Reports to: Director of Development & Communications
Job Category: Full time, salaried employee, exempt
Job Location: Remote with occasional attendance at in-person meetings in Central Ohio on weekdays, evenings, Saturdays and Sundays
About Families Flourish:
Families Flourish (Flourish), a nonprofit organization, is an innovative program to improve life outcomes for children and their families by creating opportunities for residential and financial stability. Families Flourish empowers families to address their total needs over a 3-year period, reversing historic barriers by fostering greater inclusivity, equality, opportunity and access to housing, education, and family wellness. We do this through comprehensive coaching and programming along with partial rental support that facilitates self-sustainability. The mission of Families Flourish is to create a more equitable community for families by empowering them to achieve and succeed through a holistic support initiative.
The fundraising professional’s role at Families Flourish:
Families Flourish seeks to hire a mid-career development professional to partner as a peer with the Director of Development & Communications to execute the fundraising plan, provide donor engagement, interact with the board of directors, identify new prospects, and use data skills to analyze and input necessary donor information to our customer relationship management (CRM -Bloomerang) database. The goal of this position is to add new skills to the team, as well as allow more time for donor interaction and research.
Specific Tasks:
Fundraising
Working with the Director of Development & Communications (DDC):
- Expand the number of donors and funds raised to benefit Families Flourish. May include individual donors, corporations, grants, foundations, etc., with an emphasis on individual donors.
- Create an annual giving campaign, including use of donor segmentation, prospect targets, donor research and track mechanisms.
- Create a monthly giving campaign.
- Generate and develop other new fundraising opportunities.
- Participate in online and in-person events and execute follow-up contacts.
- Lead the volunteer event planning committee: meeting preparation, assignments, meeting facilitation.
- Lead personal solicitation preparation and implementation, developing the best solicitor/team to attain gift results. Engage and facilitate cultivation and solicitation by directors, volunteers, the CEO, DDC, and fundraising leaders.
- Follow and promote the fundraising timeline to ensure movement and fundraising success.
- Call on prospective donors, providing information and answering questions regarding the organization.
- Plan and execute major annual events.
- Implement systems for fundraising progress/tracking in dollars and gift chart attainment, prospect identification/sourcing and cultivation
Skill Requirements:
- Minimum 5 years experience, preferably with annual fund, monthly giving, and data analysis experience; volunteer experience will be counted
- Highly attentive to details; demonstrates excellent organization and time management skills
- Friendly and outgoing, able to engage donors, prospects and board members in a way that attracts them to support the organization
- Able to learn and navigate databases such as Bloomerang, Qgiv, OSU, Quickbooks,
- Familiarity with office software required, experience with Microsoft or Office 365 preferred and the willingness and ability to learn new systems when needed
- Ability to work independently – this position is work-from-home
- Strong oral and written communication skills
- Demonstrates initiative
Other Requirements:
- Pass a background check
- Sign a confidentiality agreement, and other required documents
- Respect for the population served by Families Flourish
- Willingness to make a long-term commitment to Families Flourish
- Job Working Condition:
- Full time, salaried (PT also available, please inquire)
- Attendance at periodic in-person meetings and events in Central Ohio on weekdays, evenings, Saturdays and Sunday
- Benefits: paid holidays, and paid time off (PTO)Tech reimbursement and mileage reimbursement
- Work from home exclusively
Job Reports To:
- Director of Development & Communications
Job Pay and Benefits:
- $50,000- $75,000, full-time, depending on experience
- Flexible work environment
- Technology reimbursement
Physical Demands and Work Environment:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions. While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to use hands or fingers, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, and the ability to adjust focus. Driving is required.
Note:
This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) incumbent in this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments. All duties and responsibilities are essential functions and requirements and are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. To perform this job successfully, the incumbents will possess the skills, aptitudes, and abilities to perform each duty proficiently. Some requirements may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health or safety of themselves or others. The requirements listed in this document are the minimum levels of knowledge, skills, or abilities. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an “at will” relationship.
Families Flourish provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, familial status, national origin, age, disability, ancestry or military status. Families Flourish is an Equal Opportunity Employer, drug free workplace, and complies with ADA regulations as applicable.
Application process:
Please send a cover letter, resume and a list of three professional references by email to: shiloh.todorov@familiesflourish.org
Failure to submit all requested materials may result in the application being rejected.
No phone calls, please.
