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Careers at Dallas Leadership Foundation

The Dallas Leadership Foundation is a Christian not-for-profit organization that develops local leaders to affect long-term change in underserved communities.

For full-time employees, we offer the following benefits:

  • Dental insurance
  • Health insurance
  • Health savings account
  • Paid time off
  • Professional development assistance
  • Vision insurance

Thank you for your interest in employment with Dallas Leadership Foundation. See open positions below.

 

Advancement Director

Department: Development
Location: Downtown, Dallas
Reports to: President

 

Job Summary:
DLF is seeking an Advancement Director to lead the development and execution of a four-year strategic fundraising plan to raise DLF’s annual operating budget (including in-kind donations) to $4.5 million by 2029. Upon employment, the successful candidate, under the supervision of the President of DLF, will maintain the current $3 million budgeted revenue and increase new fundraising revenue of $1 million by December 2029.

The Advancement Director is the principal staff member responsible for executing DLF's fundraising efforts. The Advancement Director will identify new prospective donors, cultivate current donors, secure ask meetings for the DLF president and ensure final gift procurement.

The Advancement Director will work closely with members of the DLF leadership team by supporting and coaching the four program directors in their funding efforts. The Advancement Director will also work closely with the Assistant to the President to ensure that development meeting schedules are met, DLF press and media assets are disseminated to potential donors, and that distributed articles align with our vision.

With the assistance of the President, the Advancement Director will design and manage new funding opportunities for DLF. This position involves cultivating new and existing relationships, effective written and oral communication, conducting and utilizing research, and managing report requirements associated with grants. The Advancement Director ensures timely donor gift acknowledgments and assists the President with donor and prospect contacts and meetings.

 

Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

  1. In partnership with the President, manage all strategies and activities for donor identification, prospecting, cultivation, solicitation, and relations.

  2. Secure solicitation meetings with foundations, government, corporations, and high net-worth individuals to meet with the DLF President.

  3. Achieve or surpass the board-approved fundraising goal.

  4. Implement and execute the current board-approved Development Plan.

  5. Work with all staff to provide annual/quarterly reports to funders.

  6. Proficiently use Instrumentl, Salsa, Iwave, Excel spreadsheets and/or other software to track and manage fundraising progress.

  7. Manage Advancement team which includes marketing, public relations and all fundraising activities.

  8. Assist the President and other senior staff with donor cultivation.

  9. Conduct Donor research.

  10. Work with executive team on cash flow projections and management.

 

Qualifications:

Successful candidates for the position of Advancement Director are expected to possess the following qualities and attributes:

  1. A mature Christian with experience in ministry service, either full-time or in a volunteer capacity.

  2. Understands and practices principles of Biblical equality dealing with class, race, and gender.

  3. A minimum of 10 years of fundraising experience. We will consider 5 years of recent senior fundraising experience following 5 years of nonprofit program experience or philanthropy experience.

  4. A healthy respect for community leaders and established strategies.

  5. Computer literate and able to navigate software programs (especially donor software), databases, and office equipment.

  6. Strong verbal, writing, interpersonal, and analytical skills.

  7. Highly motivated self-starter.

  8. A teachable spirit and a willingness to learn new skills and approaches.

  9. Must possess an undergraduate degree.

  10. Able to organize, prioritize, and work well with others.

  11. Urban ministry experience a plus.

  12. Multilingual skills a plus.

  13. A valid driver’s license.

  14. Dependable transportation.

 

In addition to the outlined performance measures, every employee will be evaluated on the subsequent criteria:

  • Communication: convey information and instructions both orally and in writing

  • Teamwork: participate in building consensus decision-making efforts

  • Job Aptitude: perform assigned tasks

  • Job Attitude: show motivation for the job

 

Interested candidates are invited to submit a cover letter, resume, and salary requirements to HR at hr@dlftx.org.