Volunteer Development Associate Director : Corporate Partnership

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• This is an unpaid volunteer opportunity.
• Associate Directors are expected to contribute a minimum of 10 hours per week and be responsive to emails within 48 hours.
• STW(tm) welcomes volunteers who are seeking skill-based volunteering opportunity. STW(tm) shall provide "letter of recommendation" professionals who demonstrate outstanding contribution for professional references.

SUMMARY:
Save the Water(tm) is seeking a Development Associate Director: Corporate Partnership to build and grow the organization’s presence through fundraising and engagement efforts from corporate and corporate foundations support.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Design and lead the long-term strategy to increase the annual revenue provided by corporate donors.
• Manage all aspects of partnership and giving programs including solicitations, applications, benefit delivery, major gifts, entertaining and recognition.
• Build and manage a portfolio of donors and prospects and close large financial gifts from foundations & corporate donors and manage donor database
• Work with the Development Director to identify and pursue major donors and prospects, and engage them as appropriate in the donor cultivation and solicitation processes.
• Manage and Lead a team of 5-10 volunteers, holding them accountable for their work
• Ensure completion of administrative aspects of fundraising, project management, grants proposal and execution
• Should be able to attend virtual team meetings as scheduled in the EST timezone.

EXPERIENCE/REQUIREMENTS:

• The ability to interact and shoot straight with executives while building lasting relationships that create win-win partnerships.
• Understand key business drivers, market intelligence, insights and industry trends in donor philanthropy.
• Deft computer skills, demonstrating comfort with standard office software packages (G-Suite, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.), as well as proposal and stewardship administration in systems created for fundraising/relationship management (e.g. SalesForce, Blackbaud, etc.).
• Strong knowledge of fundraising databases, gift processing, gift acknowledgment, and gift reporting best practices.
• Knowledge of CSR concepts, practices, strategies and tactics based on the understanding of key audiences and corporate objectives
• Bachelor’s degree required with at least 4 years of progressive successful management experience in fundraising, donor cultivation, sales, marketing or business development
• Candidates resident in North America and Canada preferred.

How to apply:

If interested, please submit your resume to newvolunteers@savethewater.org. We would love to hear from you!