Assistant Development Director

GOAL: To advance the mission of Central Ohio Youth for Christ, including affiliates and subsidiaries, by mobilizing needed through a comprehensive development strategy for the identification, cultivation and solicitation of financial champions of our mission.

KEY OBJECTIVES * Responsible for the oversight of Fundraising Events, Grants, and Communications staff * Responsible to assist the Development Director with department leadership * Responsible to manage branding, marketing and communications efforts * Responsible to manage donor databases and internal data * Responsible Donor Relations and Solicitation in conjunction with events

SPECIFIC DUTIES

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

Oversight of Fundraising Events, Grants, and Communication Staff * Supervise all Events, Grants and Communications Staff, including interns and assistants. * Help these teams set annual goals and manage KPIs for these departments * Ensure all staff are supervised on a regular basis (1-2x/month) * Ensure annual review and refocus meetings are done for the staff you supervise

Development Team LMA * Assist with Development Department Annual Work-plan and Annual Budget Strategic Initiatives and track the progress and achievement of KPI goals * Ensure each role has a current job description, training plan, written policies and procedures and annual KPI’s, and is in compliance with organizational template * Support overall vision and mission of COYFC and intentionally develop an anti-silo ethos in Development Department * Participate in Management Team discussions as moved by the HS to provide wisdom and insight on items under discussion or decisions being made. * Assist with Department budgeting and tracking of income and expenditures accordingly

Branding and Marketing * Develop maintain and execute a marketing plan for COYFC * Oversee and maintain branding standards for COYFC * Manage external communications of COYC including media * Develop and maintain print materials to support external communications * Develop and execute on a plan for social media, web and electronic communications

Manage Donor Data * Maintain a high quality database tracking donor activity and donor giving * Ensure compliance with organizational policies and best practices for donor receipts and data transfer to the accounting systems from the donor systems * Manage web based donor platforms and giving portals

Donor Relationships * Develop and implement a comprehensive plan for acquiring new donor prospects through communications, events, grant requests, personal visits, online activities etc. * Cultivate prospects and encourage engagement with the mission of COYFC as assigned.) * Invite prospects to become donors, volunteers or to participate in other ways best fitting their gifts, capacities and interests * Build a vision for donors to become champions of the YFC mission as well as the broader Kingdom mission * Serve as a speaker on the See the Story Tours and in the community as needed

Spiritual Responsibilities: * Articulate and uphold COYFC values and beliefs and practices as outlined in the YFC Statement of Faith and Code of Conduct at work and outside of work. * Be ready and willing to lead and contribute to distinctly Christian activities such as Bible studies or prayer times with donors. * Ensure communications represent Christ in an honoring way * Seek God’s guidance and wisdom, through prayer and meditation, for the organization as a whole as well as for specific donors and ministry initiatives * Be capable of engaging the Biblical foundations of our beliefs on topics relevant to donors in a winsome way, including those who do not share our faith.