Position Overview
Since its founding, City Year has relied on its corporate, foundation and individual partners to create meaningful social change, leveraging both private and public investors. With a wide range of support from some of Kansas City’s philanthropic leaders, City Year Kansas City has a strong fundraising track record.
Reporting to the Executive Director, the Director of Development manages the implementation of the fundraising and local external relations strategy for City Year Kansas City, including the management of the annual gala. A specific emphasis is placed on managing and building relationships with philanthropic corporations and foundations, high-net-worth individuals, other local businesses, and media outlets to maximize financial resources and brand awareness opportunities, helping City Year Kansas City achieve its revenue and marketing objectives. Support for these efforts comes from leveraging the leadership of City Year Headquarters, the local advisory board, and other champions of the organization. The Development Director will manage the Development Events & Operations Manager and be responsible for ensuring the site meets its private revenue goal of $1.6 million, helping the organization meet its annual budget of approximately $3.2 million.
This position is primarily in-person, with potential for some remote work.
Job Description
About Us
City Year is a trailblazing, youth-powered organization working to create conditions that enable young people to reach their full potential, build leadership skills, and contribute to vibrant communities. Research shows the more time a student spends with a City Year AmeriCorps member serving as a student success coach, the better the student outcomes—academically, interpersonally and in terms of attendance. A public-private partnership, City Year is a proud member of AmeriCorps, operating in 29 U.S. cities with international affiliates in the U.K. and South Africa. Today, 40,000 alums continue to lead and serve where they live and work. Learn more about City Year’s impact: www.cityyear.org, Facebook, X and LinkedIn.
Position Overview
Since its founding, City Year has relied on its corporate, foundation and individual partners to create meaningful social change, leveraging both private and public investors. With a wide range of support from some of Kansas City’s philanthropic leaders, City Year Kansas City has a strong fundraising track record.
Reporting to the Executive Director, the Director of Development manages the implementation of the fundraising and local external relations strategy for City Year Kansas City, including the management of the annual gala. A specific emphasis is placed on managing and building relationships with philanthropic corporations and foundations, high-net-worth individuals, other local businesses, and media outlets to maximize financial resources and brand awareness opportunities, helping City Year Kansas City achieve its revenue and marketing objectives. Support for these efforts comes from leveraging the leadership of City Year Headquarters, the local advisory board, and other champions of the organization. The Development Director will manage the Development Events & Operations Manager and be responsible for ensuring the site meets its private revenue goal of $1.6 million, helping the organization meet its annual budget of approximately $3.2 million.
This position is primarily in-person, with potential for some remote work.
Responsibilities
The Director of Development will perform the following roles and responsibilities as described below:
Strategy Development & Leadership
Manage & Develop Team of Development Professionals:
In collaboration with national marketing efforts and with the support of Development Team, oversee the implementation of localized marketing strategies and tactics to increase City Year Kansas City’s overall brand awareness and ability to recruit 18 to-25-year-olds to serve as City Year AmeriCorps members.
Corporate and Foundation Strategy:
Oversee the implementation of City Year Kansas City’s corporate sponsorship program, as well as the grant proposal and reporting process for corporate, foundation, and government donors.
Individual Major Gift Strategy:
Work with the Development team and the Executive Director in managing special events to raise the awareness of City Year; fundraise and engage individuals, foundations, and corporations as champions and donors. Events include but are not limited to: City Year Kansas City’s Annual Idealist Gala, Specialty Market Events, Opening Day, Graduation, and Private Receptions.
Advisory Board Management and Engagement:
Support Executive Director’s stewardship of Advisory Board Members, helping to ensure Board retention, satisfaction, and 100% Board giving.
Organizational Leadership:
Through the representation and modeling of City Year values, help to promote a human-centric culture where everyone feels seen, heard, and valued.
In order to succeed in this role, an applicant must have the following competencies:
Full-time employees are entitled to compensation commensurate with experience with the starting salary range between $79,000 and $83,000 annually. Benefits for full-time employees include health insurance with Flexible Spending Account, paid vacation, holidays, parental leave, 401K, and more.
City Year offers a comprehensive benefits package that helps our employees live their best lives and grow personally and professionally.
Employment at City Year is at-will.
City Year does not sponsor work authorization visas.
As an equal opportunity employer, City Year is committed to providing employment opportunities to all qualified individuals and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy, parental status, genetic information or characteristics, or any other basis prohibited by applicable law.
Family and Medical Leave Act
To Apply
Click Apply to submit your online application. Please attach a resume and thoughtful cover letter on the "My Experience" page in the "Resume/CV" field.
Active City Year Staff members must login to Workday to apply internally.
Benefits
Full-time employees will be eligible for all benefits including vacation, sick days and organization holidays. You may participate in all benefit programs that City Year establishes and makes available to eligible employees, under (and subject to all provisions of) the plan documents that govern those programs. Currently, City Year offers medical, dental, vision, life, accidental death and dismemberment and disability coverage, Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA), and other benefits including 401(k) plan(s) pursuant to the terms and conditions of company policy and the 401(k) plan document. For more information, click here.
Employment at City Year is at-will.
City Year does not sponsor work authorization visas.
