Chief Development Officer

Position Summary:

The Chief Development Officer will play the lead role in furthering and enhancing the philanthropic goals of the AOoA.  This will be accomplished through execution of fundraising strategies, cultivation of individual and corporate relationships (locally, regionally and nationally), and securing philanthropic gifts for the organization.  The Chief Development Officer is expected to align these strategic relationships with the philanthropic needs of the AOoA.  Additionally, the Chief Development Officer will serve as the ambassador for the AOoA within the communities served. 

Job Responsibilities:

• Communicate a clear vision, strategy and direction to ensure understanding across all constituencies and stakeholders
• Establish and implement current and long-range goals, objectives, strategies, and policies of the Foundation, subject to the discretion and approval of its Board of Directors, and evaluate progress and performance to stated goals
  • Include strategic, multi-year fundraising plans that lay the groundwork for sustained growth and support the AOoA priorities
• Formalize and implement processes and policies for funding approvals
• Serve as a collaborative partner with the Area Office on Aging in raising awareness, visibility and relevance
  • Own and keep the Foundation’s content current and relevant on the Area Office on Aging website
  • Define, promote and represent a compelling and recognizable AOoA brand
• Board Development & Relationship
  • Partner with the AOoA Foundation Chair to build and retain a diverse board that is representative of the communities we serve, well informed and authentically shares a belief in the mission
  • Ensure board members have the experience, skills, affluence and influence to successfully achieve the strategic and financial goals of the Foundation
• Donor Cultivation and Engagement
  • Focus and leverage the relevant benefits and drivers to grow donor base
  • Lead donor cultivation, solicitation and recognition efforts and manage a donor portfolio of 50-100 major donors
  • Migrate the Foundation from Donor Perfect to HubSpot
• Fundraising:
  • Create an external communication plan and fundraising materials, including a formal case of support that effectively shares information, such as impacts and data driven outcomes
  • Monitor and report on fundraising progress, adjusting strategies to ensure annual and long-term financial goals are met
  • Position the agency for receiving national dollars
• Serve as the Area Office on Aging Foundation’s chief spokesperson and representative
• Be connected externally, keep current on industry (aging and foundation) trends, bring best practices to the organization and stay a step ahead to proactively set the stage for the organization to respond
• Volunteers: effectively mobilize and engage volunteers as needed in fundraising activities

Job Requirements:

Minimum Qualifications:

• Education:  Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant field, including business, marketing, public relations public administration, nonprofit management or philanthropy  
• Proven leadership / track record of fund development and/or marketing, sales or communications related experience
• Major gift fundraising or high level sales experience
• Success in building a pipeline of prospects through cultivation and aligning affinity and capacity with the goals and financial needs of the organization
• Excellent written, verbal, project management and interpersonal skills

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to build collaborative, trusting and long term relationships, internally and externally
• Self starter who demonstrates initiative and accepts accountability
• Technology savvy – comfortable and competent with donor software systems and Microsoft Office
• A networker with the ability to influence others
• Is empathetic and understanding of others; serves as a connector / convener
• Adept at “making the ask” or “closing the deal”
• Outstanding communication through multiple channels and with a variety of audiences
• Ability to work in “start up” type environment and comfortable with ambiguity without expecting or needing everything to be figured out
• Strong commitment to serving the aging population

About AOoA:

The Area Office on Aging is dedicated to helping older adults and people with disabilities remain happy, healthy, and at home in the ten counties we serve in Northwestern Ohio (Defiance, Erie, Fulton, Henry, Lucas, Ottawa, Paulding, Sandusky, Williams, and Wood counties).

AOoA and its network of 180 providers serve more than 40,000 older residents every year through programs that include:

• Assisted Living Waiver Program
• Family Caregiver Support Program
• Grandparents and Relatives Raising Children Program
• Senior Farmer’s Market Nutrition Program

At the Area Office on Aging, we believe all people regardless of their age should be setup for success with living better and longer. Our desires and dreams to live a better and longer life don’t stop when we have our 60th birthday.  Our organization helps individuals achieve their dreams of living better and longer. Instead of being an organization that just focuses on the aged (i.e., those who are “old”), this is an organization that intentionally focuses on “aging” as a process that we are all doing from the beginning of our lives.  There are steps we can all take now to set our future selves up for success, living better and longer. Aging is cool … everybody is doing it. We can help individuals do it better and longer

As a thought leader and champion in the community and beyond, the Area Office on Aging is positioning itself and the field of aging as being relevant, not just to a small segment of the “older” population and the small number of organizations whose missions are specifically focused on that population, but being relevant to everybody and every organization. This approach of re-imagining aging and elevating the way aging is viewed will result in fully realizing the organization’s growth and impact potential and successfully achieving its mission.

For more details about our services, visit our website at www.areaofficeonaging.com.

Application Process:

Join us in this pivotal role to shape our organization’s future and make a lasting impact on the communities we serve.  If you are a visionary leader with a passion for philanthropy and development, we encourage you to apply.

To apply, please visit https://areaofficeonaging.com/careers