Director of Major Gifts, Us

4 weeks ago


Los Angeles, United States Client-Earth Full time

Salary:$130,000 - $150,000- Location:Los Angeles- Contract Type:Indefinite- Hours:Full Time- Closing Date:28 May 2024- First Interview Dates:Starting from the 4th of June**About the role**:

- *Internally this role will be known as Philanthropy Lead, US*_

**Meet your Manager**

In this role, you will be managed by Emily Thomas**.** A fundraiser for over fifteen years, Emily has worked at global NGOs with a focus on the environment and international development. Prior to joining ClientEarth in 2018, Emily was part of the development team at London's Natural History Museum where she worked on the Hintze Hall transformation capital campaign. As Associate Director, Philanthropy and Events at ClientEarth, Emily manages the global philanthropy and event programme with teams in the UK, US and across Europe.

Main Duties
- **Portfolio management and fundraising (60%) - **Manage a current portfolio of 50 individual major donors and qualify a minimum of 15 new major donor prospects per year, with an active portfolio total of 80-100 by year three;
- **Management and Team Collaboration (30%) - **Manage and support the professional development of the Development Coordinator (based in LA office)
- **Strategy and Planning: working with global and US teams (10%) - **In close collaboration with senior global development colleagues, lead the development and execution of the US major gifts strategy that is aligned with the established Global Philanthropy plan, and set and meet appropriate targets for U.S. fundraising that supports the global development income targets

See the job description (below) for a full list of duties for this role.

Role requirements
- Significant experience of direct and successful development with a proven track record of soliciting and closing five and six figure-, and multi-year gifts;
- Goal-oriented and metrics-driven leader with excellent knowledge of best-practice major donor pipeline management and financial processes;
- Demonstrated success as a supportive and strategic manager focused on helping direct reports succeed and grow in their areas of departmental
- Persuasive communicator with excellent writing, editing, and presentation skills
- Comfortable working across multiple time zones and in a dual reporting structure/matrix management style

See the job description (below) for a full list of requirements for this role.

Further Information

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**Flexible working**: We are proud to be a **Flexa** accredited Employer. Visit our **Flexa Employer page** for more information on our approach to flexible working. Our flexible working policy allows our people the choice to decide to work from home in the country where their contract of employment is issued for 80% of their month, with the other 20% of their month being office-based **See our Benefits page for more**.

ClientEarth provides equal employment opportunity to all individuals regardless of their race, color, creed, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by state, federal, or local law.

Please note that ClientEarth is only able to employ those who have the pre-existing legal right to work in the US.



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