Senior Officer

Requisition ID: req992

Job Title: Senior Officer

Sector: Fundraising

Employment Category: Regular

Employment Type: Full-Time

Location: USA-Global - Roving

Job Description Background/IRC Summary: The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world's worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the IRC offers lifesaving care and life-changing assistance to refugees forced to flee from war or disaster. At work today in over 40 countries and 28 U.S. cities, we restore safety, dignity and hope to millions who are uprooted and struggling to endure. The IRC leads the way from harm to home.

IRC's Global Partnerships and Philanthropy (GPP) department is responsible for the global delivery of the International Rescue Committee's private sector resources (financially contributing circa USD200m per annum, as well as key partnerships and influence that support our mission), and plays an important strategic role in the creation of IRC's brand, awareness and support for its advocacy goals.

The IRC's strategy centers on its ambition to continue to improve the scale and effectiveness of IRC programs worldwide with evidence of what works best to impact people's lives in conflict and fragile settings. GPP comprises colleagues and teams delivering marketing, account management, leadership gifts, board liaison, corporate partnerships, brand stewardship and communications to support this work. These colleagues are primarily located in the USA at present - but IRC plans to significantly expand its global fundraising footprint. Other colleagues within IRC are also deeply engaged with private funding & partners - in particular within Europe, US Resettlement and field programmes - and we need to work in close integrated collaboration to ensure best use of resources and highest impact for IRC.

GPP has begun delivering a new radical and ambitious 2020 Private Sector Engagement strategy that will enhance IRC's ability to 'punch above its weight' in income, partnership and awareness. At the same time - believing that the root of our success lies in a high performance team and culture - we need to build our internal infrastructure, ensure we build a strong global team, a dynamic culture, a forward thinking ethos, and establish 21st century analytics, reporting, operational and business management practices that will help us achieve our ambitious goals.

Job Overview/Summary: The role of Senior Officer is to assist the International Rescue Committee in fulfilling its mission by supporting the IRC revenue priorities. With a geographic focus on Texas and the South East of United States, the Officer will be an entrepreneurial, highly motivated professional who excels at front-line relationship building, including crafting and executing successful strategies to cultivate, solicit, and steward donors and prospects with the capacity to give 5- and 6- figure leadership gifts and select members of the IRC's Board of Directors and Overseers who are themselves engaged in fundraising. The Leadership Gifts Officer will collaborate with fellow officers within the same geographic area and across the nation with a goal to renew and upgrade gifts of $10,000 or more.

Reporting to the Associate Director, Leadership Gifts, the Senior Officer will serve a critical role in developing and implementing regional fundraising strategies and analyzing results. S/he will be expected to understand the needs and performance of donors and prospects to engage them more fully in the IRC's lifesaving mission; communicate and collaborate superbly with colleagues, business partners and supporters; and think strategically, offer creative solutions, and manage systems to continually grow and improve the IRC's donor relationships and prospecting with high wealth individuals and families.

Major Responsibilities:

1 Grow donor engagement and increase revenue within assigned territory, operating remotely and relying on self-motivation to achieve superior fundraising results. Arrange in-person meetings with all appropriate donors and prospects annually. Solicit, renew and upgrade donors to achieve regional growth, including partnering with planned giving team to solicit planned gifts from assigned portfolio and collaborate with regional officer to steward donors with great care. 2 Oversee and manage growth initiatives to acquire major donors in key geographic regions. 3 Identify, form and manage groups of highly connected major donors in key cities who will come together to hold engagement opportunities and foster new relationships with high net-worth prospects for the IRC (modeled off of a initiative already underway in Houston). Help to build donor engagement in strategic geographic areas in the region. 4 Prepare strategy, briefing and debriefing materials for face-to-face meetings with donors conducted by senior staff or volunteer leadership. 5 Track all donor touch points in a timely manner utilizing CRM software applications and working closely with the administrative support team. 6 Draft solicitations, cultivation correspondence, proposals and other written materials to engage current donors and prospects. Design ways to deepen donor commitment and enhance giving. 7 Liaise with program staff in both U.S. Programs and International Programs (USP and IPD) to gather program updates and compile high-quality proposals and donor reports. Continue to cultivate and prioritize relationship with Dallas USP. 8 Provide support on engagement opportunities and other projects as needed.

Job Requirements: Education: Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience Work Experience: 5 years progressively responsible experience in not-for-profit fundraising. Demonstrated Skills and Competencies: Excellent oral and written communications skills. Creative thinking to develop engagement strategies with maximum impact. Organizational Skills. Tact and diplomacy. Ability to work Certificates or Licenses: Driver's license.

Reports to: Associate Director, Leadership Gifts (Southern Region)

Working Environment: This role requires working remotely full or part time (i.e., telecommuting). Applicants must have a home or alternate workspace they can effectively complete their work from during regularly scheduled hours.

The IRC and IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in IRC Way - Standards for Professional Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, and Accountability. In accordance with these values, the IRC operates and enforces policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Anti Workplace Harassment, Fiscal Integrity, and Anti-Retaliation.

IRC et les employés de IRC doivent adhérer aux valeurs et principes contenus dans le IRC WAY (normes de conduite professionnelle). Ce sont l'Intégrité, le Service, et la Responsabilité. En conformité avec ces valeurs, IRC opère et fait respecter les politiques sur la protection des bénéficiaires contre l'exploitation et les abus, la protection de l'enfant, le harcèlement sur les lieux de travail, l'intégrité financière, et les représailles.

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