Consultant - Mission Advancement

Location: McKinney, Texas (75% travel)

Position Summary

At Mission Advancement, our Consultants are our business. They play a pivotal role in partnering with a diverse array of clients and adeptly navigating a broad spectrum of organizational cultures. This role is primarily dedicated to assisting clients who seek guidance and support in the domain of capital campaign and annual fundraising strategies. Depending on prior experience, our Consultants may also extend their valuable assistance to clients in annual fundraising, grant work, or board training. 

The ideal candidate has a robust background in nonprofit development or leadership, which includes proficiency in relational skills and major gift fundraising. Mission Advancement serves clients nationwide, making travel a fundamental, required aspect of this role. 

This is a high-trust, high-responsibility role that requires excellent judgment, discretion, and a commitment to excellence.

Responsibilities

• Lead nonprofit leaders, including Executive Director, Head of School, Development Team, and key volunteers to successful fundraising work

• Lead planning studies, capital campaigns, and other related services

• Cultivate and sustain major gifts programs, drive successful campaigns, and support annual fundraising

• Lead study interviews, organization assessments, and donor planning processes including prospect identification, research, and evaluation

• Assess and plan for client improvements – conduct organization health assessments and deploy best practices

• Serve as a trusted guide and resource for clients and their teams

• Develop strategies for cultivation and solicitation of key donor prospects including the preparation of the client’s solicitation team 

• Engage our work with constant curiosity, a desire to increase personal capacity, and a willingness to share learnings with client and team for collective growth

• Present updates to Boards regarding scope of work, progress to goals, contract extensions, etc. 

• Support Business Development needs with grassroots networking 

• Provide accessible, responsive communication with clients when off site

Success Looks Like

Harnessing our methodology and your expertise to craft tailored strategies for problem solving and deliver solutions to each client. Clients are happy as they reach their goals, and they refer us to others. 

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in nonprofit development or leadership work

• Exceptional communication – oral, written, interpersonal interactions and presentations

• Strong relationship-building skills, leadership capabilities, and ability to drive results

• A team mindset – willing to collaborate, receive coaching, ask for help, and coach others

• Exceptional time management – able to operate independently to prioritize and execute

• Willing to travel, up to 75%, for client engagements requiring multiple days on-site

• Proficiency in computer applications (Word, PowerPoint, SharePoint, etc.) with the ability to adapt to new software and AI platforms

• A willingness to collaborate with a variety of faith-based organizations, comprehending their unique organizational cultures. 

• Preferred – private school experience

Characteristics of Success

Proactive Leader - You naturally see problems coming, identify root causes, and galvanize those around you to succeed. 

Friendly Forward - You can have hard conversations in a professional manner and still be friends with clients and team members. 

Creative Problem Solver - You bring a wealth of expertise to each situation, working to figure out how to strengthen the client and the organization. 

Relational Tenacity - You build strong relationships quickly, proving professionalism and trust from the start. 

Service-Oriented - You have an unwavering passion for our work, helping incredible nonprofits advance their mission, through a positive attitude, personal humility, and professional prowess.  

About Mission Advancement

Since 2007, Mission Advancement has focused on bringing our distinctive, relationship-based fundraising philosophy to human service nonprofits and independent schools. As principal and major gifts specialists, Mission Advancement counsels organizations through developing and increasing capacity for capital campaigns, growing annual operational funding, and creating long-term development strategies.

For more information, visit missionadvancement.com.