Position Summary:
The Director of Development — a brand new position in the organization — will join Creative West’s Leadership Resource Team to oversee the planning, organizing, and execution of Creative West’s fund development efforts, including but not limited to foundation grants, major gifts, individual donations, planned giving, corporate sponsorship and capital campaigns. This position reports to the Executive Director and works closely with the Deputy Director, the Leadership Resource Team, and the Board of Trustees to secure the operating funds necessary to support the organization’s mission, programs, services, and activities.
Context:
This Director of Development position represents a unique opportunity to build a fully functioning fund development operation within a collaborative organization with ongoing sources of earned revenue from Software as a Service platforms and recent successes in securing significant multi-million, multi-year grant funding from major national and regional funders. After the successful candidate has sufficiently onboarded and oriented to the organization, they will lead the search and hiring of a supplemental Development Coordinator position to assist in grant writing, researching, planning, and supplemental administrative tasks, as determined. The Director of Development will catalyze Creative West’s strategic goal of having financial resilience through a diversified revenue model, ensuring long-term sustainability, alignment with our values, and responsiveness to the creative sector.
Key Responsibilities:
Skills Required:
Competencies:
Location:
Creative West is headquartered in Denver CO, where the organization maintains flexible work space and office amenities. However.,Creative West is a distributed, virtual workspace with team members in Colorado, across the West, and across the United States. Creative West utilizes a range of web-based collaborative work tools. Co-workers convene in-person periodically throughout the year. As part of the Leadership Resource Team, the successful candidate will work virtually, flexibly, independently, and collaboratively.
Compensation:
This is a director-level position. The salary range is $125,000 to $145,000 annually. Starting salary will be established based on the skills the candidate will provide to achieve the essential and preferred functions of the position. Competitive benefits package includes fully paid health benefits and 401k match.
Benefits
Creative West offers a competitive benefits package for all full-time employees, including:
Travel: This position requires travel as needed anywhere from 3-10 nights per month to participate in or present at internal and external meetings, convenings, and conferences.
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Position Summary:
The Director of Development — a brand new position in the organization — will join Creative West’s Leadership Resource Team to oversee the planning, organizing, and execution of Creative West’s fund development efforts, including but not limited to foundation grants, major gifts, individual donations, planned giving, corporate sponsorship and capital campaigns. This position reports to the Executive Director and works closely with the Deputy Director, the Leadership Resource Team, and the Board of Trustees to secure the operating funds necessary to support the organization’s mission, programs, services, and activities.
Context:
This Director of Development position represents a unique opportunity to build a fully functioning fund development operation within a collaborative organization with ongoing sources of earned revenue from Software as a Service platforms and recent successes in securing significant multi-million…
Creative West offers a competitive benefits package for all full-time employees, including:
Creative West offers a competitive benefits package for all full-time employees, including: