About the organization:

CASA’s mission is to create a more just society by building power and improving the quality of life in working-class, Black, Latino/a/e, Afro-descendent, Indigenous, and Immigrant communities. Our vision is a future where we stand in our own power, our families live free from discrimination and fear, and our diverse communities thrive as we work with our partners to achieve full human rights for all.

About the position

The Director of Development for CASA leads the development department to ensure the CASA family of organizations has the resources it needs to meet our operating costs, expand our strategic initiatives, move forward on our capital projects, and execute winning campaigns. In coordination with the CFO, this position designs, oversees, and executes CASA’s overall development strategy in order to secure the financial resources necessary for CASA to do its work and ensure the organization’s financial sustainability.
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To meet these ends, this position is responsible for leading the institutional, political, and individual giving teams as they engage in cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship of key funding partners including those at Foundations, Individuals, Corporations, Government, Unions, and other funding organizations. Additionally, this position oversees the people, processes, and systems necessary to do the work of securing, processing, and documenting grants and other funding agreements.

The Director of Development is primarily a leadership, coaching, and management role, but will also carry a small but critical portfolio of direct fundraising work for the most strategically important funders, primarily as relationship manager.

As a department director, the Director of Development is a member of CASA’s Executive Team, which consists of all Directors and Chiefs in the organization and serves as the central staff decision-making body for the organization. In addition to external and funder relationship building, the Director of Development will develop and maintain strong relationships with other members of the staff, most notably (but not exclusively) with other Directors.

Location

DMV area (preferred), Atlanta, GA, or York, PA.

Travel

If not located in the DMV area, travel to the DMV area will be required 4-6 times/year.

Reports to

Chief Financial Officer

Supervises

Development Manager for Politics & Civic Engagement, Manager of Federal & Capital Grants, Senior Manager of Individual Giving, and Senior Manager of Institutional Giving

Job Responsibilities

• Development Department Leadership:
  • Work with the CFO and staff leaders in the development team to create a comprehensive plan to sustain and expand the CASA family's funding sources to support its annual and long term strategic plan goals;
• Prospecting and new funder cultivation:  
  • Through your own personal portfolio of work and through empowering and supporting development staff, leverage existing funder relationships to develop new funding opportunities and design and implement a robust, regular, and routinized prospecting regime, which captures as many relevant funding opportunities for CASA as possible;
• Oversee and provide leadership to improve and standardize the grant management process;
• Management and Supervision:
• Provide guidance, oversight, and leadership to CASA Development Associates and other Development staff;
• Support all aspects of CASA’s fundraising including the continued growth of CASA’s key focus areas, which are:
  • Increasing individual giving funds, both as an absolute number and as a share of overall funds;
  • Open funding relationships with national level foundations (as opposed to smaller, regional foundations);
  • Continue to maximize state and federal government funding while decreasing overall dependence on local government service contracts as a share of overall funding.

What are we looking for?

• Experience working in or with the philanthropic and government sectors is a plus;
• At least 10 years of prior experience in fundraising and development in the nonprofit sector or equivalent relevant work experience (12+ years preferred); 
• At least 7 years of direct management and leadership experience including at least 3 years of supervising employees who were supervisors themselves;
  • Experience in Development leadership across multiple aspects of development work (e.g. grant-writing, individual giving, events management, grants management, etc.) preferred but not required;
• Valid US Driver’s License + reliable transportation;
• Direct experience with managing teams of ten or larger is preferred but not required;
• Direct experience with Director of Development or equivalent title preferred but not required;
• Experience managing annual organizational fundraising goals of $15 million or more preferred but not required;
• Spanish fluency or proficiency preferred but not required.

Salary

$120,000

Benefits

Health, dental insurance, optional 401k, and other supplemental insurance.

COVID-19 Policy: 

All prospective employees will be required to provide proof of COVID 19 vaccination or appropriate medical / religious accommodation documentation prior to the first day of employment with CASA. Refusal to receive the vaccine will result in the offer of employment being rescinded.

The work schedule can at times be greater than 40 hours per week and includes evening and weekend meetings and events, as necessary. It is not a strictly 9am-5pm position.

CASA sponsors work visas; this job does not require prior authorization to work in the United States.

CASA and CASA in Action do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability or sexual orientation