Development Director at Foothill House of Hospitality

Hospitality House is an emergency shelter and housing provider, serving low-income and homeless residents in Nevada County. Hospitality House provides pathways to housing by bringing homeless residents into a compassionate circle of community care that offers shelter, housing resources, sustenance, opportunity, dignity, and hope as they transition from homelessness to housing.

If you share our vision of helping Nevada County residents return to housing with care and compassion, we invite you to join our team! The Development Manager plays a critical role at the frontlines of addressing homelessness in our county through fundraising, event planning, and donor development. The ideal candidate brings strong business acumen, excellent budget oversight skills, a passion for helping others, experience working with vulnerable populations, and a can-do attitude.

Development Manager Pay Range
$70,000 - $80,000 annually.

Benefits
Medical Insurance (100% of the premium paid by the employer).
Dental Insurance (80% of the premium paid by the employer).
Vision Insurance (80% of the premium paid by the employer).
Life Insurance (100% of the premium paid by the employer).
Long-term Disability Insurance (100% of the premium paid by the employer).
Voluntary Short-term Insurance.
Voluntary Accident Insurance.
Voluntary Critical Illness Insurance.
401k.
11 paid holidays.
11 paid sick days.
10 paid vacation days in the first year (gradual increases commensurate with seniority).

POSITION SUMMARY
The Development Managers major areas of responsibility include planning, organizing, and directing Hospitality Houses fundraising activities including but not limited to annual fund development, planned giving, and special events. The Development Manager supervises a two-member staff team and works closely with the Executive Director and serves as a member of the Executive Leadership Team.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Fundraising
Updates annual fundraising plan including revenue projections, major gift solicitations, sponsorship underwriting, and planned giving outreach, etc.
Identifies and meets with prospective donors and supporters on a regular basis to steward relationships.

Community Relations and Outreach
Makes public appearances/accept speaking engagements to share information about Hospitality House and our homeless residents of Nevada County.
Facilitates use of volunteers, where appropriate, in all areas of development and outreach.
Writes stories for public consumption that showcase the good work of Hospitality House.

Grants Identification, Solicitation and Management
Manages all private grant seeking activities including research, writing, and reporting.
Ensures compliance with private fundraising contract obligations, creating an annual calendar to safeguard timely reporting. Write and submit grant reports as required.
Works with the Director of Business Operations to ensure that donor restricted gifts are spent according to their intended purpose and timeline.

Events
Coordinates fundraising special events. Steward volunteers for event coordination to conserve staffing resources.
Ensures adequate and qualified staff and volunteers to carry out the fundraising activities.
Sets financial and outreach goals for each event, working to ensure that goals and objectives are obtained.

OTHER SKILLS, ABILITIES, AND QUALIFICATIONS
An interest in working with members of vulnerable populations especially those experiencing homelessness.
Can ensure that agency programs are available to eligible people regardless of religious belief, or affiliation, race, color, national origin, handicap, or sexual identification or orientation.
Recognizes and performs the duties of a mandated reporter as outlined in federal, state, and local regulations as appropriate.
Has exceptional people skills.
Can ensure confidentiality and data privacy standards are met or exceeded at all times.
Possesses a natural ability to show compassion and empathy while also being firm, fair and consistent in upholding the rules of Hospitality House. Modifies words and actions by gauging individual needs and the state of mind of guests and residents.

SAFETY AND SECURITY
All employees are responsible for observing safety and security procedures as applicable and reporting potentially unsafe conditions to management.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
Manages one direct report and is responsible for the overall direction, coordination, and evaluation of the development team. Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with Hospitality House's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE
Bachelors degree (B.A.) or equivalent from a four-year college or technical school; or three to five years related marketing and/or non-profit fundraising experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience. A general understanding of homelessness preferred. A track record of successful fundraising events and grant writing also preferred.

LANGUAGE SKILLS
Ability to read and interpret documents such as grant application guidelines, contract agreements, database software instructions, and financial policies. Ability to write routine and technical reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of volunteers, donors, members of the general public and employees of the organization.

COMPUTER SKILLS
To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of: Fundraising database Software Programs (preferred Bloomerang) and must have knowledge of Microsoft Office Suit (Word, Excel, and Office 365). Effectively utilizes computer programs to access, input, and retrieve work-related information.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, sit and walk (including up and down stairs); use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; talk and hear; smell.The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The noise level in the work environment is typically moderate to high with high levels of distraction.

HH Employment is available to eligible people regardless of religion,
race, color, national origin, sex or disability.