Director of Development

The National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE) is a dedicated and passionate organization committed to eradicating sexual exploitation. We work tirelessly to create a world where everyone is free from the threat of sexual exploitation and abuse. Our team is driven by a shared mission to empower individuals, hold exploiters accountable, raise awareness, and advocate for a society that honors human dignity.

Position Overview:

We are on the brink of transformative growth at NCOSE, having made significant strides in preventing many from experiencing the grip of sexual exploitation. As we are poised for greater achievements, we seek a Director of Development who embodies our mission as a partner, ready to dive into the trenches and do the essential 'grunt work' with a dedicated team of three. This role demands a visionary and strategic thinker, grounded in our core values of unity, perseverance, dignity, inspiration, and innovation. Your task will be to spearhead our fundraising initiatives, including major gifts, planned giving, and special events, pivotal in propelling NCOSE into unprecedented heights. Join us in this inspiring journey, ready to roll up your sleeves, as we continue our fight for a world free from sexual exploitation, leveraging every challenge as a stepping stone towards our next level of impact.

Responsibilities:

1. Manage and Direct the Major Gifts Team. This includes:
   1. Day-to-day personnel management, mentorship, and guidance.
   2. Professional development of staff – looking for opportunities for professional growth, aligning team member’s skill set with job responsibilities, etc.
   3. Writing and formatting of all NCOSE gift receipt letters.
   4. Making sure all NCOSE gifts are properly processed, deposited, and thank you receipt letters are mailed/emailed in a timely manner.
   5. Creating and sending year-end tax summary letters by January 31st of each year.
   6. Tracking and following up on assigned projects.
   7. Overseeing staff involvement in NCOSE events, such as summits, galas, etc.
   8. Preparation and distribution of all mid and major donor communications.
   9. Coordinating the donor thank you call process.
   10. Various ad-hoc donor requests, CEO/COO projects, etc.
   11. Develop and implement department one-year, three-year, five-year plans.
   12. Maintaining donor lists.
   13. Managing the organization’s CRM.
2. Manage relationships with private foundations supporting NCOSE. This responsibility includes:
   1. As needed, work with either the NCOSE leadership or designated team members on specialized content/budget for the foundation.
   2. Provide leadership to foundation process when multiple NCOSE team members are involved.
   3. Serve as NCOSE liaison to foundation staff
   4. Determine the ask to foundations with input from CEO/COO or designated staff.
   5. Prepare all pertinent materials – written proposal, audited financials, budgets, IRS tax status letter, other items such as NCOSE promotional materials, etc.
   6. Email/mail all pertinent documents to Foundation(s).
   7. Track all gifts from foundations/submission deadlines/and, as needed, budget expenditures pertaining to the grant.
   8. Actively prospect through foundation databases, donor referrals, etc., for new foundations who may be interested in NCOSE’s work.
   9. Connect pertinent staff with foundation staff, as needed, to cultivate the relationship, ask questions, etc.
   10. Prepare quarterly, year-end, and other reports as needed for foundations.
       
3. With CEO/COO, manage all major donor relationships. This responsibility includes:
   1. Coordinating major donor communications, which can include:
   2. Quarterly donor update calls with CEO and designated team members.
   3. Create, with CEO, all VIP email content.
   4. Update monthly the Major Donor Revenue Chart with income received, income expected, and a list of other names for follow-up.
   5. Work with Communications on the creation of written/digital communications directed towards mid-level/major donors – including mid-year and year-end gratitude reports.
   6. Cultivate relationships with individuals with connections to potential major donors and are willing to make introductions.
   7. Determine what areas of NCOSE are best suited to each donor’s personal passions and tailor pitches to that passion.
   8. Assist with blogs, etc., upon request.
   9. Identify and maintain Individual touch points with major donors.
   10. Identifying prospects and establishing meetings/events for CEO to connect with prospects. Attend meetings with CEO if needed.
       
4. Provide strategy and direction for all NCOSE fundraising efforts. This includes:
   1. Overseeing the execution of all major donor events.
   2. With COO and Communications, determine direct mail, email, event, and quarterly donor call content.
   3. With NCOSE leadership, develop and implement NCOSE strategic plan to ensure all donor communications are aligned with plan.

Qualifications:

• Mission Alignment: Embraces NCOSE's mission to build a world where all people an live and love free from sexual abuse and exploitation.
• Impactful Writing Expertise: Skillful in articulating our impact and needs through compelling and inspiring narratives, enhancing donor engagement and support.
• Strategic Oversight: Leads development strategy, aligning projects with NCOSE's mission and ensuring organizational efficiency.
• Operational Excellence: Manages internal operations, optimizing processes and systematizing fundraising for mission goals.
• Relationship Acumen: Leverages internal focus to support external relationship-building strategies with senior staff and board members.
• Innovation: Crafts and executes fundraising strategies for enhanced donor engagement and revenue.
• Collaborative Leadership: Collaborates, mentors, and motivates staff, board members, and volunteers towards shared goals.
• Self-Motivation: A goal-driven self-starter focused on achieving fundraising targets and initiatives.
• Organizational Follow-Through: Demonstrates exceptional organization and commitment to task and goal completion.
• Positive Leadership: Exhibits a positive attitude, community concern, confidence, common sense, and listening skills.
• Educational Requirement: Holds a bachelor’s degree.
• Professional Experience: Minimum of 5 years in professional fundraising, with a proven track record.

Compensation & Benefits:

Commensurate with experience- with a range of $90,000-$110,000 per year. Competitive benefits package including medical/dental insurance, 401K, paid time off and paid holidays. 

Location: 

Washington, D.C.; expectation to be in the office Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Remote work on Tuesday and Friday. 

To Apply: 

Accepting applications until a suitable candidate is found.

Click "Apply for this Job" at the top of this screen to submit your application. Please include your resume, cover letter, and references.

NCOSE is an equal opportunity employer and encourages candidates from all backgrounds to apply. 

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About NCOSE

NCOSE is passionate about building a diverse team (and movement) committed to a world free from sexual abuse and exploitation. We love people and fight for the human dignity of all. We have a global and multicultural impact. Our work is premised on the following principles:

1. We view the commodification of people for sex as inherently harmful,
2. We support laws which seek to decrease and ultimately end demand by strongly penalizing those who pay to use the bodies of other people for sex,
3. We work to create robust services for those seeking freedom from organized systems of sexual exploitation,
4. We prevent sexual exploitation by opposing policies and reforming systems which facilitate harm, and
5. We support legal reforms that decriminalize victimization.

Our Vision
The National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE) envisions a world where people live and love free from sexual abuse and exploitation—a world where human dignity is upheld and always respected. We believe in every person’s right to pursue dreams, to experience hope, joy, and love, and to live life to its fullest potential unharmed by the trauma of sexual abuse and exploitation. We work to create a world where societal norms prevent rather than foster sexual abuse and exploitation, a world where individuals and institutions take active responsibility to end sexual abuse and exploitation in all its forms.

Our Mission
Prevent sexual abuse and exploitation at mass-scale by eliminating institutional practices and societal norms that perpetuate these harms.

How Do We Behave?

• Unifying – We love people and partnerships.
• Aspiring – Being in this work is a deep-seated calling to justice.
• Unrelenting – With hope, we persevere with enduring determination.
• Dignifying – We recognize and uplift the inherent human dignity of all.
• Innovating – We seek thoughtful, inventive, cutting-edge tactics and methods.
• Inspiring – We elevate others with our vision and coalesced passion.

Our Approach

NCOSE catalyzes the movement to defend human dignity through corporate advocacy, public policy, and litigation.