Chief advancement
Officer

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STATUS Exempt, Salaried

POSITION PURPOSE

The Chief Advancement Officer is responsible for overseeing mission advancement, community and public relations, strategic marketing, special events coordination, Corvilla’s social enterprise, and non-programmatic fundraising activities.

This position is directly responsible for building relationships with prospective community partners and donors, including fostering new donor relationships and maintaining previous benefactors.

SPECIFIC AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY

  • Communicate and meet with current and prospective donors to strengthen relationships.

  • Canvas and build relationships with local businesses and proprietors to raise awareness of organization and identify potential partnership opportunities.

  • Plan and coordinate special events for community engagement, brand awareness and fundraising.

  • Oversee fundraising including donor development, database, and tracking systems.

  • Steer corporate marketing and branding, including public relations, print communications and social media reach.

  • Supervise and guide the development team, overseeing the execution of their tasks, including grant seeking, including research, proposal writing, and reporting requirements, and ensuring consistent engaging social media content.  

REPORTS TO Chief Executive Officer

salary range of $75-80k

DIRECT REPORTS

  • Content Creator, Grant Writer, Administrative Assistant

QUALIFICATIONS

  • Strong interpersonal and writing skills.

  • Have knowledge and experience in fundraising techniques, particularly major gift fundraising.

  • Possess the skills to work with and motivate staff, board members and other volunteers.

  • Have the desire to be in the community and build external relationships.

  • Be a self-starter and goal driven.

  • Be organized and exhibit follow-through on projects and tasks.

  • Display a positive attitude, show concern for people and community, demonstrate presence, self-confidence, common sense, and good listening ability.

  • Bachelor’s degree preferred, with three years minimum experience in fundraising, advancement, strategic marketing and/or nonprofit management.

  • CFRE certification is an asset.

  • CPR/First Aid Certification required.

The purpose of this job description is to outline some of the essential duties of this position, it does not include all possible duties.