Location: Jacksonville, FL
Company: First Coast No More Homeless Pets
in support of strategic plan. Evaluate the impact of internal and external factors on the organization and its resource development, marketing and communications effort; recommend short-term and long-term plans and programs that support organizational objectives.
Keep informed of trends in philanthropy, management and the non-profit sector; introduce best practices to department and organization. Engage in the work of others to identify fundraising and marketing opportunities to help promote key initiatives. Recruit, hire, train and manage department staff. Provide guidance and coaching to ensure they work as a team to accomplish annual goals. Work with Finance to develop, implement and
manage annual departmental budget. Develop objectives, monitor results and evaluate the performance of the organization's resource development program.
Produce and provide regular detailed accountability reports about the organization's fundraising operations and budget goals. Resource Development Work closely with CEO and key program staff to backss funding needs and priorities and develop realistic annual and long-term fundraising goals. Collaborate with internal teams and key volunteers to create and implement multi-year resource development plan to drive annual, major and planned gifts to support the organization. Recruit, train and staff Development Committee consisting of Board
Members and community volunteers to help execute development plan and raise funds for FCNMHP as requested.
Expand individual giving program including annual fund, middle donor program and major gifts strategy. Support Capital Campaign efforts, in partnership with the CEO, including prospect research, soliciting major gifts and pledges from individuals and corporations, assist with the development of capital campaign marketing materials, and during the public phase plan events, press releases, and media coverage to reach CC fundraising goals. Support CEO in managing a portfolio of individual donors for cultivation, solicitation and stewardship. Establish and maintain excellent relationships with current donors and identify/cultivate new relationships to generate funds from individuals, corporations and foundations.
Maintain active portfolio of major donors and prospects and utilize a moves management program to track cultivation, solicitation and stewardship activities. Develop donor stewardship processes and activities to ensure the accurate entry and timely acknowledgement of gifts made to the organization. Lead efforts throughout the organization to properly steward gifts and donors. Ensure proper systems and policies are in place to accept/record gifts and maintain donor and prospect records, Oversee the grants strategy including the development and writing of foundation, corporate and government proposals.
Promote planned gifts to the organization and strengthen comprehensive planned giving program. Volunteer programs Strengthen existing volunteer program with a focus on volunteer retention and satisfaction. Expand volunteer program with a focus on inclusion and diversity Increase number of skilled volunteers serving as counterparts to paid staff Integrate corporate philanthropy with volunteer opportunities and engagement Improve current reporting structure, data and record keeping.
The mission of First Coast No More Homeless Pets is to make veterinary care affordable and accessible to all as we save lives by keeping dogs and cats in homes and out of shelters, provide lowcost spay/neuter services with emphasis on feral/community cats, and deliver a broad range of related programs and services.
Nonprofit & Fundraising Jobs refer to employment opportunities within organizations whose primary goal is to serve the public interest rather than to make a profit for shareholders. Such jobs are centered on charity work, social service, and various causes. Key characteristics of these roles include a focus on relationship-building, resource mobilization, and stewardship. Professionals in this field work on creating campaigns, engaging donors, and managing financial resources to ensure their organization can fund its mission-driven initiatives. Passion for social impact and commitment to ethical standards are hallmarks of this career path.
however, we offer a flexible work schedule. The position is located in Sebring Florida Directions for Living offers a competitive salary of $50,000 plus an excellent benefit and PTO package to include Health, Dental, Vision, STD, LTD, Life 403b Retirement and EAP Services.
The PTO package includes 2 weeks of PTO, one floating holiday and for fiscal year 2020, 18 paid holidays including the full week of Christmas off and one long weekend per month. If you are interested in learning more about this position, please contact me via phone at 727-524-xyz X extension or via e-mail at Gkeane@directionsforliving, org
insurance premiums for all full time employees, PTO and paid company holidays, 403b retirement, EAP, and year-round employee wellness and appreciation initiatives. Position Summary: The Grant Writer II and Donor Relations Manager is responsible for taking leadership on several department initiatives, in three primary categories: 1) grant writing, 2) grant/funder management, and 3) donor management.
This position also supports other administrative tasks and functions related to the Communications and Development department of Directions for Living (DFL). This position requires a high level of independent judgment in reviewing and evaluating possible sources of funds and managing funder
relationships before, during, and after a proposal is submitted. This position is responsible for improving proposal-writing results by evaluating and designing processes, approach, coordination, and boilerplate language to ensure alignment with DFL's strategic plan and in partnership with DFL's Leadership Team.
There is a high level of responsibility for meeting communicated goals, which directly impact the financial status of the business. This position exercises discretion in decision-making on a daily basis to select, prepare, and coordinate grants and donor management. This position requires minimal supervision. Directions for Living is an essential services provider. All Directions
for Living employees must be willing and able to provide vital support and essential services to the people that we serve in the event of an emergency, pandemic or other disaster situation.
EDUCATION EXPERIENCE/REQUIREMENTS: Master's degree in Fundraising, Marketing, Communications, or English, or other closely related field, or a Bachelor's degree in any of the identified fields with 3 - 5 years' proven grant writing experience. EOE/ADA/DFW Smoke Free Campus IND123
and service management to teen dating violence survivors and youth who are secondary victims of domestic violence. Provides information, referrals, and counseling to participants. Provides crisis intervention and referral services to phone callers. Assists with youth programming in the community as needed.
Principal duties/responsibilities: Provides advocacy to individual youth participants by appointments or walk-in as needed to backss the lethality of the situation, develop a safety plan and ongoing safety planning backsses the participant's individual strengths and needs, identifies strengths and challenges present Offers options and assists the participants in selecting from the options
available. Provides information on victims rights, crimes compensation assistance and relocation and criminal justice systems. Coordinates and refers to services with appropriate community resources and other agency programs such as Clinical Youth Services, Kids' Team at Shelter, DV/CW program, Rural programming, law enforcement, education applications, mental health and substance use intervention services.
Provides crisis counseling and referrals to youth (or parents) that seek services from outreach or other community programs. Completes intake documents and procedures. Attends agency meetings and all other meetings as assigned. Service planning, goal setting, management and documentation
meets statewide program standards. Assists participants with arranging for transportation to appointments as needed.
Maintains participant files and ensures data is entered into database while meeting agency documentation expectations and requirements Maintains, compiles and submits written records required for statistical monthly reporting and outcomes of services rendered required by grant contracts. Consults with supervisor on a regular basis, regarding all agency, participant, and service management issues. Facilitates victim support group(s) as assigned. Initiates and maintains contact with referral sources and contacts in the community geared towards victim services, including school personnel.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Occasional duties or projects which may be performed at irregular intervals: Assist with training new, staff, volunteers and interns, as assigned. Covers front desk as needed. Co-facilitation of Youth focused groups and youth peer-support programming. Co-facilitation Victim Services programming. Supports other advocate with training and presentations to youth and community partners as needed. Attends various community meetings as appropriate (Healthy Teen Network, School Health Advisory Committee, etc.
) Answers Outreach phone voicemail and returns calls providing safety planning, information, referral, and links/schedules for services, as needed. Assists participants on other advocates cases as needed. Assists with community presentations and trainings as requested Assists with data collection for research and/or scholarly studies. Performs other related duties as requested. III. Accountability: Areas in which the position is accountable/responsible: Participant Service : Maintains participant satisfaction and quality of services.
Records : Maintains complete and up to date participant files by entering data into WS, master list, and files as soon as possible after all contact. Assists with statistical reporting and other backssments as required. Quality: Maintains best practices in curriculum, program-planning, implementation, documentation and statistical outcome reports. Public Relations: Represents the agency in a professional manner at all times. Supervision Responsibility: None Business-Related Contacts: Representatives of various community resources/agencies including, but not limited to: Local schools, community agencies, Department of Juvenile Justice/Juvenile Diversion, Child Welfare Agencies, Participants and family members.
Prohibited Functions: Does not respond to requests from the media. Does not provide any service which could be interpreted as practicing law. Educational and/or equivalence in experience requirements: Bachelor's degree and two years of experience preferred. Experience working with youth strongly preferred. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Specialized or technical educational requirements: Has a comprehensive understanding of the dynamics of domestic violence, teen dating violence, service programs, confidentiality and privilege.
Computer literate Experience facilitating groups preferred Experience in public speaking preferred --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Certification or licensing requirements: Requires 24-hour Core Competency certification training and additional 6-hours (30-hours total) to qualify for privilege status. Requires on-going 16-hours of DV related training after the first year. Valid Florida driver's license.
Specialized equipment or machines used in the course of the duties of the position. None VIII. Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to hear, talk, stand, sit, walk, use hands and reach. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Work Environment: The work environment is normally that of an office and/or classroom atmosphere with a moderate noise level. The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Additional Remarks: This position requires the following: Flexibility with schedule. Demonstrated maturity and good judgment. Ability to handle crisis situations calmly and with expertise.
A self-starter and the ability to perform with a high degree of autonomy and as part of a team. Must be flexible with schedule, hours include some evenings and weekends. Schedule may in part be determined by community requests and program needs. Ability to exercise independent judgment and decision making. Excellent organizational, analytical and time management skills. Excellent verbal and oral communication and presentation skills. Maintains professionalism at all times, in all situations. Reliable transportation required. Job Posted by Applicant Pro
