[Jgfamembers] Job Openings in Bay Area and LA area

[Marjorie Alfs]

The Pacific Firm is an executive recruiting company.

Job Opening in the San Francisco Bay Area

The Pacific Firm is currently seeking a Director 
of Institutional Giving for one of its clients. 
Our client is a national, nonprofit, land 
conservation organization that conserves land for 
people to enjoy as parks, community gardens, 
historic sites, rural lands, and other natural 
places, ensuring livable communities for 
generations to come.  The Director of 
Institutional Giving is responsible for the 
design, coordination, implementation and 
management of the organization's fundraising 
programs targeted toward foundations and 
corporations; responsible for developing and 
meeting fundraising goals.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

-Research and identify foundation funding 
opportunities for national and regional projects 
and programs.
-Manage proposals, including communication and 
coordination of foundation and national and 
regional organization staff; write proposals and 
direct the work of grant-writing contractors and 
Development Associate; edit; circulate proposals 
for review by appropriate staff; make submissions 
and meet deadlines following-up to foundation 
funders.
-Research and identify corporate funding 
opportunities for national and regional projects 
and programs.  Work with national and regional 
staff on formulation of strategy and proposals; 
follow-up to corporate funders; solicit corporate 
underwriting and/or in-kind donations.
-Coordinate foundation and corporate cultivation, 
solicitation and acknowledgement activities with 
appropriate national and regional staff.
-Track foundation and corporate funders' 
reporting requirements; manage the reporting 
process including meeting deadlines and working 
with regional offices and national finance staff 
to coordinate information.
-Work with staff and volunteers; identify 
cause-related marketing opportunities.
-Implement, prepare and manage income and expense 
budget for foundation and corporate giving 
programs.
-Manage regional approval process for grant proposals and agreements.

OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES:

Other relevant duties as necessary.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Bachelor's degree required.
At least 4-5 years experience researching and 
soliciting grants from foundations, including 
grant writing.
Knowledge and expertise in nonprofit development; 
experience working in a nonprofit development 
office desirable.
Excellent written and oral communication skills; 
excellent organizational skills.
Excellent social skills; ability to establish 
professional relations with internal and external 
development/communications staff.
Knowledgeable about foundation and corporate prospects.
High level of performance and creativity.


Interested candidates please email resumes to:
Venesa Klein
The Pacific Firm
vklein at pacfirm.com


Job Opening in the Los Angeles Area

The Pacific Firm is currently seeking a Major 
Gifts Officer for one of its clients.  Our client 
is a national, nonprofit, land conservation 
organization that conserves land for people to 
enjoy as parks, community gardens, historic 
sites, rural lands, and other natural places, 
ensuring livable communities for generations to 
come. The Major Gifts Officer is responsible for 
identifying, cultivating, researching, 
soliciting, and stewarding potential and actual 
major gift prospects including planned gifts. 
Also trains, motivates and manages volunteer 
leadership with regard to fundraising 
responsibilities. Other responsibilities include 
developing programs, projects, and activities 
that bring new major donors to the organization, 
working closely with project and marketing staffs 
to develop these initiatives,  and engaging and 
training senior regional staff in managing and 
soliciting current major donors. This position 
reports to the Regional Director of Development 
and is responsible for all designated major 
donors, related campaigns and activities, 
institutional funders, and volunteers.
Essential Functions:

 50% Identifies new individual major donor 
prospects and develops cultivation, solicitation 
and stewardship plans to bring these donors into 
the organization and to renew and increase giving.

 30% Working with senior staff and volunteers, 
coordinates the solicitation plans for existing 
major donors including the establishment of donor 
follow-up, stewardship, and involvement programs.

 10%  Manages development staff who are 
responsible for writing and reporting on 
foundation grants, engaging existing and new 
donors in our activities, programs, and events, 
implementing and maintaining donor 
acknowledgement and gift tracking system, making 
direct solicitations, and coordinating and 
implementing a planned giving recognition program.

 10%  Works with project team leaders and other 
department heads to coordinate and align 
development activities with other regional 
priorities and initiatives.

Expectations:

 Personally responsible for developing written 
solicitation plans for new and current major gift 
donors and prospects managed by MGO

 Complete 150-200 personal visits per year with donors and prospects.

 Consistently and convincingly demonstrates to 
colleagues and volunteers the role and importance 
of charitable giving.

Qualifications:

 Commitment to land conservation.

 Bachelor's degree or equivalent is normally 
required and a master's degree is preferred.

 4-6 years of development related experience, 
including making direct solicitations.

 2 years of development management experience.

 Excellent communications skills, including oral and written.

 Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.

 Ability to exercise good judgment, take 
initiative and make recommendations in resolving 
problems and provide guidance to other staff.

 Experience with PC, including word processing and spreadsheet applications.

 Enthusiastic and good telephone skills.

 Available for travel.

 Knowledge of State funders highly desirable.


Interested candidates please email resumes to:
Venesa Klein
The Pacific Firm
vklein at pacfirm.com





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Marjorie M. Alfs
Campus Coordinator Stanford in Washington/
John Gardner Public Service Fellowship Coordinator
Haas Center for Public Service
Stanford University
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Stanford, CA  94305-8620
Phone:  (650) 725-2870
Fax:  (650) 725-7339
E-mail:  mmalfs at stanford.edu

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