Partner with the Executive Director to develop and execute a tailored fundraising and engagement strategy for the Executive Director's portfolio, ensuring effective cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship of high-priority donors and prospects.
Develop strategies to identify and secure partnerships with corporations and foundations that reflect their marketing and business needs as well as philanthropic and community engagement goals.
Implement a high-quality stewardship program that engages, recognizes, and thanks supporters to strengthen their relationship with the organization.
People Management & T eam L eadership :
Hire, lead , and retain a team of 5 development professionals .
Directly supervise the Director of Corporate Partnerships, Director of Individual Giving, Director of Foundations and Grants, and the Senior Manager of Development Operations. Support ongoing coaching, career growth, and professional development for department staff .
Relationship Cultivation and Fundraising Management:
Build meaningful relationships that result in securing both monetary and in-kind multi-year support for City Year Chicago.
Able to grow a transactional relationship into a transformational relationship.
Oversee and support Corporate Partnerships and Major Gifts Development fundraising efforts.
Serve as a public representative of the organization, including cultivating relationships with community members, including prospective gift givers in order to build awareness of and commitment to City Year Chicago's work.
Maintain oversight over all fundraising activities including major giving, grants, special events , direct mail appeals, corporate partnership initiatives.
Manage relationships and communication with current corporate and foundation funders.
Manages the identification and cultivation of new corporate and foundation partnerships, as well as the grant proposal and reporting processes for corporate, foundation and government funders.
Develop successful identification, cultivation, solicitation and stewardship strategies to direct and monitor the prog
Benefits
Vision insuranceEquity / stock options
Additional Information
Application Instructions
Click Apply to submit your online application. Please attach a resume and thoughtful cover letter on the "My Experience" page in the "Resume/CV" field.
Active City Year Staff members must login to Workday to apply internally.
Number of Positions: 1
Work Location: 100% On-Site
Position Overview
City Year Chicago is seeking a skilled fundraising professional with an entrepreneurial mindset to be the Managing Director of Development. The ideal candidate is an ambitious and sophisticated forward-thinker, communicator, and equity-driven fundraising professional who thrives in roles that require them to be strategic, creative, and collaborative.
Reporting to the Executive Director, as a member of the site's Executive Leadership Team, the Managing Director of Development (MDD) will lead a team of 5 development professionals to manage and implement the fundraising strategy for the Chicago office. This person is responsible for developing and implementing the Development strategy for City Year Chicago to raise and sustain at least $3.75M from the private sector in FY27 and grow annually. The MDD will develop and execute strategic, diversified development plans to raise funds through grant writing, individual giving, and institutional partners, such as corporations and foundations. A focus on establishing multi-year contributions, identifying new funding sources and management of ongoing donors will be expected.
The ideal candidate is an initiative-taking problem-solver and strategic thinker who is committed to helping advance educational equity by developing leaders and supporting students in Chicago's most under-resourced schools.
The salary range for this role is $145K - $165K annually, commensurate with experience.
Job Description
Cityyear · Chicago, IL