Associate Director, Donor Fundraising Strategy and Innovation

The Nature Conservancy

$113K — $165K *
US-AnywhereRemote in United States
Education, Government & Non-Profit
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree and 7 years related experience.
  • Experience in developing and deploying direct response strategies.
  • Demonstrated ability to plan and manage budgetary responsibilities.
  • Proven experience managing and supervising multidisciplinary teams.
  • Skilled in developing and implementing multiple projects and strategic goals.
  • Experience working across complex organizations and with cross-functional teams.
  • Familiarity with evolving trends in direct response fundraising.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and manage audience-first donor strategies to meet revenue goals.
  • Evaluate and optimize fundraising approaches through risk/reward analysis.
  • Collaborate with internal teams and external stakeholders to align strategies.
  • Monitor holistic reporting and analytics for audience engagement.
  • Lead decision-making for all Membership audience strategies.
  • Drive innovation in fundraising through data insights and best practices.
  • Oversee strategic documentation and align staff efforts with management priorities.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health care benefits including flexible spending accounts.
  • 401(k) plan with an 8% employer match.
  • Parental leave and accrued paid time off.
  • Life insurance and disability coverage.
  • Employee assistance program and other well-being benefits.
  • Flexible work environment supporting health and well-being.
Full Job Description
What We Can Achieve Together:

The Associate Director, Donor Fundraising Strategy and Innovation develops, implements, and manages effective and industry leading strategies and techniques for solicitation and engagement of individual donors to grow short- and long-term membership revenue through an audience-first approach in alignment with the overall Membership program.

The Associate Director, Donor Fundraising Strategy and Innovation develops integrated, efficient, and effective audience-first strategies to individual donors through all available marketing channels. They are responsible for development, evaluation, testing and iteration of strategies for all identified Membership Audiences as well as identifying new and emerging opportunities at an organizational and industry level. They evaluate and launch new fundraising innovation approaches, keeping apprised of industry opportunities and evaluate potential and success through risk/reward analysis.

They exercise proactive and anticipatory thinking and make experience based, and data driven decisions. They collaborate closely across the department on audience strategies and oversee the development and maintenance of strategic documentation. They work closely with internal department leaders, and external key stakeholders, including senior management to ensure alignment of strategies to department and organization vision. They directly manage and align staff efforts to match priorities set by senior management.

Informs, monitors, and acts on holistic reporting and analytics at the audience level. Leads decisions for all Membership audiences within defined scope of role. Is a thought leader within the team and works closely with Director of Audience Strategies and Associate Director of Strategic Deployment to make recommendations to further drive performance and positive return on investment.

We're Looking for You:

Become a force for nature and a healthy planet by joining The Nature Conservancy Membership team as Associate Director of Donor Fundraising. We're looking for a dynamic, curious, and proactive colleague who thrives in a fast paced and collaborative environment. This role will drive the development of audience-first strategies and innovation - leveraging data insights, systems functionality, and cross-functional collaboration to meet fundraising goals. The ideal candidate has broad experience in direct response fundraising and is passionate about audience focused strategy innovation. The Nature Conservancy is a global conservation leader and one of the top fundraising charities in the United States. Come join us!

What You'll Bring:

  • Bachelor's degree and 7 years related experience.
  • Experience in the development and deployment of direct response strategies
  • Experience in planning and delivering budgetary responsibilities.
  • Experience managing and supervising a multidisciplinary team.
  • Experience developing, managing and implementing multiple projects and strategic goals.
  • Experience working across complex organizations.
  • Experience working with cross-functional teams across multiple organizational levels.
  • Experience, coursework, or other training in principles, practices, procedures, and evolving trends in direct response fundraising.

Salary Information:

The starting pay range for a candidate selected for this position is generally within the range of $113,450 - $165,450. This range only applies to candidates whose country of employment is the USA. Where a successful candidate's actual pay will fall within this range will be based on a variety of factors, including, for example, the candidate's location, qualifications, specific skills, and experience. Please note countries outside the USA would have a different pay range in the local currency based on the local labor market, and not tied to USA pay or ranges. Your geographic location will be confirmed during the recruitment.

TNC offers a competitive, comprehensive benefits package including health care benefits, flexible spending accounts, a 401(k) plan with an 8% employer match, parental leave, accrued paid time off, life insurance, disability coverage, employee assistance program, other life and work well-being benefits. Learn more about our Benefits and Perks here.

We're proud to offer a flexible work environment that supports of the health and well-being of the people we employ.

Our recruiting process includes a rolling interview process to ensure we engage applicants in a timely manner. This means we may review applications in the order in which they are received. Once a strong candidate pool is identified, the role will be unposted. The timeline may vary depending on the expressed interest in the role, so we highly encourage candidates to apply as soon as possible.

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