Development Director
Our Story:
Redeemer Counseling (RCS) is a professional Christian counseling and training center based in midtown Manhattan. We connect the Gospel and counseling best practices for individuals and churches. Our staff of 40 professionally trained counselors and trainers journey with people to deeper healing and transformation. Our philosophy is holistic. We believe that people are made in God’s image, and to restore health to a person, we need to consider the dimensions of both body and soul. Our goal in counseling is to establish a context of growth by guiding individuals and the community towards emotional and spiritual wholeness. In order for counseling to be meaningful and effective, it must not only help alleviate presenting symptoms and suffering, but it must also expose the complex and largely hidden desires and motives of the heart.
Core Values
Gospel – We believe there cannot be lasting transformation apart from Jesus Christ. Change is experienced in a covenant relationship with him.
Community – We acknowledge that change does not happen in isolation. Our counseling therefore encourages healing and growth within the context of community.
Changed lives – We believe counseling is an examination of the heart and transformation is the work of the Holy Spirit.
City – We seek to address the demands and complexities of urban life with the wisdom of God.
Movement – We serve as a model and assist in developing gospel-centered counseling ministries.
RCS is governed by Redeemer Churches and Ministries. Click HERE to read more about Redeemer Churches and Ministries values and vision.
About the Position:
The Development Director is a mission-driven, strategic, and tactical individual who is responsible for developing, managing, and executing the RCS annual development plan. The ideal candidate is a dynamic leader who has a clear grasp of all core components of fundraising and development: individual giving, major gifts, stewardship, board relations, annual giving campaigns (events and digital), institutional foundations’ relations, grant writing, and corporate/church/partnerships/sponsorships. This role requires experience with development operations, including CRM management and budget building. The Development Director will work closely with a cross-functional Fundraising Team, interface frequently with donors, churches, staff, and community; and will be the lead partner in promoting an organizational culture of development and generosity.
Hours: Full-Time, 40 hours per week
Salary Range: $100,000-$110,000 annually
Benefits: Generous benefits including: PTO, medical, dental and vision, retirement, life insurance, monthly transit card, and more.
Reports to: Redeemer Counseling Director
Location: NYC (midtown Manhattan)
Job Duties
Leadership and Development Strategy
- Partner with the Leadership Team to engage with RCS staff, donors, churches, and other community members to truly understand RCS mission, vision, and culture to strengthen development communications.
- Represent development needs to the Leadership Team as a member of the Leadership Team, ensuring organizational strategy is aligned with development strategy.
- Execute, iterate, and update the existing development plan to accomplish organizational goals as they evolve, incorporating new ideas, industry best practices, and data-driven analysis.
- Ensure a robust gift pipeline big enough to hit annual revenue goals of $1 million by actively managing prospective and current individual, church, business, and foundation donors.
- Supervise Development Associate and lead cross-functional Fundraising Team.
- Embody RCS cultural values: professional, curious, relational, and bold.
Individual Giving and Donor Relations
- Research and design management plans for major individual donors and project manage the Counseling Director’s fundraising work as it relates to major donors and funders.
- Design and execute annual appeals, with support from the Fundraising Team.
- Utilize existing data to manage and increase participation in recurring giving programs.
- Ensure the day-to-day stewardship and retention of new and returning donors, including managing a portfolio of high-capacity donors.
- Collaborate with the Leadership Team and Fundraising Team to develop long-term strategies for annual fundraising events.
- Ensure post-fundraising event follow-up including thank you letters, surveys, tracking of responses, integration of feedback, and overall acknowledgement and stewardship of fundraisers and donors.
- Create a donor stewardship plan and update it annually with new and meaningful ways to connect donors and foster an even greater sense of community.
Foundation and Corporate Giving
- Maintain and expand the church partners program to create more relationships with churches that support mental health care in the church.
- Launch a structured corporate partners program that deepens the relationship between RCS and corporations to provide a mutually beneficial partnership.
- Strategically research prospective foundation funders. Identify top prospects and begin outreach, relationship building, and cultivation to lay the foundation for additional funding.
- Lead and project manage all grant opportunities including working with RCS staff to complete all the necessary information for applications, grant writing, and managing the reporting schedule.
Development Operations and Revenue Tracking
- Establish and monitor annual and long-term revenue goals and budgets.
- Maintain all donor and prospect information utilizing current software and explore new CRM.
- Design and update a regular progress-to-goal report and development dashboard for the Counseling Director and Leadership Team.
- Execute high-quality gift processing and revenue tracking, to ensure accurate and thorough documentation of all development activities.
- Ensure integrity and accuracy in all records and reporting to donors, churches, organizations, and foundations.
Minimum Qualifications
Required Skills and Traits
- Bachelors degree, Masters preferred.
Deep commitment to mental health services.
Identify with the Christian faith, attend a church, and align to the statement of faith for RCS.
Minimum of 6 years of nonprofit development experience.
Minimum of 2 years of nonprofit leadership experience.
Demonstrated history of operating at Director level and serving in a Leadership Team.
Demonstrable experience and success raising more than $1 million annually as a fundraising generalist, with hands-on practice at major gifts, annual giving, online giving campaigns, peer-to-peer fundraising, institutional giving/grant writing, corporate partnership building, and special events.
Experience managing and improving development operations, ranging from CRM management to budget monitoring to gift processing.
Experience in forming and working with advisory boards and external boards.
Proven ability as a project manager, ability to efficiently deliver results in a timely manner.
Enthusiasm to propose fresh ideas without prompting by leadership, openness to feedback on those ideas, and a persistence to bring those ideas to life.
Passion for doing transformative work with exceptional people while not taking yourself too seriously.
Dynamic and poised professional who will represent RCS’ work with enthusiasm and authenticity.
Natural people person who appreciates that everyone has an important story to tell.
Practiced public speaker who can think on their feet.
Stickler for details and quality.
Creative thinker willing to test out new ideas.
Strong self-motivator.
Exceptional communicator and networker.
Dedicated to data and systems and ready to utilize and develop existing systems to project manage all development work for the organization.
“Teamwork” mindset and the ability to work cooperatively and effectively with others to set goals, resolve problems, and make decisions that enhance organizational effectiveness.