Job Summary

United Way of Miami Dade is hiring a Sr. Director for our Development team. As Sr. Director, Planned Gifts and Endowment you will develop and build relationships in the community to address the health and human service needs of the community through United Way of Miami-Dade. Focus on fundraising for both annual and Endowment campaigns from individuals who can make gifts of $10,000 or more, with a focus on those giving $50,000 or more.

The ideal candidate must have public speaking skills, sales and negotiation skills. Successful experience in taking a prospect from identification to solicitation.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities include:

• Ensures that all Tocqueville Society gifts are accounted for during the fiscal year.
• Manages relationships with approximately 100-125 prospective and current donors that can make major/planned gifts of $10,000 or more. Identify, qualify, cultivate, solicit and steward same.
• Participates in all aspects of the gift cycle:
  • Initiate contacts with potential leadership and major gift donors
  • Develops appropriate cultivation strategies for them, including working with volunteers
  • Moves potential donors in an appropriate and timely fashion toward solicitation and closure
  • Makes solicitations when appropriate
  • Maintains stewardship contacts with donors; adhere to the highest ethical standards; demonstrate empathetic disposition, and perseverance; reflect optimistic and positive attitude, and convey sensitivity to needs of the donors

Qualifications

Education Requirements: Bachelor’s degree required. Master’s preferred.

Experience Requirements: Five years of experience in individual fundraising with a track record of closing major gifts in education, human services area preferred.

Compensation

$80,000-90,000

How to Apply

Apply in our website www.unitedwaymiami.org

Since 1924, United Way of Miami-Dade has been an innovative force in the community, successfully responding to emerging needs and transforming people's lives. Today our work is focused on #education, #financial stability and #health—the building blocks for a good life.