Associate Director of Institutional Giving

Job Description: The Associate Director of Institutional Giving will be responsible for building a portfolio of private foundation, corporate foundation and government agency funders to support World Science Festival’s (WSF) near and long-term growth. This position reports to the Director of Development.

Responsibilities:

• Design, implement, and manage a fundraising portfolio focused on expanding and enhancing foundation, corporate foundation and government agency relationships and financial support. Responsibilities include identification of foundation, corporate foundation and government prospects, development of fundraising strategies, and preparation of proposals, applications, reports, budgets, correspondence, and other written and financial materials.
• Represent WSF, along with the Director of Development, as the institutional contact for the organization.

• Proposal writing & preparation:
• Identify, solicit and cultivate major philanthropic commitments from foundations, corporations and governmental agencies to support the mission and goals of WSF.
• Partner with the other Development staff, Finance, and Programming Departments on the writing of education and media proposals targeted for institutional sources of funding.
• Develop competitive proposals, including letters of inquiry and full grant applications for WSF programmatic goals and initiatives.

• Reporting & Stewardship:
• Develop and maintain a high-quality stewardship process for active institutional prospects and donors.
• Work with the Chief Finance Officer to prepare required narrative and financial reports.
• Assure all grant requirements are fulfilled by the WSF Programming, Marketing, Media and Operations teams on the agreed upon schedule.

• Information Maintenance:
• Oversee maintenance of institutional donor and prospect histories and files (both physical and electronic in database)
• Coordinate and manage timely production and processing of all grant budgets, payments, and formal acknowledgements and correspondence.
• Maintain and monitor full calendar of institutional giving activity, including proposal deadlines, prospect meetings, site visits, interim and final reports and other donor communications.

Qualifications And Special Requirements:

• Minimum 5 years institutional giving experience.
• Bachelor’s degree.
• Demonstrated grant writing success.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong analytical skill, particularly with project budgets.
• Excellent computer skills (Microsoft Office Suite and Internet), strong information management skills, particularly with Customer Relationship Management software like Salesforce, Raiser’s Edge, etc.
• Capacity to effectively prioritize and manage multiple tasks simultaneously and meet deadlines consistently.
• Ability to be self-directed and work independently in a fast-paced work environment.
• Must be able to handle sensitive, confidential information with discretion and professionalism.
• Collaborative, flexible, team-oriented and positive work ethic.

• How To Apply: Please email a resume with a cover letter and salary requirements to jobs@worldsciencefestival.com with “Associate Director of Institutional Giving” in the subject line. Please save the files LastName.FirstName.Resume, LastName.FirstName.CoverLetter.
• Resumes that are submitted without cover letters will not be considered.

No phone calls please.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without unlawful discrimination based on race, creed, color, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status or sexual orientation. The World Science Festival Foundation is an equal employment opportunity employer.