2/2/2012
Fund Development Officer at Mission Economic Development Agency
Mission Economic Development Agency - Building on its 38-year history, MEDA is advancing innovative approaches to asset development. Its efforts are focused on serving low-income, Spanish-speaking San Franciscans. While much of our capacity is dedicated to providing direct services, we also devote resources to research and analysis, community organizing and policy develop and advocacy. In the process, MEDA is helping to develop best practices in the field.
Job Description Overview
The Fund Development Officer will play an important role in implementing MEDA’s overall fundraising strategy. Specifically, this position will be focused on partnership development and fundraising for connecting asset and financial services to technology. This includes individual, corporate, foundation and government support.
This position is part of a three -person team & is responsible managing the full range of fund development for the organization. Fundraising activities include research, communications, grant writing, data tracking and reporting with public agencies, private foundations, corporations, and individuals. .
The Fund Development Officer’s responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Identify, develop and implement strategy for building partnerships and funding relationships with technology companies and other interested parties to integrate MEDA’s services with technology.
- Contribute to implementation of all strategies for all annual fundraising efforts to support the organization's general operations
- Contribute to the design and implementation of all foundation, corporate, and individual donor fundraising efforts.
- Contribute to grants management activities.
- Identify prospects and work with the Director of Development and other MEDA staff to cultivate and solicit prospects for support.
- Work closely with finance staff to ensure reconciliation of all contributed income and tracking of revenue, pledges and gifts.
- Work collaboratively with the Program Leads on all program-related grant writing.
- Develop and enhance MEDA’s relationships with key constituencies via networking, public speaking, and other relationship-building activities.
Abilities, Skills and Qualifications
- Minimum3 years of experience in nonprofit fundraising with successful track record of raising funds.
- Excellent writing and editing skills.
- Substantial experience designing and implementing comprehensive fundraising plans for a variety of funding streams including major gifts, corporate, foundation, government and annual giving
- Demonstrated ability to effectively engage staff and board in solicitation and cultivation activities.
- Demonstrated ability to generate and deliver persuasive and clear written and verbal communications,
- Strong presentation skills.
- The ability to develop and understand program and organizational budgets.
- Masters degree in related field preferred.
- Experience using social networking tools to reach potential supporters
- Experience working in deadline-driven environments.
If interested, please send your resume to: lgranados@medasf.org
