About the Position
We are looking for an experienced and highly motivated professional to lead our Development team as we take our donor engagement to the next level. New Horizons is looking to increase our annual revenue by 10-15% in two years, and this position will be ideal for a strategic development practitioner with a clear strategy to expand donor relations, grow a major donor program, execute a legacy giving plan, and increase engagement from organizations, corporations, and churches. Applicants with a demonstrated ability to develop and drive strategic fundraising and communications have an opportunity to help address youth and young adult homelessness in powerful ways.
New Horizons recognizes that Racial Inequity plays a central role in homelessness and seeks to undo the impacts of these inequities within our services and organizational culture. As a part of the New Horizons' leadership team, the Director of Philanthropy and Community Engagement must actively and thoughtfully work alongside leadership, staff, and the youth and young adults we serve towards this end.
Primary Responsibilities:

• Design and execute New Horizons' development strategy in partnership with Executive Director, outlining income, sources, goals, and strategy for fundraising needs of more than $2.5 million annually
• In alignment with New Horizons' next strategic plan, develop a three-year giving strategy with measurable outcomes

• Supervise development team, including the Volunteer and Food Service Manager, Marketing and Communications Manager, and the Development Coordinator
• Grow monthly giving strategy
• Develop a thorough Major Donor plan that maintains existing relationships and drives engagement of major donor prospects, including managing a small portfolio of major and planned gift donors
• Develop and execute a planned giving strategy
• Strategically build upon grants program; researching, scheduling, and executing grants

• Work closely with Executive Director to develop the Board of Director's fundraising capacity
• Support the Marketing and Communications Manager in the development of a yearly communications and marketing plan, as well as regularly refine organizational messaging to match organization-wide strategy
• Support Volunteer and Food Service Manager in the expansion, management, and tracking of the volunteer program
• Expand New Horizon's corporate, organizational, and church based giving program
• Develop and execute New Horizons events that include one major fundraiser each year

• In partnership with the Executive Director and Finance team, create annual budget proposal and funding plan

Required Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Minimum 2 years of proven experience directing non-profit development operations
• Minimum 2 years of demonstrated ability to connect with individual donors and organizations

• Minimum 1 year of personnel management skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and donor database programs

Preferred Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• An ability to think creatively and handle multiple tasks at once

• At least 5 years of non-profit development experience
• Two years' experience in marketing and/or communications
• Experience with Raiser's Edge NXT

Physical Requirements:

• Frequent computer usage
• Frequent, continual, intermittent flexing or rotation of the wrist(s), spine and body
• Regular exchange of verbal and written communication

Salary: $80,000-88,000 DOE
Benefits for this role include:

• 25 Paid Time Off (PTO) days per year - prorated depending on start date
• Six (6) paid holidays a year (New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Thanksgiving/Harvest Day, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day)
• Fully employer-paid medical, dental, vision and life insurance for employee-only plans
• Access to a 403(b)-retirement plan with a 2% employer match

• Employee Assistance Program

Key skills needed: Fundraising, campaigns, people management, communications, marketing, nonprofit work.
New Horizons is an equal opportunity employer and qualified applicants from all cultures and communities are encouraged to apply, especially people of color, members of the LGBTQIA community, and people with lived experience.