Job Description
Location: Most work may be carried out remotely, but some in-person attendance at Hunger Free America’s New York City headquarters and at on-site events in New York City and else-where in the nation at least a few times per year will be required.
Team: Development
Work Type: Full-Time
Salary Range: $105,000-$115,000 annually, depending on experience
Job Description:
Hunger Free America is a dynamic, growing, and highly effective nonprofit organization seeking a Director of Development to play a key role helping us make history by enacting the public policies and programs nationwide needed to eventually entirely end U.S. hunger. The Nation magazine has called us “one of the leading direct service and advocacy organizations on hunger and poverty” in the United States.
We are seeking a development/fundraising professional with a minimum of five years of successful, full-time development/fundraising experience and a proven track record of successfully raising funds from both institutions (including foundations and corporations) and individual donors. Direct experience in grant writing, grant management, individual donor solicitation, board management and donor relations is required. This is a full-time position that reports directly to the CEO. This position will usually require 35-40 hours of work per week and is ineligible for overtime payments.
Major Responsibilities. Working closely with the CEO, the Board of Directors, the Associate Board, and HFA’s senior leadership team, the Director of Development will:
- Design and implement all development and fundraising activities of the organization to increase donations from both unrestricted and restricted sources.
- Manage all institutional and individual fundraising including raising funds from government agencies, foundations, corporations, small and medium donors, major gifts, direct mail and digital donations, and events.
- Directly manage the work of a full-time Grant Associate, a full-time AmeriCorps VISTA national service participant, and a part-time Administrative Assistant.
- Work with the Administrative Assistant, the Grants Associate, and the Hunger Free America Data Department to ensure that all data in our grants management system and our donor database are consistently accurate and up-to-date.
- Coordinate donor acknowledgements and consistent stewardship.
- Increase direct donations from high net worth individuals.
- Identify, research, write, pitch, and submit foundation, corporate, and government funding proposals.
- Work collaboratively with Hunger Free America’s program directors and Hunger Free America’s Finance Department to develop financial and programmatic progress reports to funders; this position will have ultimate responsibility for the submission of timely and accurate programmatic and fiscal reports to funders.
- Collaborate with the Strategic Volunteerism department to integrate strategic volunteerism with fundraising, including designing innovative events that can improve volunteer-donor engagement and can increase funding from corporate volunteer programs.
- Collaborate with Hunger Free America’s Communications team to increase our social marketing partnerships with companies and brands; improve online promotional materials for the organization that relate to fundraising; and increase major gifts and mid- and small-size donations.
- Guide Board Members and Associate Board members to design and execute fundraising events, and to curate strategic partnership leads with other organizations.
- Advise the CEO and Board of Directors on how to fully integrate development priorities with the remainder of HFA’s strategic plan.
- Other duties as assigned.
Qualities and Qualifications. Ideal candidates will have as many of the following as possible:
- A minimum of five years of relevant, successful professional nonprofit development experience conducting both individual and institutional fundraising, preferably in positions of increasing responsibility.
- Successful fundraising track record and comfort and skill in asking individuals, organizations, and institutions for money. Direct experience in grant writing, grant management, individual donor solicitation, and donor relations is required.
- Bachelor’s degree required. A related graduate or professional degree is a plus.
- A demonstrated, fierce commitment to, and passion about, Hunger Free America’s mission to completely end hunger nationwide, especially by boosting economic opportunity and strengthening the government social safety net. Specific knowledge of hunger and/or poverty issues are a plus.
- Excellent written and verbal communications skills for a variety of audiences required. Must be able to write concretely and persuasively, sometimes on short deadlines. Must be strong, careful proofreader.
- Willingness to combine “rolling up your sleeves” to directly perform the necessary work with providing broader strategic guidance to the organization’s leadership.
- Proven ability to collaborate professionally and effectively with diverse stakeholders.
- Ability to work both independently and collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams.
- Experience developing and managing a nonprofit board and supporting board members to maximize their engagement.
- Stellar organizational multitasking skills and an ability to meet tight deadlines without fail.
- Experience with CRM/donor management software required. Familiarity with Salesforce and/or crowdfunding software is a plus.
- Experience managing other development staff is a plus.
- An outgoing, engaging personality.
Essential Physical Demands
- Frequently remain in a stationary position.
- Constantly operate a computer and other office productivity machinery such as a calculators, copy machines and computer printers.
- Occasionally travel to New York City and outside of NYC to attend meetings, events, conferences, and other organizational activities.
- Frequently communicate with staff, donors, volunteers, institutions, and clients and must be able to exchange accurate information in these interactions.
$105,000 - $115,000 a year
This is a full-time, 35 to 40-hour per week position, with in-person work required in New York City at least a few times per year.
Starting annual salary range is $105,000 to $115,000 based on experience.
Hunger Free America offers significant benefits to full-time employees, including a strong health insurance plan which includes fully paid employee premiums and a health reimbursement ac-count. The organization matches up to 5 percent of employee salaries in retirement plan. Employees receive generous vacation, holiday, and sick time
Equal Opportunity:
Hunger Free America is an equal opportunity employer. People of diverse races, sexual orientations, ages, faiths, economic and social backgrounds, genders, physical abilities, and national origins are very strongly encouraged to apply.
Application Requirements:
Both a cover letter and resume are required to complete your application.
We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.
