Director of Institutional Giving Job Description Template
Our company is looking for a Director of Institutional Giving to join our team.
Responsibilities:
- Provide leadership and guidance to key stakeholders regarding their role in the solicitation and stewardship processes;
- Prepare annual forecasts and goals;
- Attend institutional funder meetings and meet individually with foundation or corporate representatives;
- Prepare timely reports, consistent with funder requirements;
- Maintain a tracking system for prospects, projects in need of funding, and proposal requirements and deadlines;
- Coordinate with appropriate staff to ensure that grant requirements are met;
- Prospect research;
- Recognize emerging opportunities that support long-range goals and be able to react nimbly to shifts in the external environment;
- Maintain reporting calendar and grant reporting dashboard;
- Other tasks and responsibilities as needed;
- Responsible for acknowledgements and accurate tracking in Raisers’ Edge;
- Conduct ongoing research into funding opportunities assessing the likelihood of success;
- Coordinate with the Finance department to ensure that tracking systems are in place to monitor use of funding;
- Maintain donor files including granting guideline, interest areas, and levels of support;
- Ensure that funders are engaged with our work.
Requirements:
- Excellent research and organizational skills;
- Ability to understand and interpret financial statements in order to write proposals and manage reporting;
- Ability to set and meet deadlines;
- Sense of humor;
- Facility with fundraising databases and competency in Microsoft Office;
- Participation in PPLM’s efforts to achieve goals for productivity;
- A commitment to PPLM’s mission and values;
- Ability to work autonomously and be self-directed;
- Other tasks and responsibilities as needed;
- Five to eight years experience as an institutional fundraiser, grant writer or program developer;
- Outstanding writing and verbal communication skills.