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Full-time, to provide brief psychotherapy (individual, family and group) to children and families at a nonprofit, outpatient children’s mental health center. This entry-level position requires a master’s degree and 2 years experience working with children and families. Salary range $28,000-$32,000 based on qualifications plus full benefits. Email cover letter and resume by 12/9/05 to jmartinez@austinchildguidance.org, fax to 512-454-9204 or mail to ACGC,810 W. 45th Street, Austin, TX 78751.
Director of Development
Summary
The Director of Development position, working with and reporting to the Executive Director, will be responsible for planning, organizing, and directing all ongoing and special project fundraising. S/he has overall responsibility for enhancing current fund development and developing, evaluating, planning, and implementing new funding sources. The desired outcome is a sustainable comprehensive development operation for the Austin Child Guidance Center , including a major gifts program.
A non-profit established in 1951, the Austin Child Guidance Center (ACGC) is the oldest mental health agency in Austin. The mission of ACGC is to improve the mental health of children through early intervention, diagnosis and treatment to help them develop the emotional skills for meeting life’s challenges. To achieve this mission, ACGC employs a multidisciplinary team of psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, and counselors who provide individual, family, and group therapy; psychiatric and psychological evaluations; parent education; and training of future mental health professionals. Services are offered on a sliding fee scale and some services are at no charge under specific grants to accommodate the 86% of our clients from low-income families.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Designs and implements a development plan with short- and long-range goals congruent with ACGC funding objectives, enlisting support from key staff, board members, and volunteers to secure major gifts from individuals, corporations, and foundations. This includes a marketing plan, donor stewardship, gift-processing, managing a portfolio of donor prospects, and actively seeking new sources of funding.
- Responsible for working collaboratively with the board of directors to raise the yearly budgeted fundraising income and creating a plan for exceeding that budgeted amount to ensure future growth for ACGC.
- Plans, manages, and directs strategy and efforts focusing on corporate, foundation, and individual support for the ACGC’s priorities and provides leadership for continued stewardship and solicitation of existing donors.
- Develops public relations materials to enhance organization image and promote its fundraising program.
- Establishes appropriate development policies, systems, and procedures.
- Prepares and administers budget for the development operations.
- Establishes a donor record keeping system, including nature of information retained, structure, and location of files, and continuous monitoring of this activity.
- Tracks and acknowledges gifts, and manages donor relations and recognition.
- Coordinates activities of ACGC staff who are engaged in maintaining records of contributions and grants, and preparing letters of appreciation to donors.
- Identifies potential contributors to special project funds and ongoing operations through examination of past records, individual and corporate contacts, and knowledge of community.
- Researches public and private funding agencies and foundations to identify potential sources of funding for research, community service, or other special projects.
- Plans and coordinates fund drives for special projects and for pledges of ongoing support from individuals, corporations, and foundations.
- Informs potential contributors of special needs of organization, and encourages individuals, corporations, and foundations to establish or contribute special funds through endowments, trusts, donations of gifts-in-kind, or bequests, conferring with attorneys to establish methods of transferring funds to benefit both donors and organization.
- Designs and presents regular development reports to Executive Director and Board, including key analysis and interpretation of financial statistics.
- Works with, and involves as appropriate, key staff, board members and volunteers according to special interests or capabilities.
- Performs other reasonable duties related to the primary duties of the position as assigned by the Executive Director.
Required Qualifications
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. A Bachelor’s degree (B.A.) from a four-year college or university; plus a minimum of 6 years of related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience; or a Masters degree (M.A.) from a four-year college or university, plus a minimum of 5 years of related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience is required.
Relevant experience includes fundraising, event planning, capital campaign management, major gift fundraising, planned giving, donor stewardship, and business or non-profit management. Experience in all aspects of fundraising is preferred including knowledge and or experience in using the “Raising More Money” model. Must demonstrate ability to develop and implement creative development initiatives with proven results. Strong oral and written communication skills and experience presenting verbal or written funding proposals to individuals, corporations, and foundations is required. Knowledge of, experience in, and a compassion for assisting children and families is necessary. Must be willing to work with diverse populations. Must be willing to travel when necessary and flexible to adjust to frequent change to accommodate job responsibilities. Must be able to attend periodic events in early mornings, evenings, and weekends. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Salary
Negotiable based upon experience.
Letters and resumes should be sent to one of the following:
Mailing address:
Austin Child Guidance Center
810 W. 45th Street
Austin, Texas 78751
Attn: Human Resources
Fax: 512-454-9204, Attn: Human Resources
Email Address: jmartinez@austinchildguidance.org
