Director of Development

About the Organization:

National Advocates for Pregnant Women (NAPW) is a progressive 501 ©3 organization that works to secure the rights and human dignity of all women, particularly pregnant and parenting women and those who are most vulnerable including low income women, women of color, and drug-using women.
Our work encompasses litigation, litigation support and legal advocacy; local and national organizing; public policy development, public education and outreach. Two principles guide all NAPW activities: to build bridges and align agendas across diverse public health and social justice movements, and to leverage and connect local organizing and activism with national advocacy and policy work. To that end, NAPW is actively involved in ongoing court challenges to punitive reproductive health and drug policies and provides litigation support in cases across the country. NAPW engages in local and national organizing and public education efforts among the diverse communities that are stakeholders in these issues, including the women and families directly affected by punitive policies, as well as public health and policy leaders.

National Advocates for Pregnant Women (NAPW) seeks an experienced, entrepreneurial, creative and strategic development professional to join our organization as its first Director of Development. Working with the Executive Director and the Board of Directors, the successful candidate will develop and implement initiatives to greatly enhance and expand our fundraising efforts with a focus on diversifying funding and major donor cultivation.

Core Responsibilities
• Create and implement an annual integrated fundraising plan including development and execution of all aspects of donor and prospect cultivation and solicitation;
• Set strategies and develop and oversee all fundraising plans and operations for contributed income from major gifts, direct mail, foundations, and law firms;
• Devise donor strategies; write and edit proposals and other informational materials; prepare strategy briefings and plan donor visits and follow-up;
• Manage all aspects of institutional relationships with funders, donors and prospects; act as liaison between NAPW staff and donors and foundation officers;
• Staff the Board of Directors in all fundraising efforts and work closely with the Board and the Executive Director to set goals and direction for broadening the support base;
• Develop and manage fundraising special events;
• Maintain work plan, donor tracking and monitoring systems and manage fundraising database;
• Ensure immediate acknowledgement of contributions and sustained stewardship of all donor relationships, including submission of grant reports on a timely basis;
• Participate in preparation of annual budget by creating detailed income projections, and assure correspondence of projections with annual fundraising plan;
• Work with Executive Director to identify and recruit new Board members and volunteer leadership;
• Develop and produce materials and programs to orient new Board members and strengthen their fundraising knowledge and effectiveness;
• Work with and support individual Board members through specific fundraising assignments;

Reports To: Executive Director

Qualifications:
• A passion for reproductive and social justice;
• Five to 10 years experience in fundraising, with progressively more challenging roles;
• Demonstrated experience in fundraising leadership position, with proven track record of securing significant foundation grants, major individual gifts, or corporate grants and sponsorships;
• Demonstrated ability to set strategy and execute plans;
• Experience working productively with Boards of Directors and/or other high level volunteers;
• Significant experience managing consultants and outside vendors
• Strong financial skills;
• Excellent writing, editing and communications skills;
• Project management experience;
• Experience working with donor database software.

Salary and Benefits: Commensurate with Experience

Application Instructions:
• Please send a cover letter, a resume, and references to: om@advocatesforpregnantwomen.org with “Attn: Search Committee (Development Director)” in the subject box. Please indicate salary range in cover letter.

Please note that this is an open ended search without a specific hiring timeline.
National Advocates for Pregnant Women is an equal opportunity employer.