Job Summary:
Women’s Philanthropy Director will be responsible for identifying, engaging, cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding current and prospective women donors within our Federation and family of agencies.
Job Responsibilities:
- Directly manage the Women’s Philanthropy portfolio including Lions of Judah, Lions Step Up program and Jewish Women’s Foundation programs.
- Collaborate with the volunteer leadership involved with Women’s Philanthropy and work in partnership with the them to identity, initiate, and develop solicitation efforts, enhance current initiatives, and implement fundraising activities.
- Personally cultivate, solicit and steward a significant portfolio of women donors and prospects, securing gifts through face-to-face solicitations.
- Integrate and initiate endowment conversations to create planned giving opportunities
- Partner with colleagues across the Federation and our family of agencies across the organization to enhance the philanthropic engagement and leadership development of all women donors, prospects and lay leaders.
- Utilize considerable initiative, independence, originality, and responsibility for developing new methods and techniques for fundraising by women.
Required Education & Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree required.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills. Visual communications a strong plus.
- Event planning skills a plus: demonstrated attention to detail in a relevant context a must.
- Fundraising or nonprofit experience plus strong project management skills are preferred.
- Proficient in MS office applications.
- Comfortable with using customer relationship management databases.
- Ability to plan and manage own work flow, priorities and results accomplished.
- Requires the ability to present and disseminate data to various levels.
Additional Requirements:
- Proficient PC skills: Microsoft Office Suite – Excel, Word
- Ability to perform work that is routine and strong attention to details
- Ability to work in cross-functional teams.
- Excellent project management, customer service, organization, and time management skills.
EEO Statement:
The Jewish Federation of Southern New Jersey, and our family of agencies, is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon a person’s actual or perceived gender, race, creed, color, sex (including pregnancy), affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital/civil union status, domestic partnership status, familial status, religion, national origin, nationality, ancestry, age, veteran or military status, disability that does not prohibit performance of essential job functions, or other legally protected characteristics.
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The Federation is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us via the link on this posting. EOE
