Director of Major Gifts

February 6

🏄 California – Remote

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🏄 California – Remote 🗽 New York – Remote

💵 $100k - $148.5k / year

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

👔 Director

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Indivisible Project

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Indivisible Project is a grassroots movement consisting of thousands of local groups across the United States dedicated to electing progressive leaders, rebuilding democracy, and countering conservative agendas, such as those associated with former President Donald Trump. By organizing at the local level, Indivisible groups build and exercise collective power to enact change in their communities. The organization provides strategic guidance, resources, and training to support these groups in taking political action and influencing policy. Indivisible Project operates as both a registered 501(c)(4) entity and a Hybrid Political Action Committee, facilitating advocacy and political involvement nationwide.

Grassroots Activism • Congressional Advocacy • Accountability • Town Halls • Progressive Advocacy

51 - 200 employees

Founded 2016

🤲 Charity

🤝 Non-profit

🌍 Social Impact

💰 Seed Round on 2017-06

📋 Description

• Indivisible is hiring a Director of Major Gifts. Reporting to the National Development Director, this position will lead major gifts fundraising at Indivisible to meet ambitious, multi-million dollar annual targets by cultivating and stewarding existing major donors, building a pipeline and moves management strategy for solicitations, ensuring high rates of renewals, and prospecting new donors. As a member of the department’s leadership team, the Director of Major Gifts will play a critical part in developing and executing multi-channel fundraising strategies, maintaining a strong, inclusive team culture, and fostering a culture of philanthropy across the organization. • The Director of Major Gifts will join a high-performing, collaborative, and dedicated Development team of 7, tasked with raising $10+ million annually. The ideal candidate for this role is a thoughtful, highly organized, results-driven team leader with a deep knowledge of progressive philanthropic and political spaces and a track record of securing five- and six-figure gifts. They should have a keen interest in helping to resource the Indivisible movement and a shared commitment to Indivisible’s core principles and theory of change. • We are hiring for the Director of Major Gifts position immediately. This is a remote position, however candidates located in the CA, DC, or NY metro areas are strongly preferred. The Director of Major Gifts position is full-time, with a minimum salary of $100,000 annually, commensurate with experience.

🎯 Requirements

• At least 7 years of relevant professional experience, with at least 5 years of professional experience in major gifts fundraising, donor relations, or related roles, with a proven track record of successfully developing and executing fundraising strategies and securing five- and six-figure gifts. • Experience working with donors in democracy reform, grassroots organizing, civic leadership and civic education, and/or progressive political spaces. Please specify the amounts raised and the size of the portfolio in relevant previous positions. • Superior writing skills, with the ability to quickly synthesize detailed program information to produce compelling donor-facing materials in Indivisible’s concise, straightforward voice. • Excellent verbal communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to connect authentically with donors from diverse backgrounds and perspectives. • Strong organization, project management, and collaboration skills, with experience setting up robust systems and processes, including prospect research, donor pipeline development, and moves management. • Previous experience managing a diverse team, with proven ability to recruit, retain, and develop diverse talent. • Cultural humility, including the ability to build strong relationships and communicate effectively across lines of difference, as well as foster a positive and inclusive team culture. • Fluency in donor management systems, fundraising software, and tools, e.g., Salesforce, and iWave. • Alignment on the core values and strategy of Indivisible.