Country: United States of America
Closing date: 03 Mar 2018
Requisition ID: req992
Job Title: Senior Officer (Texas, Florida, North Carolina)
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 programs - 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 Senior Officer, Leadership Gifts will assist the IRC fulfill its mission by supporting the Leadership Gifts team to achieve revenue priorities. S/he will be a resourceful, organized, detail-oriented, fundraising professional who enjoys relationship building and devising strategies for both large and customized communication that aids in cultivating and soliciting donors and prospects with the capacity to give 5- and 6- figure leadership level gifts.
The Senior Officer will serve a critical role, thinking strategically to make recommendations, offer creative solutions and manage systems to improve the Leadership Gifts team's ability to manage and grow major donor relationships and prospecting. S/he will communicate and collaborate superbly with colleagues, partners and supporters, and be responsible for planning and mobilizing stakeholders for quality execution.
Major Responsibilities:
1 Drive Leadership Gifts stewardship activities, leading strategy, growth and innovation for the Leadership Gifts team; 2 Craft, implement, and execute strategies to engage current and grow portfolio of leadership donors; 3 Cultivate, solicit, and steward a large and growing portfolio of major donors and prospects; 4 Track progress utilizing Salesforce and other software applications; 5 Lead operational projects and initiatives that streamline work practice and enhance efficiency, accuracy and consistency; 6 Develop and foster strong working relationships within the Leadership Gifts team and work cross functionally across Development, GPP and the broader organization; 7 Manage associates and managers, overseeing individual and team performance and mentoring employees, to develop confidence and skills; 8 Undertake special projects as requested.
Key Working Relationships:
Position Reports to: Associate Director, Leadership Gifts Position directly supervises: Associates, Leadership Gifts; Manager, Stewardship
Indirect Reporting: Associate, Stewardship
Other Internal and/or external contacts:
Internal: Senior Director, Leadership Gifts, Development and GPP colleagues, President's Office, Comms
External: IRC major donors and prospects
Job Requirements:
Education: Bachelor's Degree or higher in development, non-profit management, public administration or related field including education, community development, business management or communication preferred.
Work Experience: 5-7 years of progressive non-profits and/or development experience. A minimum of 2 years management experience.
Demonstrated Skills and Competencies:
Excellent oral and written communication skills;
Sound interpersonal skills with the ability to work with people at all levels;
Outstanding relationship management and stakeholder engagement skills;
Demonstrated problem-solving and negotiation skills;
Demonstrated success in managing and developing teams and individuals;
Excellent organizational and time management skills;
Proven project management skills with the ability to work accurately and efficiently in a fast-paced environment;
Strong computer and digital literacy;
Demonstrated database management experience (SalesForce preferred).
Working Environment: This role requires working remotely part time (i.e., telecommuting). Applicants must have a home or alternate workspace they can effectively complete their work from during regularly scheduled hours.
How to apply:
Please follow this link to apply: http://www.aplitrak.com/?adid=YXN0cmlkLm1hdGhldy41NTQwMC4zODMwQGlyY2NkLmFwbGl0cmFrLmNvbQ