Summary
Description
Founded in
2000, The Colorado Statewide Parent Coalition’s mission is to build power and
support a movement in marginalized communities of families and childcare providers
to change systems, build leaders, and train families and providers to be the
strongest and best advocates for their children to succeed in school and
beyond.
We do this by providing direct training to parents and friend, family, and neighbor
childcare providers and parents. Working with educational institutions to
support family engagement and creating systemic change through the leadership
of our directly impacted community. As a community driven organization, it is
our goal to remain nimble and responsive to the needs of the communities we
serve through our programming.
The Colorado Statewide Parent Coalition has an annual operating budget between $2.9
and 3.5 million. This revenue comes from multiple sources including governments
grants, private philanthropy, individual donors, fee for service, and program
fees. We are seeking a development director who will successfully raise the
funds needed to fully execute CSPC goals each year, develop and execute innovative
revenue generating plans, and support the business development of CSPC through
social enterprises.
This position will work closely with a report to the Chief Executive Officer. The
Director of Development will design and execute a comprehensive development
strategy for CSPC. The Director of Development will oversee and execute on business
development campaigns and ongoing fundraising efforts.
Responsibilities
· Design
development strategy for CSPC: Work with the Leadership team to identify funds
needed, preferred funding targets, sources and approaches.
· Develop
and manage the CSPC grants and contracts calendar including proposal and report,
and spend-down deadlines.
· Fundraising:
Conduct research, prospecting, develop applications to multiple donor sources
· Work
with other departments to develop business revenue through creative social enterprise
models
· Oversee
ongoing development efforts
· Plan
CSPC’s two annual events, the Partners in Education Gala, and the Telethon.
· Secure
business and corporate sponsors for events and programs
· Build
a robust donor base: Develop and maintain key long-term relationships with
donors and prospects
· Communicate
progress on fundraising goals to the CEO and the finance department
· Work
closely with the grants and payroll manager to track revenue
Qualifications
· Must
be able to communicate effectively in English and Spanish
· At
least 5 years of successful experience as a development director for a mid-size
non-profit with a budget of at least $2mil.
· Strong
organizational skills
· Strong
writing and communication skills.
· Deep
understanding of nonprofit sustainability, business development, and social
enterprise
· Strong
track record in identifying and cultivating new major donors
· Project
Leadership: Experience in planning, leading, and managing development projects,
including coordinating with peers to achieve desired outcomes, and tracking and
reporting on progress to the CEO
· Entrepreneurial
Spirit: Takes initiative and actively seeks to deepen current donor
relationships and to forge new ones
· Communications:
Skilled in creating powerful, compelling written and oral communications for
fundraising. Ability to convey complex ideas through brief, simple materials.
Experience and credibility when presenting materials to external audiences
· Influencing:
Gets others to accept ideas by using convincing arguments, creates a win-win
situation and responds appropriately to key stakeholders
· Collaboration:
Effective at working with others to reach common goals and objectives
· Relationship
Building: Skilled at establishing and cultivating strong relationships with
peers, across different levels of the organization and externally
Values
CSPC believes strongly in building a workplace that provides everyone
with the opportunity to reach their full potential and thrive as both workers
and people.
To help achieve that goal, the CSPC seeks to build a culture
where: our team members have a sense of belonging
by feeling physically, emotionally and psychologically safe and respected; the
inherent dignity of each person is
upheld and celebrated; and our policies and
programs are rooted in justice by
being restorative in nature and practice, and centered in community; and where
everyone can practice bravery in the
face of fear, experimentation, taking risks, and learning from mistakes.
Diversity and
inclusion policy
· Belonging,
dignity, justice, and bravery also means centering the voices and
experiences of marginalized people and we encourage all qualified candidates to
apply and individuals to participate in our programs, including: women; Black,
Indigenous, and people of color; immigrants and refugees; folks who are trans
or nonbinary; people who are queer, lesbian, gay, or bisexual; Autistic and
neurodivergent people; folks with visible or invisible disabilities; anyone
from another historically marginalized group or anyone at the intersection of
these groups. This policy does not preclude Title VII protected classes.
Benefits
Benefits
CSPC offers a competitive benefits package
including:
• Medical with HSA, dental insurance
• Unlimited PTO
• 401(k) retirement plan with up to 3%employer
match
• Ongoing professional development
opportunities
• A new HP Pavilion Computer
• Org phone
• $50
monthly internet stipend after the first year.
How to Apply
Please submit a resume, cover letter, and a writing sample making the case to fund
family engagement in Colorado schools including problem statement and solution.
Submit materials to Lorena@coparentcoalition.org with the subject line: Development
Director Application.
The preferred start date will be January 6th, 2025.
