Strategic Partnerships Director for Bay Localize

The Strategic Partnerships Director takes responsibility for Bay Localize meeting its fundraising goals through strategic relationship-building. This includes developing and implementing fundraising plans, cultivating new foundation contacts and managing grant proposals, building a diverse individual donor base, and growing earned income streams.
Core Job Functions:
Implementing fundraising development and implementation.
* Design and coordinate implementation of development plans to meet organizational fundraising goals.
* Identify and develop new foundation prospects, and coordinate grant proposal process.
* Identify and develop major donor prospects, in order to grow major donor gifts.
* Design and coordinate implementation of fundraising plans for major events.
* Design and implement strategies to grow income from organizational membership.
* Design and coordinate implementation of strategies for earned income.
Additional Job Functions
Contributing strategic direction and oversight to Bay Localize programs.
* Support the Bay Localize Steering committee in development and implementation of strategic plans, programs, and organizational oversight.
Skills and Qualifications:
* At least five years of successful leadership in nonprofit fundraising, preferably in the environmental or environmental justice field in the San Francisco Bay Area.
* Strong relationships with regional environmental or environmental justice funders.
* Strong knowledge of issues relating to community resilience, environmental protection, and social justice.
* Excellent oral and written communication skills.
* Experience and comfort working with team consensus process.
* Experience working with diverse communities.

This is a full-time, exempt position based out of the Bay Localize office, with health and dental benefits. Competitive salary offered commensurate with experience. The Strategic Partnerships Director is supervised by the Bay Localize Steering Committee. Women, LGBTQI, and people of color strongly encouraged to apply.Please send your resume and cover letter to info@baylocalize.org. No phone calls please.