Director of Development

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🏄 California – Remote

🏄 California – Remote

💵 $124.2k - $138.2k / year

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

👔 Director

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Seneca Family of Agencies

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 1985

🏥 Healthcare

🤝 Non-profit

📚 Education

Healthcare • Non-profit • Education

Seneca Family of Agencies is a non-profit social service organization that provides trauma-informed behavioral health, educational support, foster care and permanency/placement services, and professional training to children, youth, and families across California and Washington. Founded in 1985, Seneca operates 200+ local programs offering individualized case management, crisis stabilization, school-based services, and national initiatives (such as Todo Por Mi Familia and the National Institute for Permanent Family Connectedness) to advance family permanency and wellbeing.

📋 Description

• Lead and grow a dynamic Major Gifts program across Southern California • Build relationships with donors, prospects, community leaders, and stakeholders • Partner with organizational leadership, board members, and program teams to identify philanthropic opportunities • Develop compelling cases for support and inspire transformational giving • Use data, donor insights, and strategic planning to advance fundraising goals • Execute a strategic, donor-centered major gifts program in Los Angeles, San Diego, and throughout Southern California • Acquire leadership gifts of $10,000+ annually from high-level prospects and donors • Understand programs, priority initiatives, goals, and financial needs to develop cases for support • Support CEO, Executive Director, Vice President of Development, leadership staff, and board members with prospect research and donor meeting briefing materials • Implement Moves Management from prospect identification through solicitation and stewardship • Plan and execute donor cultivation and stewardship events, house parties, and program briefings • Partner with program staff, board members, and organizational leadership • Prepare regular fundraising and regional activity reports for senior leadership and the board • Manage a portfolio of approximately 100 current donors and prospects capable of giving $10,000+ annually • Engage assigned donors through personalized outreach, site visits, donor meetings, proposals, and events • Research current donors and new prospects based on capacity and inclination • Coordinate donor outreach, stewardship reports, and impact communications with cross-functional colleagues • Record donor interactions, planned engagement, and gift opportunities in Raisers Edge • Analyze portfolio performance and monitor progress toward goals • Prepare regular reports for senior management • Support campaign planning and execution, including setting and tracking goals • Identify and cultivate planned giving prospects

🎯 Requirements

• Master's degree OR Bachelor's degree • Minimum of 4 years of progressive fundraising experience • Demonstrated success independently and collaboratively prospecting, cultivating, soliciting, and closing donor gifts • Strong knowledge of fundraising best practices, trends, and donor engagement strategies • Ability to work independently and collaboratively as a team member • Maintain strict confidentiality of donor information • Adhere to the AFP Donor Bill of Rights and ethical fundraising standards • Must be at least 21 years of age • Valid driver's license, clean driving record, and insurability through Seneca Family of Agencies' insurance policy • TB test clearance • Fingerprint clearance • Any other state/federal licensing or certification requirements • Working knowledge of Raisers Edge and Microsoft Office suite • Preferred CFRE credential • Experience in fundraising for health/human services preferred • Experience building and managing high-performing teams, including hiring, supervising, and developing staff preferred • Problem-solving mindset and diplomatic communication skills • Credibility and sophistication engaging with high-level partners across the progressive philanthropic ecosystem • Strategic thinking and ability to align philanthropic goals with mission and outcomes to design programmatic and campaign strategies • Ability to pass a bilingual language proficiency exam for additional compensation

🏖️ Benefits

• $2,000 sign-on bonus for new Seneca employees • Additional compensation upon passing the bilingual language proficiency exam • Annual salary increase • 5 weeks of Paid Time Off • 11 Paid Holidays • Medical, dental, vision, chiropractic, acupuncture, and fertility coverage • Long-term disability, family leave, and life insurance • 50% paid premiums for dependents • 403b Retirement Plan • Employer-paid Employee Assistance Plan • Public Service Loan Forgiveness certified employer • Promotional opportunities across the agency in California