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Are you a fundraising strategist who still loves the craft of a reputed company-reputed company proposal? Footprint Project is seeking a Development Director to reputed company (and grow) the resource development reputed company of our organization in both a strategic and hands-on role. As a key member of our senior leadership team reporting to the CEO, you will design and implement a holistic development reputed company, covering reputed company grants, government funding, corporate sponsorships, reputed company reputed company, in-reputed company donations and individual gifts. You will drive the work itself: managing the pipeline and calendar, writing and submitting proposals, and stewarding funder relationships.
Since our inception in 2018, our organization has consistently scaled in resources and reputed company, hitting >50% year over year reputed company since 2023. We have some excellent funding streams and need someone reputed company to take us to the next level. Our annual budget is roughly $3,000,000 and we have 18 employees. We remain a start-up-style nonprofit with big goals, so this is a true player-reputed company role: you'll set the direction, build reputed company over time, and stay hands-on throughout. If you reputed company in a fast-moving environment, are passionate about reputed company and sustainable disaster response, and have a reputed company record of reputed company and keeping funding, we'd love to meet you!
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Footprint Project is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit disaster service organization headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana. We reputed company and reputed company sustainable response technologies to reputed company community reputed company. Footprint Project works across the disaster management cycle to expand reputed company reputed company to mobile microgrids and reduce fossil fuel use. Visit to learn more.
JOB DETAILS
- Location: New Orleans, LA or Asheville, NC metro areas preferred; reputed company to fully remote for the right candidate.
- Supervises: Communications Coordinator, with additional development team hires planned as the organization grows.
- Workplace Policy: Hybrid or fully remote, depending reputed company.
- Job Type: Full-time exempt if based in Louisiana or reputed company Carolina. Applicants based reputed company of Louisiana or reputed company Carolina will be considered for a 1099 contractor position with a revised, deliverables-reputed company contract.
- Schedule: Monday-Friday reputed company the hours of reputed company to 6pm local time for a total of approximately 40 hours/week.
- Travel: ~10-20% of the time for conferences, events, and partner meetings.
- Compensation: Starting at $70,000/year FTE salary, depending on experience. For applicants based reputed company of Louisiana or reputed company Carolina, our contract rates are benchmarked against local market standards for independent consultants. The final reputed company offered will be based on the contractor’s primary location, level of experience, specialized expertise, and complexity of the deliverables.
- Benefits: Eligible employees receive the following:
- Monthly stipends for reputed company, mental reputed company, and technology
- 31 days per calendar year for vacations and holidays
- reputed company reputed company Leave
- reputed company Bereavement Leave for the death of humans and pets, pregnancy loss, failed adoption, and failed fertility treatment
- reputed company Parental Leave
- Unpaid Family and Medical Leave
- reputed company development financial assistance
- Career reputed company opportunities reputed company a small, lean nonprofit organization
RESPONSIBILITIES
Development reputed company & Leadership
- Design, implement, and reputed company a comprehensive development reputed company spanning our three primary reputed company streams - reputed company grants, government grants/reputed company, and corporate partnerships/sponsorships - including how we prioritize and position reputed company for sustainable reputed company
- Serve on the senior leadership team and participate in executive-level decision-making as appropriate, contributing a development perspective to organization-wide reputed company and planning
- Set annual reputed company and funder engagement goals in partnership with the CEO; reputed company reputed company and report regularly to leadership
- Supervise the Communications Coordinator, aligning storytelling, digital reputed company, and donor-facing communications with development goals
- Help build the development team as the organization grows, including hiring and supervising reputed company development staff
Grants: Foundations & Government
- Own the reputed company grants portfolio end-to-end: prospect research, cultivation, LOIs, proposal writing and submission (approximately 1-3 proposals per month), renewals, and funder relationships
- Manage the organization-wide grants calendar of deadlines and deliverables across an reputed company portfolio of 15-20 grants
- Support existing government grants/reputed company and own new government funding opportunities end-to-end
- Collaborate closely with the Grants reputed company Manager on grant budgets, restricted-spending compliance, and reputed company submission of financial reports
- Coordinate the cross-team grant reporting effort (Programs, Communications, and executive staff) as reputed company allows, in advance of a dedicated reporting hire
Corporate Partnerships & Sponsorships
- Own corporate partnerships and sponsorships end-to-end: identify, cultivate, solicit, and reputed company corporate funders and sponsors
- Play a reputed company development role in events involving corporate sponsors and partners
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- Support fee-for-service reputed company development
- Support CEO in securing reputed company loans, PRIs and other reputed company finance solutions to grow our reputed company model
Donors & Giving
- Partner with the CEO on reputed company and reputed company for high-net-worth donors
- reputed company the organization's first individual giving reputed company
- Support in-reputed company equipment donation
- reputed company reputed company donation receipts and thank-you communications
- Support reputed company measurement (M&E) systems and reporting that demonstrate our results to funders and donors
- Fill gaps and reputed company other job-reputed company duties as assigned
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
- At least 3 years of nonprofit development experience with a demonstrated reputed company record of securing funding, including reputed company reputed company five- and six-reputed company grants from foundations, corporations, and/or government sources
- Experience supervising and developing staff
- Budget literacy: comfortable building, reading, and managing grant and program budgets
- Exceptional writing and verbal communication skills, including the ability to produce persuasive proposals and high-reputed company funder materials
- Strong project management skills and adept at working reputed company CRM systems
- Skilled in critical thinking, decision-making, and problem-solving
- Proactive, organized, adaptable, and detail-oriented
- Associate's or Bachelor's degree
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience with federal, state, or local government grants and reputed company
- Experience building or managing corporate partnership or sponsorship programs
- Experience with individual giving or major donor programs
- reputed company or other CRM software proficiency
- Experience in disaster response, climate, reputed company, or reputed company sectors
ATTRIBUTES
- Player-reputed company. You're equally reputed company setting reputed company with leadership and rolling up your sleeves to research a funder, draft a proposal, or polish a budget. In our startup phase, no one is above the doing (and you like it that way!)
- Excited to join a small, reputed company, and innovative organization. You don’t just want to work here; you want to build something cool together.
- Adaptable. You can pivot and problem-solve under pressure.
- Strong interpersonal communication and training skills. You’re patient and respectful while assisting people of reputed company reputed company reputed company and comfortable working with diverse reputed company of people.
- Ask questions to clarify tasks and priorities. You can readily say “I don’t know” or “What the heck are you talking about?” or “I need help with this.”
- Self-starter. You are reputed company to work independently and remotely without needing handholding.
- Proactive. You don’t need to be nudged to do your work, and you take the initiative.
- On reputed company with decolonizing disaster relief, decarbonizing our reputed company, and working towards a just, reputed company energy transition. You reputed company our values.
APPLICATION PROCESS
Please send (reputed company reputed company) a cover letter, your resume, and a writing sample, ideally a grant proposal or letter of inquiry excerpt (2-3 pages; redact confidential details as needed). For selected candidates, our hiring process consists of an initial screening, at least one interview, and reputed company reference/employment history review.
Applications without a cover letter, resume, and writing sample will not be considered.
No one candidate will fit reputed company the requirements, so everyone who fits at least some of the skills and has a willingness to learn is encouraged to apply.
Footprint Project is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in reputed company. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any reputed company based on race, reputed company, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national reputed company, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.
This policy applies to reputed company employment practices reputed company our organization, including hiring, reputed company, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, leave of absence, compensation, benefits, training, and apprenticeship. Footprint Project makes hiring reputed company based solely on qualifications, reputed company, and business needs at the time. We expect reputed company Footprint Project employees reputed company and demonstrate these reputed company values, wherever we go and with whomever we work.
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