National Director of Development

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  National Director of Development
National Headquarters - Memphis, Tennessee

Ducks Unlimited is the world’s largest non-profit organization dedicated to conserving North America’s continually disappearing waterfowl habitats. Established in 1937, Ducks Unlimited has conserved more than 12 million acres thanks to contributions from more than a million supporters across the continent. Guided by science and dedicated to program efficiency, DU works toward the vision of wetlands sufficient to fill the skies with waterfowl today, tomorrow, and forever. Ducks Unlimited just completed a very successful comprehensive continental campaign. When this campaign was launched seven years ago, it was the single largest conservation campaign in the world. Although the campaign goal was $1.7 billion, Ducks Unlimited raised $1.88 billion.

The Ducks Unlimited 2012 Fiscal Year budget identifies $76.3 million in philanthropic revenue. This amount is split among DU’s Grassroots fundraising program that encompasses over 120 full-time staff members who work collaboratively with 60,000 volunteers to execute 4,300 fundraising events annually; DU’s Major Sponsor Development program that includes 29 staff members who also work with State Major Gift Committees and other volunteers to recruit and steward over 7,800 major donors and planned gifts; a direct response membership and fundraising program; and a foundation relations, corporate relations, and royalty program. Although there are four separate components to DU’s fundraising program, they interrelate in numerous ways.

POSITION: Ducks Unlimited has an opening for the National Director of Development. Position will start September 2011.

POSITION DESCRIPTION: National Director of Development duties and responsibilities encompass the management of all facets of major gift fundraising within the organization including:

· Plan and implement a comprehensive program for identifying, cultivating and soliciting individual major gifts, foundation and corporate support.

· Expand and grow existing planned gift program.

· Lead the development, implementation, and evaluation of development staff performance metrics.

· Hire, mentor, coach and lead members of the development management team.

· Direct the stewardship, research/prospect management and gift processing/ acknowledgment activities of the development program.

· Develop and implement cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship strategies to maximize the efforts of the CEO, executive staff and senior volunteers that build and sustain relationships with major donors, prospects and friends of the organization.

· Collaborate with the Wetlands America Trust Chief Operating Officer to coordinate the activities of the Wetlands America Trust Board of Trustees related to development.

· Coordinate the planning and execution of future specialized and comprehensive fundraising campaigns.

· Maintain a personal portfolio of major gift prospects to cultivate, solicit, and steward.

· Staff and coordinate activities of the Ducks Unlimited National Development Committee and Wetlands America Trust Development Committee.

· Develop and maintain strong relationships with the fundraising management team, the executive leadership team and conservation and communication partners.

· Develop and manage development budget and oversee key operational aspects of the development program.

QUALIFICATIONS: Applicants must have a four-year degree from an accredited university and at least 8 years of fundraising, nonprofit, or solicitation experience. Management experience is a pre-requisite, especially experience managing geographically dispersed teams. Candidates must also have superb communications, writing, and presentation skills; ability to persuasively convey the mission of DU; proven success in building and maintaining long-term relationships with fundraising constituents and in soliciting and securing major gifts; and knowledge of current and evolving trends in campaigns and major gift solicitation.

The National Director of Development reports to the Chief Fundraising Officer.

Candidates must be willing to work hours that extend outside of the typical workday and workweek throughout the year; significant overnight travel is required.

The successful candidate will be expected to reside in the Memphis area and work in DU’s National Headquarters building.

APPLICATION: To apply, please see our website at www.ducks.org/jobs and complete the application and pre-employment forms, attach cover letter and resume and click “submit”. To request application materials contact hr@ducks.org.

Review of applications will begin on August 12, 2011 and will continue until the position is filled.