Director of Development

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🏄 California – Remote

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Imagine Worldwide

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11 - 50 employees

Founded 2017

📚 Education

🤝 Non-profit

🌍 Social Impact

Education • Non-profit • Social Impact

Imagine Worldwide is a non-profit organization dedicated to empowering children globally through child-directed, tech-enabled learning. They provide high-quality education focused on literacy and numeracy, partnering with governments, organizations, and communities to ensure accessibility and affordability of learning resources. Their innovative approach aims to unlock each child's potential, improving health, wealth, and social outcomes in underserved regions across Africa and beyond.

📋 Description

• Lead and develop a high-performing Development team, providing management and support to team members • Translate fundraising strategy into annual priorities, goals, and execution plans • Build clear accountability, workflows, and team processes • Recruit, coach, and develop staff as the team grows • Oversee stewardship for institutional funders, foundations, family philanthropies, and major donors • Ensure thoughtful, timely, and high-quality donor engagement • Guide donor reporting, impact communications, and stewardship planning • Partner with senior leadership on strategic donor cultivation • Strengthen CRM systems, pipeline management, prospect research, reporting, and fundraising analytics • Improve grant management, proposal development, and reporting processes • Build dashboards and operational systems for data-driven decision-making • Ensure compliance, efficiency, and continuous improvement • Collaborate across Development, Communications, Finance, Programs, and Executive Leadership • Contribute to organizational planning and continuous improvement • Represent Imagine with professionalism, integrity, and a commitment to excellence

🎯 Requirements

• Demonstrated success leading development teams within a nonprofit organization, directly managing multiple direct reports • Preferably supported annual fundraising budgets exceeding $15 million • Significant experience managing donor stewardship programs for institutional funders, foundations, major donors, and philanthropic partners • Proven ability to build fundraising systems, improve operational processes, and establish scalable development infrastructure • Experience managing budgets, departmental planning, and organizational priorities • Commitment to ethical fundraising, donor stewardship, and continuous improvement • Bachelor’s degree required • Advanced degree in nonprofit management, public administration, international development, business administration, communications, or a related field is a plus • Relevant professional certifications are considered an asset

🏖️ Benefits

• Salary is competitive and commensurate with experience • Regional travel for events and to countries of operation