Employer: Forest Stewards Guild

Location: Remote work considered, based within 2 hours of a major airport

Application deadline: Rolling, with review beginning on May 9, 2025

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Summary:

The Forest Stewards Guild is hiring a Chief Development Officer to build and lead a nationwide investment program as the engine of organization-wide growth. We need you to cultivate additional strategic relationships and expand our fundraising.

The CDO will have the primary responsibility for establishing and maintaining relationships with a portfolio of community leaders and individuals who are prospective partners and investors in the Guild’s work. The CDO will report to the Executive Director and work closely with the Communications Manager. The CDO will:

• initiate contacts with major investors;
• develop and deploy individualized cultivation strategies which harness the full range of Guild’s people and programs;
• develop solicitation and closure strategies; and
• deliver ongoing and personal reporting on investments.

Major Responsibilities

• Lead the development and implementation of the new Office of Development & Partnerships, including establishing procedures and goals.
• Oversee a dynamic portfolio of approximately 200 current and prospective significant financial supporters. Ensure that each individual in the portfolio receives continuous, personalized attention and ongoing engagement in furtherance of that individual’s relationship with and support of the Guild.
• On average, conduct a minimum of one and ideally three personal contacts with current and prospective supporters each business day.
• Support the outreach, advocacy, and relationship building efforts of the Board of Directors and the Executive Director to a carefully identified set of influential leaders in philanthropy, industry, government, nonprofit, and the wider community.
• And more…

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