Pine Point School seeks an enthusiastic, creative, and organized professional who can manage all facets of Pine Point School’s fundraising and development activities in partnership with the Head of School, the Board of Trustees, and the Leadership Team. The successful candidate will be joining our school as we near our 75th anniversary in 2023. Pine Point values diversity and seeks candidates who embrace our core values of respect, integrity, moral courage, and excellence.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Establish development strategies and plans for our annual fund, major giving, special events, planned giving, and capital campaigns
- Work with the Head of School, the Leadership Team, the Development Committee, Trustees, Volunteers, and Faculty and Staff to execute and manage all development plans and events
- Serve as a member of the Leadership Team, the Board of Trustees Development Committee, the Buildings and Grounds Committee, and the Governance Committee
- Sustain and grow a strong sense of community by building relationships with Trustees, Parents, Grandparents, Past Parents, Alumni, Faculty and Staff, and Friends of Pine Point School
- Oversee the processing of all gift income, including providing official receipts and letters of thanks and maintaining giving records in our database, Raiser’s Edge
- Gain a deep understanding of our philosophy and mission to highlight the unique aspects of our program
- Working with the Development Office, Communications Director, and the Visual Storytelling Team, create, edit and distribute the Annual Report and school magazine, ViewPoints; support the marketing efforts of the school through print and digital media.
- Lead and execute all capital campaigns
- Manage all grant-writing
- Manage the Development Office
- Perform other duties as assigned by the Head of School
Skills, Knowledge, and Attributes:
- Bachelor’s Degree required, Master’s Degree preferred
- Experience working in fundraising
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, including the ability to speak publicly and engage constituents in person and by phone
- Ability to collaborate with the communications team to keep constituents informed and enthusiastically engaged, and supportive
- Experience with technology, including the ability to manage a database, to access information efficiently, and to produce and send content using platforms such as Blackbaud and Google applications
- Experience in a 501c3, non-profit organization; independent school experience preferred
- Experience forecasting, creating, managing, and working within budgets.
- Proficient with technology with particular knowledge in relevant applications (e.g., Raiser’s Edge, Google Suite, Microsoft Office)
- Ability to manage both long and short-term projects, ability to work under pressure, including maintaining accurate records and submitting timely reports, while maintaining professional standards
- Proven ability to act ethically and maintain strict confidentiality
- Proven success in a senior administrative role, preferably working with a Board.
- Demonstrated leadership skills
- Keen analytical and quantitative skills and demonstrated attention to detail.
- Creative problem solver, intellectually curious lifelong learner, warmth of personality, and a positive outlook
- Ability to attend events on weekends or evenings
- The ability to help physically set up or break down events
If interested, please forward to Diana Owen, Head of School:
- Current resume
- Personal statement
- Two letters of recommendation
- List of professional references
Review of applications will begin as soon as they are received and continue until the
position is filled.
