
- Employee Assistance Program
- 100% Employer paid STD and LTD Insurance
- 100% Employer paid Group Life Insurance
- Voluntary benefits including Accident and Critical Illness
- Business Travel mileage reimbursement
