Senior Development Officer

Organization:

SOS USA envisions a world where every child grows up in a stable, loving family environment.

As the United States philanthropic affiliate of SOS Children's Villages International, we work together to give donors across the country the opportunity to make a life-changing difference for a child. A public charity, SOS-USA raises support and funds from donors who share our vision of creating a world in which every child belongs to a family and grows up with love, respect and stability. We center our behavior and policies around our core values of courage, commitment, trust, and accountability to create a strong safeguarding environment and to promote the best interests of the children and young people in our care.

Our fast-paced team values learning from each other, demonstrating compassion and empathy, respecting all questions and ideas, striving for excellence, adapting willingly to change, supporting our colleagues and one another, and finding joy in each day as we work to achieve positive change for children around the world who do not have adequate parental care.

The Opportunity:

Reporting to the CEO and serving as a member of the Leadership Team, The Senior Development Officer (SDO) will harmonize joint activities involving multiple departments to advance the RBG Endowment, Board Engagement, Employee Giving, Corporate Matching Gifts, and Mid-Level Giving, as well as support the CEO in raising major gifts.

Key Responsibilities:

The SDO will divide their time evenly between five areas:

• Advancing the RBG Endowment
  • Manage the RBG Endowment compliance, logistics, and events
  • Support the CEO, Board, and volunteers in raising additional funds for the RBG Endowment
  • Coordinate the awarding of RBG Endowment grants
  • Steward RBG Endowment donors
  • Propose relevant policies and procedures if needed

• Developing the Mid-Level Donor Segment
  • Acquire, engage, steward, retain, and upgrade mid-level donors, including small businesses

• Growing the Employee Giving and Corporate Matching Gifts Segments
  • Analyze employee giving and corporate matching gifts results, statistics, and trends
  • Discover opportunities to increase giving
  • Recommend and collaboratively implement strategy and tactics per the analytics
  • Create and improve current policies and procedures in employee giving and corporate matching gifts

• Enhancing Board Members' experience, engagement, and activity
  • Facilitate and record compliance with items like code of conduct certificate, safeguarding training, and conflict of interest forms
  • Manage logistics of in-person Board events
  • Coordinate delivery of meeting invitations, reminders, board books, and other materials
  • Monitor, recommend, and manage communications, solicitations, and stewardship for the current Board, former Boards, Advisory Groups, Emeritus Boards, and other Leadership Volunteers

• Supporting the CEO in Major Gift Revenue Generation
  • Assist with portfolio management
  • Enter call reports into the CRM
  • Coordinate follow-up actions, activities, and correspondence

• The SDO will commit to SOS Children's Villages International's Code of Conduct and Child Protection Policy to maintain organizational wide values and prioritize the protection of children in all circumstances (Safeguarding children - SOS Children's Villages International (sos-childrensvillages.org)).

Who We're Looking For:

• You are passionate about protecting and empowering vulnerable children and families around the world.
• You enjoy connecting and building deep relationships with donors and colleagues
• You have a keen eye for detail when working with data, reviewing communications, and following operational procedures.
• You enjoy new challenges and like to come up with creative solutions to problems
• You take initiative and enjoy teaching yourself new skills
• You have a strong work ethic and are a confident, enthusiastic team player

Qualifications:

• College degree required
• Minimum ten (10) years of professional nonprofit fundraising experience
• Experienced fundraiser with track record of success
• Experienced fundraiser in the international development sector
• Experienced fundraiser in the children and families sector, domestic and/or international
• Highly collaborative
• Understands how non-profits operate
• Understands the interdependency between Finance, Philanthropy, Partnerships, Programs, and Creative
• Strong relationship builder
• Comfortable with various CRM systems
• Proficient in using data to measure outcomes, identify trends, and inform decisions
• Lives the organizations core values of courage, commitment, trust, and accountability
• Knowledgeable in people and asset safeguarding
• Committed to understanding and working collaboratively with people from different cultures, communities, and countries
• Passionate about protecting and empowering vulnerable children and families around the world
• Has a keen eye for detail

Salary & Benefits

• $65,000-$75,000 annual salary depending on experience.
• Generous benefits package, including Flexible PTO, unpaid parental leave, and 12 paid holidays. Following the applicable waiting period, this position is also eligible for medical, dental and vision insurance (single and family), company paid Basic Life and Disability coverage (short- and long-term) as well as additional voluntary benefits and a 403(b) plan with match.

This position can be fully remote, fully in-office in Washington, DC, or hybrid.

SOS Children's Villages is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We value variety – in backgrounds, opinions, and in experience. We encourage all qualified applicants, including minorities, women, protected veterans, and individuals with disabilities to apply.