Development Associate

Development Associate

Victoria’s Victory Foundation

About the Job

If you’re driven to make an impact, solve meaningful problems, inspire change, raise funds for a powerful cause, and build lasting connections, this could be the role for you.

Combining relationship development with strategic fundraising, this role is designed for the individual that looks to unlock new funding to help grow the VVF mission. Create a fulfilling career telling stories of victory that are supported by organizations that want to partner with a foundation that is making a daily impact on the lives of those living with mobility disabilities. This role offers the opportunity to grow within nonprofit development while helping expand the reach and impact of our programs.

What You Will Do:

• Responsible for working alongside the entire team to develop new revenue streams including grassroot fundraising opportunities across the country.
• Engage with potential, new, and existing donors to express gratitude and ensure long-term relationships.
• Create new corporate partnerships for funding opportunities.
• Attend foundation meetings and events as requested by the Executive Director/CEO.
• Serve as face of foundation at networking and industry events when requested.
• Build brand awareness for the mission of the foundation across the country.
• Master the donor search software to create new donor and partnership relationships.
• Focus on DAF and planned giving strategies.
• Build a peer-to-peer and monthly-giving program to help increase revenue streams.
• Master the constituent/donor software to identify donor connections, opportunities, and reduction in lapse donors.
• Build multi-year sponsorship partnerships.
• Serve as a member of the team that will help to execute the annual development plan (including annual giving, major gifts, fundraising appeals and peer-to-peer fundraising).
• Travel as needed as determined by foundation Executive Director/CEO.

This is a frontline fundraising role, not a project or program management position, with success measured by revenue growth and funds raised.

Qualifications:

• 3 years of sales development or fundraising experience with a proven track record of revenue growth, exceeding goals and impact.
• A fundraising or sales portfolio with revenue benchmarks achieved.

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Organized to oversee several projects at once.
• Excellent computer literacy.
• Professional telephone and email etiquette.

Work Environment / Physical Requirements:

• This full-time position is in Stratham, NH.
• Maintain a regular office presence to provide in-the-moment and visible support to team members.
• Training will be provided for internal programs used.

Equal Opportunity Statement

· Building an inclusive, high-performing team that is diverse across lines of personal identity is integral to our success and we are proud to be an equal-opportunity employer.

· This means we do not discriminate against any job applicant or employee because of their race, ethnicity, color, religion, national origin, sex, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This applies to all terms and conditions of employment.