Vice President Donor Relations
The Vice President Donor Relations is responsible for securing sufficient funds to operate, expand, and endow the Florida Sheriffs Youth Ranches, Inc programs. The Vice President Donor Relations initiates, manages, and evaluates all current/deferred gift programs and promotes public support for the Youth Ranches through various means of communication.
The Vice President Donor Relations is directly responsible to the President and is a member of the Main Office administrative team.
This position is not eligible for overtime pay.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
The following duties and responsibilities are given as examples of the various types of work performed in this position. Other duties and responsibilities may be assigned.
Provide a clear vision and leadership for the statewide donor relations team in an effort to meet the overall financial development objectives.
Provides risk management and supervision for the statewide donor relations team by coordinating, advising, motivating, training and evaluating employees.
Knows and interprets the mission of the agency to the public through the various media, publications, and verbal communication.
Acquires and cultivates charitable gifts through direct mail, payroll deduction and various other methods.
Provides appropriate donor recognition opportunities by ensuring various awards and other tokens of appreciation are available as needed.
Recommends, implements, and evaluates strategies for increasing current and deferred gift support (particularly wills, gift annuities and charitable trusts) from the various Youth Ranches donor sources; assumes ultimate responsibility for the accuracy of various calculations pertaining to deferred gifts and compliance related to various charitable solicitation laws.
Provides regular analysis and feedback of fundraising efforts.
Develops and manages various agency publications and produces promotional, informational or appreciation items.
Coordinates and schedules all fundraising special events.
Develops and maintains an agency-wide Crisis Management Policy and is alert to potential crisis situations that may adversely affect the Youth Ranches.
Reviews special gift agreements, endowments, scholarships and restricted funds to ensure they are formatted in accordance with donor wishes and agency needs.
Works with the Vice President of Programs and Vice President of Finance in the administration of designated funds.
Ensures the procurement and purchasing of items for areas of responsibility in accordance with agency purchasing policy and procedures.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS
Master's degree with at least 10 years of fundraising and development experience in progressively responsible leadership positions.
Strong background managing all aspects of fundraising, including high net worth
individuals, foundation and corporate relations, direct mail, and social media.
Experience creating budgets and forecasting revenue.
Proficiency with fundraising applications using available data to perform
comprehensive donor data analysis and reporting.
Strong understanding of data utilization and management, as well as the effective
use of fundraising data for strategic operations and decision-making.
Experience supervising and managing a diverse and geographically distributed
team with demonstrated ability to work collaboratively, delegate responsibility, inspire, engage and motivate staff.
Job Type: Full-timePay: $80,000 Annually
Benefits:
401(k) Plan with up to 4% company match
Annual Leave and Sick Leave
Holidays
Company Paid Long Term Disability
Company Paid Life Insurance
Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
Employee Assistance Program
Health Savings Account, Supplemental Life Insurance, Short Term Disability and Aflac Products Available
We have a very extensive and strict background screening process. We are an equal opportunity employer and a drug free workplace.