Vice President, Individual Giving
Habitat for Humanity International
Remote (Atlanta, GA Preferred)
Anticipated Start Date: Open
Description
Reporting to the Chief Development Officer, the VP-Individual Giving is responsible for growing principal, major, and planned gifts for Habitat. Driven by a passion to ensure everyone has a decent place to live, this individual is one-part strategic leader, one-part expert fundraiser, and one-part skilled relationship manager. The VP-Individual Giving’s primary focus will be expanding and nurturing external relationships to grow and diversify major donor and planned giving support.
Aligned with and comfortable leading in an inclusive Christian ministry, they will be a true servant leader exemplifying Habitat’s core values of humility, courage, and accountability. Additionally, they will possess strong strategic thinking, relationship management, and highly influential, yet humbly persuasive communication skills. They will lead a professional fundraising team of approximately thirty staff and collaborate with key affiliates to raise $50 million-plus in annual philanthropic revenue through transformational large gifts.
Responsibilities
While Habitat will consider a broad range of backgrounds, the ideal candidate will have the following qualifications/experience: Commitment to Habitat’s mission on a global scale and genuine passion for advancing a world where everyone has a decent place to live. Strong cultural fit and comfortable leading in an inclusive, Christian ministry. Global experience a plus.
Ten-plus years of related experience. Demonstrable development success and experience in securing complex, six and seven-figure multiyear commitments and coaching teams to fundraising success. Experience fostering a professional environment that encourages continuous improvement and supports a highly functional resource development team, including providing training and professional development.
Strong change management, conflict management, negotiation, strategic planning, analytical, and budgeting/forecasting skills. Highly collaborative, solutions-oriented convener of internal and external stakeholders with a preference for experience working in a federated or franchise model; savvy networker with the capability to lead via influence. Solutions and action-oriented builder with the ability to take calculated risks, complete multiple projects concurrently, and balance competing priorities in a fast-paced environment; strong attention to details and ability to meet deadlines.
Unimpeachable integrity and commitment to the highest standards of professionalism; mature judgment in handling sensitive information; values-driven, committed to personal and professional development; servant leader with a bias for optimism; elevates institutional goals and values beyond personal gain, ensuring efforts are mission focused and quality driven. Demonstrated commitment to and understanding of how to build diversity and inclusion in the development function; culturally competent with respect to issues such as racial, cultural, religious, sexual, and gender identity. Excellent oral/written communication skills.
Requirements
As an equal opportunity employer, we encourage people of varied races (which is inclusive of traits historically associated with race, including, but not limited to, protective hairstyles and hair texture), ethnicities, national origins, tribes, religions, ages, gender identities and expressions, genders, sexual orientations, marital statuses, disabilities, veteran/reserve national guard statuses, socio-economic statuses, thinking and communication styles to work with us.
HFHI strives to efficiently hire, competitively compensate, and competitively retain a leading workforce that drives its life-changing mission of connecting families and communities with the transformational impact of decent, affordable shelter. At HFHI, we commit to hiring a diverse, highly skilled workforce, representative of our global work, while exceptionally stewarding the resources of time and money with which we have been entrusted.
Salary Range and Employee Benefits
The annual salary for the role is anticipated to range from $200,000 to $220,000, commensurate with experience.
How to Apply for this Job
Habitat for Humanity International has retained the DSG Fundraising & Advancement Practice of the Diversified Search Group to assist in this confidential search process. Inquiries, nominations, and applications (current resumes and cover letters) may be submitted via the following link or directed to the leader of the search team:
Gerard F. Cattie, Jr.
Global Managing Partner and Practice Founder, DSG Fundraising & Advancement
Diversified Search Group The Chrysler Building
405 Lexington Avenue, 49th Floor
New York, New York 10174
gerard.cattie@divsearch.com | 212.542.2587
About the Organization
Habitat for Humanity is a nonprofit organization that helps people in your community and around the world build or improve a place they can call home.
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