Vice President - Development

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April 3

🏄 California – Remote

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The Guiding Star Project

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Non-profit • Social Impact • Education

The Guiding Star Project is a non-profit organization focused on promoting a pro-life message and providing resources related to abortion and prenatal care. The organization emphasizes educating the public about the humanity of preborn children and advocating for their rights. Through various media channels, they aim to inspire and mobilize individuals to take action against abortion, while exposing practices within the abortion industry that they believe exploit women and families. Their activities include offering educational content, sharing stories, and encouraging community involvement to support their mission of making abortion unthinkable.

2 - 10 employees

Founded 2009

🤝 Non-profit

🌍 Social Impact

📚 Education

📋 Description

• Oversee the entire fundraising efforts of Live Action, generating $18MM+ per year. • Oversee and manage the development department and associated team members, holding them accountable to both individual and organizational goals. • This includes Live Action’s digital fundraising, direct mail fundraising, major gifts, and foundations fundraising, and planned giving. • Develop and implement an ongoing development strategy with clear deliverables and KPIs. • Produce regular reports on department status for the executive team with proactive measures to identify areas of concern. • Oversee and direct all donor communications across platforms including, but not limited to: email, direct mail, and in-person meetings. • Cultivate and manage a personal caseload of key donors and prospective supporters, regularly making six and seven-figure asks. • Oversee and direct all donor-focused events including the Annual Live Action Gala. • With Executive Team approval, develop and oversee the Development Department budget and ensure it is aligned with organizational goals and needs. • Increase overall donor giving, retention, and acquisition rates in line with the goals and needs of the organization. • Manage all vendors, contractors, and consultants related to Development programs, including direct mail firms, printing houses, online and inbound marketing consultants, graphic designers and firms, etc. • Recruit, hire, and train new development staff members.

🎯 Requirements

• 7-10+ years of leadership experience in fundraising with a proven track record. • Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree preferred. • Experience with Major Gifts development. • Track record of managing a portfolio of major donors and soliciting six-figure donations. • Demonstrated experience collaborating with executives and board members in development-related activities, providing them with high-quality support. • Out-of-the-box thinking with a marketing edge. • Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal. • Experience working with Virtuous or similar donor databases. • Expertise in all major business software applications (Adobe Creative Suite, Microsoft Office, etc.). • HubSpot and Crescendo experience a plus. • Exceptional time­-management, planning, and interpersonal skills. • A high degree of diplomacy, sound judgment, humility, assertiveness, and discretion when dealing with media, team members, contractors, volunteers, donors, and partner groups. • An entrepreneurial attitude geared towards identifying solutions. • A passion for the pro-life cause and a deep understanding of key messaging points.

🏖️ Benefits

• Live Action offers high-value benefits to our full-time employees! • Live Action provides competitive and ethical health benefits for full-time employees and their families. • Unlimited PTO for our employees as we are a work/life balance, family-oriented culture.