Director of Development, Mid-South Market

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🎸 Mississippi, Tennessee – Remote

🎸 Mississippi – Remote 🎸 Tennessee – Remote

💵 $80k / year

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Palmer Home for Children

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11 - 50 employees

Founded 1895

🤝 Non-profit

🤲 Charity

🏥 Healthcare

Non-profit • Charity • Healthcare

Palmer Home for Children is a not-for-profit organization that provides long-term residential and family-based care for children and young adults in critical situations. For 130 years it has offered Christ-centered campus care with houseparent families, certified foster care, family care for infants of incarcerated mothers with reunification support, and transitional care to help young adults gain educational, career, and independent living skills. The organization operates a wellness center offering counseling, classrooms, therapy and recreation, follows a trauma-informed Whole Child Initiative, and is 100% donation based.

📋 Description

• Raise vital financial resources and increase community awareness and involvement in Palmer Home’s mission • Meet general operating and capital revenue goals • Identify, engage, and secure support from individual donors, churches, businesses, foundations, and community partners • Develop individualized strategies for major-gift donor portfolios, focusing on cultivation, solicitation, retention, and stewardship • Identify, research, and qualify new donor prospects • Generate corporate and foundation revenue through corporate giving, employee engagement, grants, foundation support, and endowments • Solicit major gifts through donor-centered proposals and presentations • Advance transformational and principal-gift opportunities with development leadership • Develop and execute annual fundraising plans • Secure sponsorships for in-house fundraising events • Respond to donor inquiries and ensure proposals, follow-up communications, and reports are completed on time • Monitor fundraising progress and adjust strategies • Maintain donor records, portfolio plans, solicitation forecasts, and relationship-management activity in the donor database • Enlist board members, the President/CEO, and staff in major-gift solicitations • Represent Palmer Home at civic groups, chamber programs, community organizations, and events • Stay current on major-gift fundraising and donor-engagement best practices • Support donor acknowledgment and recognition strategies • Serve as point of contact for third-party fundraising efforts within the market • Manage donor appointments, inquiries, follow-up, prospect research, expense reports, and related administrative responsibilities • Participate in special projects and other assigned duties

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Communications, Public Relations, or a related field • Minimum of 4 years of applicable experience in development, marketing, sales, communications, or public relations • Demonstrated success meeting or exceeding fundraising goals, including securing major gifts and developing long-term relationships • Experience managing a donor portfolio and cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding relationships with individual donors, foundations, and corporate partners • Experience using donor databases and fundraising reports • Excellent writing/editing and verbal communication skills • Excellent time management, interpersonal, decision-making, presentation/public-speaking, and organizational skills • Strong planning and project management skills • Ability to prioritize tasks and meet deadlines • Ability to work with staff, board members, volunteers, donors, program participants, and other supporters • Ability to work independently and collaboratively and create and implement new initiatives • Strategic ability to anticipate and support internal and external audience needs • Ability to prioritize expectations according to organizational strategy and goals • Must agree with the Palmer Home for Children Statement of Christian Beliefs • Must demonstrate a strong commitment to Christ consistent with Palmer Home’s mission as a nonprofit religious organization

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical insurance • Dental insurance • Vision insurance • 401(k) with employer match • Vacation and sick time • Company vehicle • Remote work from home • Full-time salaried/exempt position

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