Thursday, July 17, 2014

[KITlist] Chief Development Officer (Palo Alto, CA)

 

Please direct your responses to: OFJCC_Careers@paloaltojcc.org

OSHMAN FAMILY JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER
Job Opening
Please send letters of interest and resume to OFJCC_Careers@paloaltojcc.org,
Use subject line: Chief Development Officer

Title: Chief Development Officer
Reports to: Chief Executive Officer

About the OFJCC:
The Oshman Family Jewish Community Center (OFJCC) on the Taube Koret Campus for Jewish Life connects Jews to each other and to Jewish community through exceptional educational, cultural, recreational, and social programs. A central organization in the fastest-growing Jewish community in the San Francisco Bay Area, we welcome all ages, offering rich, rewarding experiences that transmit Jewish life, culture, and values in new and innovative ways. Home to a number of organizations, schools, and community groups, the OFJCC invites individuals to work, learn, play, and connect, thereby strengthening the whole community. For more information, visit www.paloaltojcc.org or call (650) 223-8600.

Overview of the Role:
As a member of the senior management team, the Chief Development Officer designs and implements a comprehensive strategy to increase our agency's fundraising sophistication and revenue contribution. The Chief Development Officer works with the Marketing and program departments to create a culture of fundraising awareness and the collateral materials to ensure success.

The Chief Development Officer is an innovative, entrepreneurial and creative leader who brings demonstrated success in fundraising and communications, preferably within the Jewish community. S/he is a passionate advocate for the mission and vision of the OFJCC. S/he is adept at working closely with board, staff, and volunteers, developing new constituencies, and communicating widely to a variety of stakeholders in order to achieve ambitious development goals.

The OFJCC just launched a 5-year 54 million campaign, so the Chief Development Officer will be responsible for driving the institution toward achieving this goal.

Responsibilities:

Planning/Strategy:
� Lead the evolution and growth of the JCC's financial development efforts through community building, planning, strategy, and management
� Encourage a "culture of philanthropy" throughout the organization by educating each program director and manager about development and fundraising
� Work with the management team, development team, and program staff to identify and steward new development prospects, developing tailored strategies to support each category of donor
� Conduct prospect research, develop prospect list and cultivate and nurture relationships
� Develop multi-faceted development plan, encompassing prospect development activities, strategic communications, and solicitation spanning preschool, comprehensive campaign, annual fund, and stewardship

Management:
As part of the senior management team
� Educate and engage management team colleagues in the importance and implementation of agency-wide fundraising goals
� Support management team colleagues in fulfilling the agency-wide goals they lead
� Actively participate in the process of short- and long-term strategic planning and the evaluation and implementation of the plans
� Develop a close working relationship with the board ensuring they are active contributors and solicitors
� Recruit, retain, inspire, train, manage, and support a team of development professionals in achieving organizational fundraising goals
� Participate in agency-wide activities and programs
� Support the CEO in all donor-relations activities

Campaign:
� Provide strategic oversight of comprehensive and annual campaigns, including staff management, donor identification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship
� Provide exceptional donor relations including identification, cultivation, solicitation and appreciation
� Maintain a vibrant and focused annual giving program
� Create a menu of benefits for upper donor levels and corporate sponsors
� Staff Major Gifts Committee and Campaign Strategy Task Force. In collaboration with these committees, establish campaign goals, objectives, messages, collateral, and naming opportunities

Qualifications:
� Bachelor's degree or equivalent plus 7-10 years' experience
� Ability to organize and prioritize tasks and projects
� Proven ability to translate broad goals and strategies into programs and activities that increase revenue
� Strong experience with face-to-face solicitations including gifts of six figures and higher
� Excellent written and verbal communication skills and experience in communications to multiple constituencies
� Broad-based knowledge of various development campaign activities
� Experience in nonprofit management, preferably within a Jewish communal organization
� Managerial experience, including direct leadership of development professionals and administrative support staff
� Experience working with volunteers and lay committees
� Proven ability in team building skills with both professional and lay leadership
� Strong knowledge of Jewish history, culture, and practice
� Proven ability to juggle multiple priorities and move quickly from one project to another while maintaining overall perspective
� Demonstrated track record of motivating and energizing others
� Strong budgeting, strategic planning, and marketing skills
� Superior interpersonal skills
� Excellent written and verbal skills


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