About the role:

Reporting to the Director of Major Gifts, the Associate Director of Major Gifts is responsible for creating and implementing strategies to retain existing major gift donors, upgrade their giving, and bringing in new prospects to Indivisible.

To be successful in this role, the Associate Director of Major Gifts is expected to be proactive, a strong writer, communicate effectively and have strong collaborative skills, and have a sharp eye for detail. They should have a keen interest in helping to resource the Indivisible movement. The main duties of this position include being responsible for solicitations, upgrades, and renewals for a segment of the major gift portfolio, leading strategy on donor engagement events, owning a share of donor communications and pitches for our work, leading major gifts projects and campaigns, managing our major gifts prospecting strategy, and supporting cross-team efforts.

We are hiring for this position immediately. This position is full-time, with a salary of $110,000 per year, commensurate with experience. To uphold organizational parity and pay equity, we use a non-negotiable salary system that takes into consideration the entire breadth of a candidate’s experience, employment, and education to arrive at their final starting base salary. In addition, Indivisible provides a robust benefits package including full medical/dental/vision/life coverage, a professional development stipend, and an employer-matched 401(k) plan.

To be considered, please submit your cover letter and resume. Please be sure to include insight into major donor fundraising specifics, including gift and portfolio size, or any other metrics you wish to share. Note: Applications submitted without a cover letter will not be considered.

What you'll do:

Major Gift Renewals & Stewardship (40%)

• Responsible for securing renewals and upgrades from a segment of our portfolio of major donors.
• Develop and implement personalized cultivation and stewardship strategies for the segment of donors in your portfolio, including regular meetings, communication, events, and other engagement activities throughout the year.
• Design & implement tailored cultivation plans for assigned segment of the major donor portfolio, ensuring renewals, upgrades, and thoughtful stewardship.
• Own grant proposals and reporting for a segment of our major donor portfolio.

Pitch and Strategy Development (35%)

• Lead the development of 4-5 major gifts projects/campaigns over the year. This may include owning a campaign on a major scope of work for Indivisible, virtual events and briefings or new initiatives that this position develops
• Own travel and events strategy and planning for donor cultivation and stewardship in target markets.
• Own a healthy share of MG communications – developing compelling pitches, case statements, and donor facing materials tailored to individuals’ interests.
• Lead writing and submission of grant reports, proposals, and other required written materials for a segment of major donors.

Donor Prospecting (20%)

• Lead major gifts prospecting work in collaboration with the internal team and our external consultants to identify, research, qualify, and help Indivisible’s leadership build relationships with new major gift donors and current donors who have the capacity to upgrade their gifts.
• Drive creative prospecting tactics to research, qualify, and engage new major donor prospects to expand Indivisible’s donor network.
• Strengthen our relationship with donor advisors and donor communities we know, including by managing up to Indivisible's leadership to ensure they are in frequent communication and by preparing outreach for them to send.
• Help to identify new donor advisors and donor communities, and create strategies for building connections

Other Development Team Responsibilities (5%)

• Help in other cross-team development efforts by supporting team projects over the course of the year.
• Other responsibilities as assigned.

Qualifications:

• At least 7 years relevant experience in fundraising, with at least 4 years experience cultivating and soliciting 4 and 5-figure gifts from individuals.
• Excellent writing skills, with the ability to craft concise, persuasive pitches.
• Previous experience fundraising in a fast-paced environment -- this could be in the non-profit or campaign space.
• Experience in planning and executing successful fundraising events, campaigns, and tactics
• At least one cycle of campaign experience.
• Excellent organizational skills with high attention to detail and a demonstrated ability to think proactively and prioritize work.
• Strong communication skills (via phone, email, and video chat), both with colleagues and donors.
• Experience exercising discretion and confidentiality with sensitive information.
• Ability to manage up to senior-level staff with confidence and good judgment.
• Alignment on the core values and strategy of Indivisible.

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience using Salesforce or a similar donor database.
• Experience writing and submitting formal grant reports and proposals.
• Experience working across entities – 501(c)(3), 501(c)(4), and PAC.

About Indivisible Project

We’re building something new. We’re a progressive grassroots organization that began in the aftermath of Trump’s election. We’re working to build a democracy that reflects a broad, multiracial “we the people,” one that works for all of us and is sustained by all of us. To support this movement, we’ve built an incredible team at the national level. We dream big, we support each other, and we have fun doing it. For more information about Indivisible’s vision, mission, and theory of change, click here.                              

We’re changing what’s politically possible. Indivisible is part of the powerful progressive movement reaction to Trump, fighting the racist, misogynistic, plutocratic, and authoritarian agenda trumpeted by Trump and the GOP congress. Don’t take our word for it; Indivisible has been featured on the Rachel Maddow Show multiple times, as well as in the New York Times and in pretty much every other major news outlet in the country.

We’re building together. We’re building a new organization every day - a rare opportunity to model what we want to see in the world. We’re deeply committed to equity and building a diverse and inclusive organization.

We’re looking for you. If you want to fight for the soul of American democracy, there’s no better place to be than Indivisible. We’re looking for more team members who are passionate about building an inclusive democracy and committed to getting results. It’s an exciting, fulfilling place if you’re someone who wants to fight fiercely for the progressive world we want to have.

Every one of us on the national team is here because we believe this movement is the best way to retake and build progressive power in this country. Does that ring true for you? If so, great - throw your hat in the ring to join our team. Let’s start #winning together. For more information about Indivisible’s organizational principles, click here.

Indivisible Project is an equal opportunity employer. We strongly encourage and seek applications from women, people of color, including bilingual and bicultural individuals, as well as members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender communities. Applicants shall not be discriminated against because of race, religion, sex, national origin, ethnicity, age, disability, political affiliation, sexual orientation, gender identity, color, marital status, or medical condition. Reasonable accommodation will be made so that qualified disabled applicants may participate in the application process. Please advise in writing of support needs at the time of application.