Deputy Director of Development

Supermajority Ed Fund and our partner organization, Supermajority, aspire to make the Majority Rules real for all people. Ed Fund brings together women from different backgrounds to learn from each other’s lived experiences, grow their innate leadership skills, and drive education through research on the issues women care about most.

We are a community of employees guided by five core values: We fight for justice, we are radically inclusive, we innovate and achieve impact, we collaborate and lift each other up, and we are sustainable. We are grounded in our Super Rule that the lives and experiences of women—particularly women of color—are front and center in addressing all of our nation’s challenges. We believe that those closest to the pain must be closest to the power.

We understand that our people are our most important resource, and we value them accordingly. From equitable compensation, to benefits that support caregivers, to sustainable schedules, we strive to build a radically inclusive workplace that truly puts our people first

Position Summary

Supermajority Education Fund is seeking a Deputy Director of Development to join the team. Reporting to the Development Director, the Deputy Development Director will be integral in creating and implementing a plan to build our pipeline of major gift support.This role includes management of the Development Manager of Operations and Prospecting. A successful candidate will have experience in building and managing a major gift portfolio, successfully soliciting five- and six-figure gifts, and developing new donor relationships.

Responsibilities and Tasks

Major Donor Portfolio Management

• Consistently engages in communication with potential and existing donors through email, phone outreach, and meetings (either virtual or in person).
• Supports communication with potential and existing major donors for the Director of Development and Executive Director through a moves management process
• Expands the portfolio of major donors through research and identification of donors and prospects who have the capacity to give five and six figure gifts, especially individual donors.

Communications & Writing

• Partner with the communications and program teams to develops compelling donor materials that grow the base of donors, keeps donors informed of progress of our work, and share insights from our research and learnings from our program
• Serve as lead writer for grant submissions, proposals and applications and ensure these submissions are packaged according to the requirements of the donor or grant-giving organization.
• Create a strategic calendar for communications to individual donors and foundations and leads development content and copy for major donor communications, appeals and campaigns.

Events & Partnerships

• Develop and execute annual event strategies, with special attention to the interests of partners.
• Leads partnership opportunities for both short- and long-term institutional goals.

The successful candidate must have the following skills and qualities:

• Advancing justice: operationalizes equitable policies and practices, centering communities most impacted when developing ideas for solutions, and building a values-aligned base of donors. Has demonstrated capacity to manage across group identities with awareness of personal identities, privilege, and power in managing and collaborating with others.
• Major gift solicitation: Demonstrated track record of effective solicitation of five and six figure gifts, including a proven record of accomplishment with individual and/or foundation donors. Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including presentation skills.
• Strategic fundraising: Ability to strategically represent the organization to donor partners, understands the needs of donor partners finding common ground and points of intersection, establishes and maintains relationships.
• Leadership and collaboration: able to lead and project manage cross-departmental projects to produce communication materials, events, and fundraising campaigns. Models grounding projects, programs, and initiatives in justice from the beginning, and centering and including voices of those impacted throughout planning and execution.
• Adaptive leader: Action-oriented with desire to be in a fast-paced environment; takes initiative and can work both independently and collaboratively.
• Willingness and ability to travel.

The strongest candidates will also have some of the following skills and experience:

• Experience with raising funds for various types of legal entities such as a 501(c)4.
• Knowledge of the national philanthropic landscape is a plus.
• Interest and experience with gender equity and advocacy organizations is a plus.
• Knowledge of grassroots organizing and voter contact efforts is a plus.

Compensation

New hires start at $105,000. While we know applicants may be accustomed to negotiating salary, we will not negotiate salary with anyone in order to maintain pay equity. Instead, we provide transparent, consistent, and competitive starting salaries for job postings based on job level.

Comprehensive benefits package that includes 100% employer-paid health, dental, and vision insurance for employees (and their families). Employees are able to enroll in 401k retirement plan and are eligible for a 3% automatic contribution and up to a 3% employer match on 401k contributions. Employees are also eligible for pre-tax transportation benefits. Employees will receive 160 hours of vacation time, 80 hours of health and caregiver leave, and 20 hours of volunteer leave annually. Employees will also receive 22 paid holidays throughout the calendar year. Employees are eligible for 20 weeks of paid family and medical leave.

Location: Remote | New York, NY or Chicago preferred

Reports to: Director of Development

How to Apply: Please go to our website and submit by October 1, 2024. Candidates may be asked to complete a written assessment as part of the interview process. Applications will be reviewed as they are received.

Hiring Process

• Resume review (rolling until deadline)
• Short Answers (early October)
• Phone Interview (early October)
• Compensated timed trial assignment (mid/late October)
• Hiring Panel interview (late October/early November)
• Finalist reference check (November)
• Offer extended (mid November)

Covid-19 Policy

To center the safety and well-being of its employees, SMEF requires that any employee who is required to conduct in-person activities for their job, including our in-person gatherings, must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 within four weeks of their start date. You should discuss with your supervisor how this policy applies to your role. If you believe that you need an exception from this policy as a reasonable accommodation for religious, medical, or other personal reasons, contact our people team.

Hiring Statement

Supermajority Education Fund is an equal opportunity employer with core values of radical inclusion and fighting for justice. We strive to build a staff team as diverse as the intergenerational and multiracial voters we organize. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, color, religion, genetic information, national origin and ancestry, sex/gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, mental or physical disability, marital status, pregnancy, military and veteran status or medical condition.

Candidates can make a reasonable accommodations request for this job opportunity by emailing our people team at jobs@supermajority.com.

Supermajority Education Fund participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with employees’ Form I-9 information to confirm authorization to work in the United States. Job candidates and employees with the right to work may not be discriminated against on the basis of national origin or citizenship status.