TITLE: Director of Development and Communications
STATUS: Exempt, Full-time Employee (40 hours a week); Hybrid
REPORTS TO: Executive Director
SALARY: Minimum starting salary $100k, industry leading benefits
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Director of Development and Communications
Trinity Boston Connects (TBC), a respected social justice nonprofit, is seeking a Director of Development and Communications to join this dynamic and fast-growing community change organization. The mission of Trinity Boston Connects is to heal the traumatic impact of systemic racism in Boston, and to create a more equitable Boston in which youth of color can thrive. We are looking for an individual who believes passionately in the mission of Trinity Boston Connects, is personally committed to racial equity, and is willing to learn about trauma-informed approaches and restorative justice.
The Organization
TBC was born out of the social justice mission of Trinity Church in the City of Boston. Our programs create safe and supportive communities that inspire youth to develop the social-emotional learning (SEL) skills necessary for academic, life and career success. TBC helps to develop these skills through three Youth Development & Leadership (YDL) Pathway programs: Trinity@RuthBatson, Trinity Education for Excellence Program (TEEP) and Sole Train: Boston Runs Together, providing direct services to over 600 youth and families.
The Position
The Director of Development and Communications (DoDC) is responsible for setting the Development and Communications strategy to reach annual and multi-year goals and for overseeing all activities to achieve those goals including major gifts, annual fund, special events, and corporate, foundation and government support, and robust communications strategy. The DoDC will report to the Executive Director, manage two direct reports and a communications consultant, and serve as a member of TBC’s Leadership Team. The DoDC will provide strategic direction and day-to-day management to the Associate Director, Institutional Giving and the Development Operations and Events Manager. The DoDC will manage an external communications consultant who will provide strategic and project support.
This is a full-time exempt position.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Strategy, Management and Operations:
- Develop department strategy and goals that forward TBC’s mission. Develop inclusive, equitable, and anti-racist fundraising practices. Monitor and report regularly on progress against the plan.
- Effectively communicate goals, outcomes, and successes to staff, the Board, donors, TBC constituents and stakeholders.
- Develop and manage annual Development and Communications revenue and expense budgets, projections, and attainment of goals, working closely with the Executive Director and the Finance Director. Attend BOD Finance Committee meetings.
- Support the Executive Director in engaging the full board in achieving annual and multi-year development and communication goals. Attend BOD meetings and build the effectiveness of the Board Development and Communications Committees for this purpose.
- Manage and support Development and Communications staff including an Associate Director of Institutional Giving, Development Operations and Events Manager, and Communications consultant.
- Strengthen development operating systems, particularly our use of Raiser’s Edge, other donation databases, and project management systems such as Monday.com.
- Establish polices and processes for department personnel to follow to ensure accurate and timely data entry, record maintenance, donor and prospect information, gift acknowledgements and tax statements, and effective use of reports.
- Organize staff training and coaching as needed to cultivate ongoing learning and a broad knowledge base throughout the development department.
- Work with the team members and the Finance Team to develop effective reporting and tracking mechanisms to plan and track donor outreach and attainment of annual revenue and expense goals.
- Collaborate with the staff, Trinity Church staff, and multiple internal and external stakeholders to develop, refine, implement, and evaluate operational plans and processes.
- Maintain compliance with all applicable laws and regulations.
Development:
- Develop a clear and compelling development strategy that can be shared across the TBC community of stakeholders for growing philanthropic support. Develop specific annual goals and strategies to support individual, institutional and event multi-year philanthropic goals.
- Annual Fund: With the Executive Director, build the Individual Giving pipeline, with a particular focus on developing a portfolio of Major Gifts. Oversee a major donor program to cultivate deeper ties with donors at all levels and to identify and secure new prospects.
- Build and implement effective individual fundraising strategies to engage, renew and acquire individual funders at all levels through customized engagement and strategic relationship building.
- Propose, plan, and execute effective fundraising strategies for the annual giving and the major gifts programs to develop a well-balanced, sustainable donor portfolio.
- Refresh stewardship and solicitation approaches to support donor retention.
- Events: Working primarily with the Development Operations and Events Manager and Communications Consultant, with support from the Executive Director, Leadership Team and Associate Director, Institutional Giving, execute a successful annual gala which educates, friend- and fund-raises, and achieves revenue and attendance goals. Provide support and coaching to the Development Operations and Events Manager for Team Trinity and the Sole Train 5K events.
- Grants: With the Associate Director, Institutional Giving, grow support from foundations, corporations and government agencies, including stewarding existing relationships, building new sources of support, and providing strategic support for grant proposals and reports.
- Personally engage in major donor and funder meetings and development networking events. Respectfully and effectively steward all donors, particularly the many, generous early investors in TBC, who have enabled its growth to date.
- Collaborate closely with the Executive Director, the Development Operations and Events Manager, and Program Directors to develop and execute an inspiring Bostonians for Youth (BFY) annual gala. Work closely with the Executive Director in engaging the BOD and Host Committee, while managing the BFY BOD Event Planning Committee to deliver a high quality, successful event, effectively and efficiently.
- Continue to build out the corporate partnership engagement strategy working primarily with the Associate Director, Institutional Giving and with the Executive Director and the Leadership Team.
- Actively engage and energize staff, volunteers, event committees, partner organizations, and donors in achieving the fundraising goals.
- In partnership with the Executive Director, deepen and strengthen the relationship and connection with Trinity Church in the City of Boston.
Communications:
- With the Executive Director and Communications consultant, develop and implement an annual strategic communications plan that further develops TBC’s organizational voice and articulates TBC’s mission and unique value proposition in an authentic and meaningful way to a diverse community.
- Manage the implementation of all TBC media including the website, print and electronic communications, social media, videography, photography, podcasts, and donor requests and event speaking remarks.
- Manage the development of TBC’s Annual Reports, effectively engaging consultants and organizational staff as needed. Oversee the content to ensure accurate and compelling presentation of TBC’s organizational impact and financial performance. Leverage the use of the Annual Report to bolster all development fundraising efforts.
QUALIFICATIONS
- 7-10+ years of professional fundraising management experience in a nonprofit organization.
- Outstanding interpersonal skills and high emotional intelligence with excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Bachelor’s degree required. Master's preferred, MBA or nonprofit fundraising degree a plus
- Demonstrated success in a development and communications role with managerial and organizational responsibilities, including the ability to construct, articulate, and implement an annual strategic development and communications plan.
- Strong strategic and systems thinking, alongside creativity to adapt to changing circumstances and available resources.
- Ability to build trust, maintain a cohesive team, and provide strategic direction for a diverse staff team and funding portfolio.
- Demonstrated success in individual and institutional fundraising, donor relations, event management, and communications.
- Demonstrated commitment to social justice with the ability to talk about systemic racism and oppression especially within the context of our mission; openness to ongoing learning in this area.
- High digital literacy across all TBC platforms. Comfortable with communication and social media platforms, including Constant Contact, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Mail Chimp, Twitter, WordPress.
- Experience working with an organization that serves communities of color.
- Willingness and ability to occasionally work outside of traditional work hours, and travel across greater Boston
Benefits snapshot:
• 100% healthcare premium coverage
• 4 weeks paid vacation
• 403b immediate vested match of up to 9%
