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Director of
Individual Giving

Full time, remote position. [Salary Range: $85,000 – $90,000] 

The Opportunity:

We are looking for an entrepreneurial fundraiser to build out a new Individual Giving program at Technovation. This person will report to the Director of Development and collaborate with staff across the fundraising team. This position is ideal for an energetic self-starter with previous experience in managing individual donor relations, who is looking to take on more responsibility and excited to build a new major gifts strategy. This job requires strong moves-management skills and the ability to cultivate prospects in creative ways, including strategic integration of donors and prospects into programmatic events, volunteer opportunities, special creative campaigns, etc. The role requires a savvy relationship-builder and creative thinker to design and launch unique and effective donor engagement activities.

About Technovation:

Technovation is the world’s largest technology entrepreneurship program for girls.

Our mission is to empower girls to be leaders and changemakers in their communities by equipping them with problem solving skills, self-efficacy, and financial capacity. Through Technovation, girls around the world work in teams supported by mentors to develop mobile & AI based solutions to problems in their communities. Read our latest impact report for more information.

Technovation has just completed a strategic plan process, which has resulted in ambitious fundraising goals for our Fundraising Team. Historically, the majority of our revenue has come from corporate grants, but we know that we need to grow our Annual Fund and build out a Major Gifts program if we want to achieve our fundraising goals. We are looking to add a new member of our team who is dedicated to individual donors and has experience cultivating gifts ranging from $5,000-$100,000.

Areas of Responsibility:

  • With the support of the Fundraising team and wealth screening tools, builds and manages a portfolio of ~150 major gifts ($10k+) and special gifts ($1,000-$9,999) donors and prospects to raise $1.4 million from individual donors in 2023 (5x growth over 2022).
    • Develops and implements appropriate cultivation and moves management strategies for prospects and donors.
    • Create and present compelling proposals that align with prospect’s interests and financial capacity; ensure donors receive timely and accurate reports on the impact of their giving.
    • Supported by the Development Specialist, Manage donor data in Salesforce and Asana to maintain institutional knowledge, generate timely data to inform strategy, and proactively think of creative cultivation opportunities.
  • Collaborates with the Director of Global Events to integrate donor stewardship opportunities into programmatic events, and design creative fundraising events to engage/re-engage donors and prospects.
  • Supports the Director of Development in leveraging board members and their contacts to achieve fundraising goals.
  • Collaborates with the Fundraising and Marketing teams to craft messaging for donor audiences as one part of a multi-pronged marketing strategy.

Ideal Candidate

  • Passionate about Technovation’s mission
  • Desire to learn fast, self-motivated and organized
  • Proven track record in initiating, stewarding and moving individual gifts to higher levels of support
  • Experience managing and being accountable for fundraising targets and donor relationships
  • Strategic thinker
  • Entrepreneurial mindset, comfortable leading new initiatives

We Offer:

Meaningful work. You’ll contribute directly to growing a movement, empowering girls and families to learn and use cutting-edge technologies to solve real-world problems impacting them in 100+ countries.

Autonomy. We don’t micromanage. We trust you to communicate clearly and discuss decisions with any people affected. In collaboration and negotiation with colleagues, you will be responsible for marketing & communication related decision-making.

Generous benefits and compensation. We offer 20 paid PTO days, 72 Hours sick time, 10 federal holidays, and an organization-wide closure between Christmas Eve and New Year’s Day. We pay 100% of your healthcare premiums including vision and dental. Retirement plan options available after 1-year, with employer matching after 2-year vesting period.

Workplace input. We are open to adopting new workflows, new software, or other improvements that you think would increase our success, if you are able to champion and gain agreement for recommendations from colleagues.

Flexible work environment. We have core hours, but no one is looking over your shoulder. Go to appointments when you need to, as long as you’re getting your work done in good quality and on time.

We are an equal opportunity employer that values diversity among its applicant pool as well as within our staff, Board, and partners. We encourage applicants from all backgrounds to apply.

To Apply:

To apply, please fill out this application form. Note that the screening task will take an estimated 3 hours of work or potentially more. Applicants who include a thorough response to the screening task will be compensated for their time.

This position is open but please note that due to the end of year holiday break, applicants will be contacted in January