Development Director – Project Equity – Oakland, CA

Your role
As the Development Director at Project Equity, you will help shape, then lead the implementation of a robust fundraising strategy for our rapidly growing organization. Building on a solid foundation of funding, you will spearhead the next stage of strategic relationships and fundraising efforts to support our growth and innovation.
How you will provide vision, leadership and management of Project Equity’s fundraising strategy

Strategy
Design, implement, and manage a comprehensive fundraising strategy to build and maintain relationships with all donor constituencies (foundations, corporations, individuals, etc.), and that includes multiple fundraising tracks that will diversify Project Equity’s portfolio of funders
Work to develop and achieve Project Equity’s strategic goals with the co-founders and other members of the senior management staff
With support from the co-founders, create and drive strategy to ensure that financial goals for expansion, primarily but not exclusively through major (six and seven figure) multi-year grants, are met

Grants
Write and edit our most sophisticated and high impact grant proposals and other fundraising-related communications; Oversee others who write grants and reports for Project Equity, we currently work with a fundraising firm that roughly plays the role of a development manager; Approve all Project Equity’s grant proposals and ensure deadlines for submissions and progress reports are met
Establish and maintain relationship management systems that increase our capacity to attract, develop, and maintain meaningful relationships with grant partners and philanthropists

Relationships
Build relationships with foundations, other grant making organizations, and major donors to advance our mission and fundraising goals
Represent Project Equity at funder meetings, special events, speaking engagements, and other events to help build awareness and foster relationships
Strategically curate key meetings for co-founders
Help put on occasional events that interface with our fundraising strategy (currently major donor work and individual donor events are not a big part of our strategy, but we are planning a funder cultivation event this fall in conjunction with a major program launch)
Support our field building efforts to build support in philanthropy circles for the employee ownership conversion strategy

Finance
Develop and manage annual revenue and expense budgets for development activities and provide fiscal oversight for monthly revenue and expense budgets which includes preparing and analyzing monthly variance reports and recommending changes and/or adjustments as necessary
Ensure that contributions and donor data are properly maintained in the organization’s donor database, including monthly reconciliation of contributions with the finance department
Prepare and present development reports and statistical analysis to the senior leadership team

How you work
You are passionate about making a difference and supporting employee-owned businesses, and you gracefully convey your passion to others.
You are highly collaborative both with internal teams as well as external partners and contractors.
You are attentive to detail, goal-oriented and committed to follow through.
You are a strategic thinker and enjoy setting up systems and processes that support effective strategy development and execution.
Areas where you shine

You are adept at identifying traditional and “out of the box” funding opportunities.
You are an experienced at cultivating and managing high-impact institutional funding relationships and are excited by the opportunity to be involved in and lead a variety of development projects.
You have a real human sensibility. You understand what makes people tick, how to connect with their intellect and passions and how to move them to action.
You are an outstanding writer and communicator, and you love the craft of writing. Your communication skills shine across platforms, whether proposals, articles, emails, presentations, phone or in person.
You are a people person and love to engage at a strategic level with donors and philanthropists.
You’re excited to work with a small, very agile, fast-moving and sophisticated team. We’re looking for somebody who will bring impactful leadership and also integrate well into our team. We work virtually, coming together once or twice a week for in person or online meetings.

How To Apply
hiring@project-equity.org

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