Job Opening: Development Director
SOIL's beloved Development Director who has been instrumental in SOIL's success for over a decade, Leah Nevada Jean, is moving on from SOIL at the end of the year and SOIL is looking for a new addition to our team.
Location:
Remote based. Washington, DC or Portland, Oregon preferred
but not required. Up to 25% travel including extended stays in Haiti
possible.
Application Deadline: August 30, 2019
Start Date: September 25, 2019
About SOIL: SOIL is a
non-profit research and development organization working in Haiti to
affordably and effectively increase access to full-cycle urban sanitation
services. For a small monthly fee, SOIL provides over 1,000 households with
ecological sanitation toilets and waste treatment services. All waste is safely
transformed into rich compost in a treatment process that respects
World Health Organization standards. SOIL compost is used to support
agriculture and reforestation efforts in Haiti, helping to rebuild the
country’s fragile ecosystem and growing resilience to the impact of climate
change. SOIL is now one of the largest and most promising tests of the
paradigm-shifting hypothesis that sanitation no longer needs to focus on
waste disposal, but rather on the ecologically-beneficial and
economical nutrient capture and agricultural reuse of human waste. SOIL’s
model is also one of the few interventions globally that has made demonstrated
progress towards creating a working social business model for providing
sustainable sanitation services to informal urban settlements.
SOIL is currently seeking a Development Director to serve as part of the executive leadership team at SOIL. The Development Director will be responsible for managing all development activities and associated staff. The primary responsibility of the Development Director is to ensure that SOIL’s activities are fully funded on an annual basis through a combination of individual giving, foundation grants and institutional funding. The Development Director will also be responsible for developing the annual strategy for the development team, supervising all development staff, and continuing to build the organizational operating reserve. As a nimble, fast-paced organization, SOIL is looking for a hard-working candidate that’s enthusiastic, creative, flexible, and committed to the mission of our organization and its success.
Required Qualifications:
We
are seeking a candidate with the following qualifications:
- Excellent verbal and written
communication (in English) - Experience with grant writing and reporting
and individual donor cultivation and engagement - Staff supervision experience
- Strong time and task management skills
- Attention to detail and ability to tackle
and complete assignments on a quick turnaround - Proficiency in MS Office Suite
- Experience with CRM databases like
Salesforce or NetSuite - Proactive approach to problem solving
- Ability to work independently and as
part of a team
Desired Qualifications:
- A strong donor network
- Graphic design experience and aptitude
- Social media experience
- Knowledge of Wordpress and/or HTML
- Familiarity with MailChimp
- 5+ years of experience working in an international nonprofit setting
- Experience with results-based financing and/or the development of public private partnerships
- Haiti-specific experience
- Fluency in French or Haitian Creole
Duties:
As Development Director you will report
to SOIL’s CEO and directly supervise all development staff.
General
Development Responsibilities: Improving the financial health of SOIL by
managing SOIL’s overall development activities and taking the actions necessary
to ensure that SOIL’s annual income is set on course to achieve SOIL’s full
budget. Specific activities to include, but not be limited to the following:
- Contributing to
the financial health of the organization by collaborating with the CEO and Development team to send regular and
timely grant funding requests. - Maintaining and
making continued improvements to a donor database in NetSuite that records all
donor contact information and key donor information such as lifetime
contribution amount, most recent contribution, and annual contributions amount. - Supervising all
development staff and volunteers as needed. - Submitting timely
reporting on grants received to funders. - Maintaining a
grant tracking system to ensure that all deadlines for grant applications and
reporting are met. - Researching new
grant opportunities and developing a network of contacts to increase SOIL’s
success rate in finding and securing foundation funding. - Contributing to
the financial health of the organization by collaborating with the CEO and Development staff to improve outreach to
current and potential individual donors with the goal of increasing the amount
of recurring and one-off donations. - Continuing to
improve the efficacy and security of SOIL’s online donation platforms. - Ensuring that all
donors receive timely thank you letters and other expressions of gratitude that
convey our appreciation and encourage repeat donations. - Traveling, as
requested and mutually agreed upon, to represent SOIL to current or potential
donors or to support SOIL’s work. - Working in close
collaboration with SOIL’s development staff to ensure that all deliverables are
met in a timely and professional manner. - Submitting
a monthly Development report that summarizes progress towards strategic
objectives in both offices, including challenges and proposed resolutions. - Submitting
a quarterly Development report to share with the organization’s Board of
Directors. - Submitting
weekly activity reports by email to the Executive Management Team.
Public Relations
/ Donor Outreach: Collaborating with SOIL staff to maintain a vibrant, professional,
and interactive public presence for SOIL that draws in new donors and
volunteers, keeps past donors engaged, and supports SOIL’s mission to increase
awareness about ecological sanitation solutions around Haiti and globally.
Specific activities to include, but not be limited to the following:
- Managing efforts
to keep the SOIL website smoothly running and secure. - Managing the
effort to keep the SOIL website regularly updated with news items, staff blog
posts, compelling beneficiary stories, and media mentions. - Managing the
effort to grow an active and effective social media presence. - Seeking positive
press opportunities for SOIL and collaborating with the CEO to bring these
opportunities to fruition. - Supporting the
production of an annual report, calendar, donor outreach letters and emails,
monthly newsletters, and other branded materials to increase awareness of
SOIL’s activities among current and potential supporters, collaborators, and
beneficiaries.
Organizational
Management, Strategy, and Administration: Support the CEO in managing
administrative procedures and activities that enable SOIL to better achieve its
mission. Specific activities to include, but not be limited to the following:
- Partnering with
the Executive Management Team to create annual and long-term strategic plans
for the organization. - Collaborating
with colleagues to conduct high-quality research targeted at peer-reviewed
publications. - Representing the
organization in meetings and negotiations with other international
organizations and at fundraising events, conferences, and other events or
meetings as requested.
Hours of Work:
This
is a full-time position and you will be required to work, at a minimum, 8 hours
per day, Monday to Friday with exact hours dependent on time zone.
How to Apply:
Please submit a cover letter, CV, and 3 references to SOIL by email at [email protected] no later than August 30, 2019.