Development Director - LA Voice

Organization
We believe a better LA County--a better world--is possible. 

LA Voice is a multiracial, multi-faith organization of 70 faith and spiritual communities that represent more than 50,000 families in Los Angeles County. (See our website www.lavoice.org). Our core strategic values are: exponential growth of grassroots leadership; bridging to belong across differences; and confrontation with power for social transformation leading to racial equity and inclusion.

Our diverse and experienced team works with communities across the county to create a Los Angeles with equity and abundance for all.

LA Voice is a member of Faith in Action (www.faithinaction.org), the largest grassroots spiritual and congregational organizing network in the U.S. and a member of PICO California, an effective, highly respected grassroots organization playing a significant role to turn the tide toward a true state of belonging.

LA Voice Action, LA Voice’s 501 c(4) affiliate organization, was founded in 2018 with a mission to turn the power of faith voices in Los Angeles County into transformative wins for our communities. In addition to building voter power, the organization has played a key role in the election of progressive leaders.

Position Summary
LA Voice is seeking a Development Director to lead our efforts to secure more than three million dollars annually for the fulfillment of LA Voice’s mission. The Development Director will be responsible for maintaining, growing and diversifying LA Voice’s funding base for social change. The right candidate will be an experienced organizational leader who is prepared to implement tried and true fundraising strategies as well as innovative and nontraditional approaches. This position reports to the Chief Operating Officer, serves on our organizational directors team, and works closely with all members of the staff, volunteers and the board of directors. This is a great opportunity for someone who wants to bring their fundraising and organizational leadership skills to a growing organization making positive, systemic change in the largest county in the country.

Essential Functions (to include, but not limited to):

• Develop and implement an annual fundraising plan that meets our annual budget goals and supports our organization’s continued, sustainable growth.

• Expand our revenue from individual donors through: 1) our annual event, VoiceRaise, and annual end-of-year peer-to-peer campaign, Together We Give and 2) implementing new strategies and campaigns to grow and cultivate our donor base

• With support from our grant writing consultancy, manage and cultivate relationships with current and prospective institutional funders. Work with grant writing consultancy to prepare proposals, reports, email updates, collateral material, and other documents that are compelling and responsive to funder interests.

• Maintain and grow our organizational “culture of philanthropy”; ensuring that all staff, board members, and grassroots leaders feel a sense of ownership and contribute to our financial success.

• Lead strategy to increase income from dues paid by our congregational members

• Develop strategy to increase revenue to our affiliated 501c(4), LA Voice Action, including growing out an individual membership structure

• Manage funder and donor data, ensuring our fundraising efforts are well tracked to maximize success.

• Work with our communications team on robust fundraising materials including monthly newsletters and our annual report and end-of-year-letter.

• Plan and implement donor retention and acknowledgement efforts

• As team grows, manage additional development staff

• Serve as a senior leader on our organizational directors team, collaboratively ensuring the organization’s success

Qualifications:

Required:

• 5 years professional experience in development, with significant experience in both institutional and individual donor fundraising

• Track record of meeting and exceeding ambitious fundraising goals

• Strong collaboration and group leadership skills

• Strong writing skills; can produce excellent quality writing on deadline

• Ability to project manage and manage one’s own prioritization and work stream. 

• Able and willing to accommodate occasional evening and weekend work

• Cultural competence to support and promote a multi-racial, interfaith environment

• Experience with donor databases, preferably Salesforce

Preferred:

• Experience fundraising in the Los Angeles area; knowledge of and relationships in local fundraising landscape 

• Staff management experience

• Experience with generating revenue through institutional and/or individual membership structures 

• English fluency required; second language a plus, including Spanish, Tagalog, or Korean

• Experience with community organizing

• Lived experience with the issues addressed by our work: homelessness/housing insecurity, immigration, and/or incarceration

• A bachelor’s degree combined with some form of ongoing education--a Master’s Degree, writing courses, fundraising certificate, e.g.

Compensation

Salary in a range between $90,000-$115,000. LA Voice’s compensation structure was developed from best practices in equitable and transparent compensation, and includes a generous benefits package including matching 401(k); 15 days paid vacation increasing to 20 after three years of service and 25 after five years (plus holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year); and medical, dental, and vision insurance. This is a hybrid position that requires two days a week in-person in our office in Downtown LA.

LA Voice is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant because of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding), or any other basis protected by law. 

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