Development & Communications Director

3 days ago


San Francisco, United States Lavender Youth Recreation & Information Center (LYRIC) Full time

**Position Title**: Development & Communications Director

**Position Type**: Full-time (40 hours per week), Exempt

**Reports to**: Executive Director/President

**About LYRIC**

Founded in 1988, the Lavender Youth Recreation & Information Center (LYRIC) provides support and services to nearly 2,000 lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning (LGBTQQ+) and allied youth per year. LYRIC’s mission is to build community and inspire positive social change through education enhancement, career training, health promotion, and leadership development with LGBTQQ+ youth, their families, and allies of all races, classes, genders, and abilities. The organization has a budget of approximately $5 million and a staff of 22.

**The Impact You Will Have**

The Development & Communications Director serves as a crucial member of LYRIC's Senior Leadership Team and is the driving force behind LYRIC’s fundraising and communication efforts. The Development & Communications Director will work closely with the Executive Director to set short-term and long-term fundraising/communications goals and create and implement plans to achieve those goals. The Development & Communications Director leads board fundraising committees, manages related Development contractors, and also oversees the execution of LYRIC’s annual Pride Pour fundraiser.

**What You’ll Do**
- Develop and Implement a comprehensive fundraising plan inclusive of major gifts, corporate and foundation giving, and special events.
- Identify and cultivate major gift prospects, as well as corporate and foundation donors.
- Plan and execute signature fundraising events such as LYRIC’s Pride Pour event.
- Create and execute donor cultivation events such as the Donor Appreciation Soiree.
- Manage and grow a private institutional grants portfolio.
- Manage prospecting, proposal development, proposal submission, and reporting in partnership with staff and development consultants.
- Refine and maintain fund development best practices, systems, procedures, and policies, including those related to donor database management (Raiser’s Edge) and gift processing/entry/tracking/acknowledgment.
- In the near future, this role will manage and lead a team of staff, volunteers, and contractors.
- Facilitate ongoing leadership development with direct reports, including initiating professional development goal-setting process and identifying professional development opportunities for direct reports.
- Work with the Finance Director to project and track the fund development-related revenue and expenses of the agency’s annual budget, including monthly fiscal reconciliation and annual audit preparation.
- Work with LYRIC’s Vice President on alignment with program pillars/deliverables and private funding.
- Design and implement a cohesive communications plan.
- Develop and implement a complementary communications plan to: (1) highlight LYRIC’s vision and community impact; (2) strengthen the organization’s external messaging; and (3) cultivate donor relationships.
- Craft key organization-wide messages and manage their distribution through various print media (organizational collateral, annual report, direct solicitation mailings, etc.) and digital channels (_The_ _LYRIC Letter_, LYRIC.org, social media, etc.), coordinating consultants and vendors as needed.
- Compose strong, effective internal and external communications content and correspondence with audience-specific styles, grammar, and tones.
- Work closely with the Executive Director, Board of Directors, and Vice President of Programs.
- Participate as a member of LYRIC’s Senior Leadership Team, working collaboratively to set and meet LYRIC’s strategic initiatives and annual work plans, following LYRIC’s operating principles.
- Act as primary staff liaison to the LYRIC Board Fund Development Committee, partnering with the Committee Lead to set the committee’s annual work plan and achieve its goals.

**Who You Are**
- Seasoned fundraising professional with proven ability to help create and achieve goals of a multi-strategy development plan and at least 5 years senior level experience and 5 years supervising staff.
- Experience in building and expanding a development effort by utilizing moves management, major gift solicitation, and other development tools.
- Demonstrated success in fundraising experience with individuals, foundations, and corporations.
- Track record of soliciting and closing six-figure gifts.
- Proven experience diversifying revenue streams (major donors and private foundations preferred).
- Demonstrated experience overseeing complex or multiple projects through to success, including meeting financial goals and coordinating the work of key staff and volunteers.
- Experience reporting to a board and/or board committees.
- Experience collaborating and ensuring alignment across departments within an organization.
- Experience with creating a mission-driven culture of accountability; enhan



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