Title: Development Director

Supervisors: Mission Hope Executive Director and RCS President

Classification: Exempt

Description: The Director of Development is responsible to maintain, raise and increase monetary giving for Rancho Christian School and Community Mission of Hope by creating a culture of generosity, implementing best practices with donors,overseeing implementation of a year-round fundraising strategy and creating a sophisticated legacy giving program.

Areas of Expected Proficiencies:

• The tasks, duties, and responsibilities of this job include, but are not limited to:

Mission Hope

• Cultivating donor relationships within the community, including individuals, corporations and businesses

• Work with leadership on community-wide donor development

• Implement best practices on relationship-driven donor development and stewardship

• Work with leadership creating major and mini development campaigns

• Work with leadership on generosity communications and media

• Lead teams for annual development events including but not limited to the gala and VIP Stakeholders

• Consistent data analysis on defining donor capacity

• Hit targeted financial goals

Rancho Christian

• Cultivating donor relationships with parents, grandparents, alumni,corporations and businesses

• Work with administration to develop a culture of generosity

• Lead teams for annual development events including but not limited to the gala and golf tournament

• Implement best practices on relationship-driven donor development and stewardship

• Data analysis to discover donor potential and capacity

• Manage the field sign sponsorship program

• Work with leadership creating major and mini development campaigns

• Work with leadership on generosity communications and media

• Consistent data analysis on defining donor capacity

• Hit targeted financial goals

• Management of the endowment

Other Expectations

• Manage budget and expense tracking according to Rancho United Fiscal Policy.

• Work closely with the Executive Director, President and CFO

• Maintain an office and presence at both locations

• Perform other duties as assigned

Spiritual Qualifications:

• Demonstrates a passion for Christ and his Kingdom through personal spiritual discipline and public ministry.

• Seeks to grow in that relationship with Christ through personal spiritual discipline, education, accountability and service to his Kingdom.

Professional Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college required

• Master’s degree and/or desirable

• Professional experience in highly successful Donor development

• Proven track record

• Prior experience in planning and executing communications and marketing support for a comprehensive fundraising campaign.

• Successful supervision of a development team and experience in managing high level donors, volunteers and board member

• Proficiency in demonstrating effective organizational skills

• Self-motivated and goal driven

• Ability to build external relationships

• detailed and in-depth knowledge of multiple types of charitable giving and its complexities( one- time gifts, capital gifts, annual gifts, planned gifts, estate planning, corporate sponsorships

• Successful experience in researching and analyzing data for potential prospects

• Cleared live scan background check

Physical Qualifications:

Definitions:

N (Not Applicable) Activity is not applicable to this position

O (Occasionally) Occupation requires this activity up to 33% of the time (0 to 3 hrs/day)

F (Frequently) Occupation requires this activity from 33%-66% of the time (3 to 6 hrs/day)

C (Constantly) Occupation requires this activity more than 66% of the time (6 to 8 hrs/day)