Director of Development Operations

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🍂 Massachusetts – Remote

🍂 Massachusetts – Remote

💵 $95k - $145k / year

⏰ Full Time

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⚙️ Operations

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Accelerate

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2 - 10 employees

📚 Education

🤝 Non-profit

Education • Non-profit

Accelerate is an organization that helps education leaders across the United States build tools, fund and scale evidence-based instructional strategies, and guide rigorous research to improve student outcomes. Through competitive grant programs and partnerships with research institutions and state leaders, Accelerate identifies cost-effective interventions (like high-dosage tutoring and personalized learning), promotes adoption of proven models, and supports state-level implementation and scaling. Its partners have leveraged over $430 million in federal and state public funding, its grantees have provided individualized instruction to over 500,000 students since 2022, and it has launched 30+ randomized controlled trials and additional rigorous studies to inform policy and practice.

📋 Description

• Lead the strategic vision for the Development Operations Department • Oversee grant management, including grant writing, proposal development, and grant reporting for Accelerate and incubated projects • Oversee development operations, including donation processing, Salesforce data tracking, donor and donation reporting, acknowledgment letters, and stakeholder information requests • Lead external funder communications, including email campaigns, LinkedIn presence, funder events, webinars, annual reports, and donor-facing materials • Support fundraising solicitation and funder relationship management led by senior leadership and the Head of Partnerships • Ensure meaningful stewardship experiences for donors and prospects • Answer funder questions, address issues, and provide information to current and prospective funders • Provide leadership, coaching, and performance management to the Development Operations team • Collaborate with program and finance teams to ensure grant compliance with budgets and project objectives • Report to leadership on grant performance, compliance issues, and improvement opportunities • Conduct quarterly audits of grant compliance and expenditures • Review grant agreement terms and identify risks or discrepancies • Oversee validation of grant-related data entries • Help shape Accelerate Change’s strategy, programs, activities, and culture as a Leadership Team member • Support partner networks, amplify partner successes, facilitate connections and learning, and share expertise • Apply equitable work practices and advance the organization’s anti-racist goals • Adapt responsibilities as the organization grows and support departmental and Central Team needs • Pursue development opportunities involving current and emerging platforms and lean startup methodology

🎯 Requirements

• At least 5 years of experience in a director-level role overseeing a development team or development operations department for a medium-sized or larger nonprofit organization • Demonstrated experience with Salesforce, with a strong focus on the Nonprofit Success Pack (NPSP) • Strong understanding of nonprofit financial compliance and IRS regulations related to development operations • Excellent writing skills • Attention to detail and ability to follow instructions • Ability to meet outcomes and deadlines with accuracy, efficiency, and high quality • People management skills, including training and supporting managers and development operations contractors • Solutions-oriented problem-solving skills • Ability to collaborate across departments and stakeholders • Willingness to think creatively to streamline departmental processes • Demonstrated commitment to social change, civic engagement, and work with BIPOC and low-income communities

🏖️ Benefits

• Flexible schedules and work-life flexibility • Health care with individual premiums fully covered and cost-share for dependents • Vision and dental plans available at-cost to the individual • 15 paid vacation days • 6 paid holidays • 3 paid floating holidays • 7.5 paid sick days annually • Professional development funds, renewed each fiscal year • Cell phone and internet reimbursement • Co-working reimbursement option • Need-based educational loan assistance after 3 months • 401(k) contributions and matching program available at the beginning of employment • Annual office closure during the last week in December • Occasional travel once every 2–3 months