Vice President of Development and Marketing, People’s Emergency Center

Posted by on March 06, 2011

[emailed 3/1/11]

Vice President of Development and Marketing, People’s Emergency Center

Background
PEC was founded in 1972 to serve homeless families through a continuum of care that begins in emergency shelter housing, moves to transitional housing and culminates with permanent supportive housing.  In support of this mission, PEC owns and manages a range of program related assets.

Qualifications
Bachelor’s Degree with seven years of relevant work experience, CFRE a plus.
Superior supervisory management skills.

Responsibilities
The Vice President of Development and Marketing is responsible for all fundraising; publications; donor prospecting; internal/external communication; marketing; proposal oversight; volunteerism; brand management; direct mail appeals and public relations for PEC.

Grant Writing and Grants Management
•    Research, develop, and write foundation, government, and corporate grants/reports to fund identified programs and project needs within agency.
•    Work collaboratively with program and finance staff to monitor progress towards goals and ensure compliance with grant deliverables (reports, target numbers, etc.).
•    Maintain accurate and organized grant files.
•    Develop and sustain relationships with foundation staff, corporate executives and government officials.
•    Work with development team to ensure that PEC complies with all government, foundation and corporate grants.

Donor Development
•    Work with the Board and President & CEO to identify, cultivate, solicit and steward major individual gifts (currently considered $1,000+ at PEC).
•    Assess current, and develop new, giving programs (e.g., Endowment, Adopt-a-Room), as needed.
•    Identify and manage lists of current and prospective corporate contributors.  With the President & CEO, plan and implement targeted campaigns to recruit new corporate givers.

Direct Mail and Email Appeals
•    Consistent with development schedule, plan and produce direct mail and email appeals to donor prospects.
•    Oversee mailing list acquisition and management.
•    Evaluate campaign success and produce reports and analytics for consideration by Board.
•    Maintain stewardship contacts with donors.
•    Produce and deliver timely donor acknowledgement letters and plan additional donor stewardship to be conducted by President & CEO and/or Board.

Special Events
•    Overall supervision of any/all PEC special and fundraising events including volunteer recognition event, ribbon cuttings and donor recognition.
•    Ensure all events are carried out within the framework of the annual fundraising plan.

Marketing and Public Relations
•    Primary responsibility for all media attention to PEC, including developing relationships with media staff, writing and distributing press releases, making decisions about press-worthy events in concert with President & CEO.
•    Development and overall supervision of all PEC collateral, including brochure, stationery, note cards, etc., with overall goal of maintaining PEC’s brand recognition and integrity.
•    Maintain organization-wide calendar of events and activities that target donors, Board, staff, community and clients.
•    Oversee the timely production of PEC’s quarterly newsletters.  Ensure distribution to all donors and donor prospects.
•    Oversee the production of PEC’s annual report.
•    Oversee PEC’s utilization of its website and social media for donor engagement and cultivation, as well as for external communications to potential clients.
•    Ensure all current press articles are clipped daily and circulated to staff.  Ensure all PEC’s clippings are filed.

Administration/Management
•    Work with Present & CEO and Board committee to develop and implement annual fund development and marketing plans in support of PEC’s strategic plan.
•    Maintain and utilize eTapestry database system for tracking grants, gifts and donor (cash and in-kind) data.
•    Prepare regular income and revenue projection reports.
•    Work with the President & CEO to provide the Board, staff and volunteers with professional development opportunities and training on cultivation and solicitation techniques.
•    Work with the President & CEO to develop annual fund development and marketing budgets.
•    Manage the fund development and marketing budgets, working within budget constraints and seeking cost savings.
•    Participate in local Association of Fundraising Professionals meetings and training events.
•    Support professional development of development staff.
•    Supervisory responsibilities for Development Administrative Assistant, Donations Coordinator, Special Events Coordinator, Grants Manager, Compliance Coordinator, Manager of External Communications, JOBS Operations Coordinator.

Benefits Offered
People’s Emergency Center provides a generous benefits package, which includes group health insurance, vacation, personal and sick benefit time, flexible benefits plan, pension plan, disability and life insurance and some tuition reimbursement.

Salary
Commensurate with experience.

Contact
For immediate consideration for this position, please e-mail your resume to tmccain@pec-cares.org or fax resume to T. McCain at 215-386-6290.  Visit our “Careers @ PEC” web page on our website, http://www.pec-cares.org.  EOE/M/F/D/V