At Hillsborough Education Foundation, we value our dedicated team members who are passionate about strengthening public education.

Our operational values – Collaboration, Express Gratitude, Be Innovative, Integrity and Empowerment – guide our work as an organization.

hef is growing and currently accepting applications for:

Resource Development Manager

Department: Development

Reports to: Chief Advancement Officer

Description: Hillsborough Education Foundation (HEF) is a donor centric non-profit, dedicated to helping change the lives of students in Hillsborough County Public Schools (HCPS). The Resource Development Manager supports the development department’s objectives and activities, while contributing to a culture of philanthropy. The position serves as a public representative of HEF and HCPS. This person is responsible for cultivating, soliciting and stewarding her/his portfolio, discovering new donors, and contributing to achieving the fundraising goals. This is a full-time, non-exempt position.

Responsibilities:

• Participate as a key member of the development team in planning fundraising strategies and developing policies and procedures for meeting the department’s objectives.
• Develop an annual work plan to achieve personal and team fundraising goals.
• Identify, cultivate, solicit and steward prospective and current individual and business donors.
• Cultivate relationships with granting organizations and serve as liaison to those organizations.
• Develop portfolio of new individual donors and business partners.
• Discover appropriate potential sources of funding that are aligned with the strategic business goals of the Foundation.
• Manage calendar, track and record contacts and activities in Raiser’s Edge.
• Ensure communications are appropriate and consistent by developing and preparing solicitation materials, well-written proposals, gift agreements, and accurate case statements, in conjunction with the development coordinator and Chief Advancement Officer.
• Write and compile grant proposals, and applications. Prepare grant reports in collaboration with the other departments.  Maintain grant tracking spreadsheet.
• Ensure all grant deliverables are properly executed in a timely manner.
• Attend all HEF events as assigned. Events can be early morning, evening, or weekends.
• Participate in professional organizations and local networking opportunities to facilitate professional development.
• Assess industry trends, stay abreast of current industry data, and maintain knowledge of granting organizations aligned with the mission of the organization, and HCPS.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills/Attributes:

• High energy level, results driven, and positive attitude.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Strategic thinker.
• Excellent writing, grammar, spelling and interpersonal communication skills.
• Detail oriented, and focused.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Ability to work successfully in a fast-paced environment, with strong multi-tasking skills.
• Ability to work well interdependently and under supervision.
• Donor-centric and comfortable in social settings.
• Professional in appearance and conduct.
• Self-starter, ability to take initiative, team player, and collaborative.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite. Raiser’s Edge, or similar fundraising data bases a plus.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree, and five years of fundraising experience in a non-profit, with preference given to candidates with experience raising money in an educational, or child services environment.
• Demonstrated success in grant writing and management.
• Experience raising and stewarding five to six figure planned gifts preferred.
• Must have dependable transportation and ability to travel to events, which may be in the early morning, evening or on the weekend.
• CFRE designation preferred.
• No criminal history and must be able to pass a background check.
• This position does not offer the flexibility of working from home.

Salary: $50,000-$53,000

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