Associate Director of Philanthropy
The Nature ConservancyHighlight
Summary
About the Role
About You
- Bachelor's degree and 5 years related experience or an equivalent combination.
- Experience building and maintaining long-term relationships with donors, volunteers, and staff.
- Experience in asking for and closing gifts of $25,000 or more.
- Experience designing and managing fundraising strategies, including individualized cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship plans.
- Experience working with cross-functional teams.
- Experience, coursework, or other training in fundraising principles and practices.
- Multi-lingual skills and multi-cultural or cross-cultural experience.
- Ability to determine an individual’s interests, capacity, and potential for helping TNC meet its goals.
- Ability to educate and inform prospective and existing donors about appropriate giving vehicles.
- Knowledge of campaigns and planned giving.
- Demonstrated experience using listening, diplomacy, and tact to build strong relationships and motivate donors and volunteers.
- Proven ability to negotiate high profile or sensitive agreements.
Benefits
- Competitive, comprehensive benefits package including health care benefits.
- Flexible spending accounts.
- 401(k) plan with an 8% employer match.
- Parental leave.
- Accrued paid time off.
- Life insurance.
- Disability coverage.
- Employee assistance program.
- Other life and work well-being benefits.
The Nature Conservancy is a global environmental nonprofit working to create a world where people and nature can thrive. We're proud of what we've accomplished since our founding in 1951: The Nature Conservancy has protected more than 117 million acres of land and 5,000 miles of rivers worldwide — and we operate more than 100 marine conservation projects globally. We have more than 1 million members and work in 81 countries and territories, using a collaborative approach that engages local communities, governments, the private sector, and other partners. Guided by science, we create innovative, on-the-ground solutions to our world's toughest challenges so that nature and people can thrive together. We are tackling climate change, conserving lands, waters and oceans at an unprecedented scale, providing food and water sustainably and helping make cities more sustainable. Learn more about The Nature Conservancy at https://www.nature.org/aboutus.