Chief Development Officer
United Women’s Empowerment
Remote
Anticipated Start Date: TBD
Description
WittKieffer is proud to partner with United Women's Empowerment (United WE) to conduct the national search for its Chief Development Officer (CDO).
The CDO will be responsible for cultivating and managing relationships with prospective donors, developing and executing fundraising strategies, overseeing fundraising projects, and preparing materials that communicate the mission and impact to donors. The role requires a proactive, self-driven individual who can build relationships with diverse stakeholders and manage the overall process of building a robust fundraising program. United WE's Appointments Project®, initiated in 2014, empowers women in local civic leadership by convening, connecting, and equipping women already in service while educating and motivating prospective female leaders.
This project includes educational workshops, peer-based journey cohorts, and building a national network of women in appointed positions. Additionally, the United WE Institute advances women's economic and civic leadership through evidence-based policy initiatives, specializing in research, town halls, policy advisement, and educational workshops, with a focus on impactful change for women in disadvantaged and minority communities.
This remote position requires semi-regular travel to Kansas City, Missouri, and to meet with donors nationally, with an estimated starting salary range of $175,000 plus benefits.
Responsibilities
The CDO will lead United WE’s fundraising efforts, partnering closely with the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to build a robust, national philanthropic program. The CDO will be instrumental in stewarding current donors and identifying and soliciting new national donors, including individuals, corporations, and foundations.
Over the years, United WE has built a strong following and has secured several significant foundations and corporate gifts. This role focuses on elevating the organization's philanthropic program to increase the national impact of empowering women in the socioeconomic and civic realms.
Requirements
The ideal candidate will have at least 15 years of development and fundraising experience within a nonprofit organization, including experience with foundations, corporations, and individual philanthropists. This should include a minimum of 5-10 years of progressive leadership experience in building philanthropic programs.
Desired qualifications include a demonstrated track record of raising major and transformational gifts, experience managing a national fundraising campaign, and strong financial and operational management skills.
Salary Range and Employee Benefits
$175,000
How to Apply for this Job
Please direct all applications, inquiries, and nominations to Ashley Buderus and Anissa Conner by visiting the WittKieffer Candidate portal
or via email, at: UnitedWE_DEV@wittkieffer.com.
About the Organization
United WE is a non-partisan, nonprofit organization whose mission is to advance all women’s economic and civic leadership. Since 1991, United WE has overcome systemic barriers to women’s economic development and civic leadership by investing in research, advocacy, and policy solutions. The organization’s work positively impacts hundreds of thousands of women and families by commissioning transformative research, scaling the fast-growing Appointments Project®, advocating for reforms that honor the legacies of women, and contributing to policy solutions that advance women such as equal pay, paid family leave, affordable childcare and occupational licensing. United WE currently serves all of Kansas and Missouri, and its success in the Heartland is scaling nationwide, with program expansions so far to Fort Worth, Oklahoma City, Pittsburgh and South San Francisco.
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