Director of Women's Philanthropy

Staffing Boutique is pleased to notify you of a new direct hire opportunity as a Director of Women's Philanthropy. 

If interested, please respond ASAP if with a resume attached as a Word or PDF document. Send to [email protected] 

POSITION: Director of Women's Philanthropy
START DATE: January 2025
Full-time: HYBRID (Mon, Tues & Thurs in office) 
Location: Whippany, NJ 
Salary: $125,000 - 135,000 + Benefits 

Who we are?

Our client is a nonprofit organization that serves the Jewish community in Essex, Morris, Sussex, Union, and parts of Somerset County in NJ. Their mission is to convene and lead the community to ensure the continuity and strength of the Jewish people, to support a secure Jewish and democratic State of Israel, and to care for Jews in need locally and around the world. They enable community members to engage in meaningful ways, impact the lives of others, and access valuable resources. 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
As a leader on the Campaign team, the Director of Women’s Philanthropy is a relationship builder, working with donors and lay leaders to advance the mission. The Director is a dynamic team player and experienced fundraiser with a proven track record of cultivating relationships, building a donor pipeline, and soliciting gifts *$5000 and up. Through a strategic, donor-centric, cohort-based model, the Director is responsible for increasing donor retention and acquisition via peer groups and relationships, such as small groups, larger events, and immersive missions.

Day-to-day, the Director supervises one Assistant Director and works in partnership with the volunteer leadership of Women’s Philanthropy to set strategy in pursuit of the mission. The Director thrives on deepening connections, stewarding leadership, and creating and implementing engagement opportunities for women of all ages into the work. 

The Director of Women’s Philanthropy is a key member of our Community Campaign team, and will:

• Directly manage the Women’s Philanthropy team including the Assistant Director of Women’s Philanthropy, implementing and evaluating metrics on an ongoing basis to ensure that individual and team goals are being met
• Collaborate with the President of Women’s Philanthropy (volunteer) and work in partnership with the Women’s Philanthropy lay leadership team to identity, initiate, and develop solicitation efforts, enhance current initiatives, and implement fundraising activities such as donor development, solicitation as well as planning and staffing missions and education.
• Execute a comprehensive campaign plan within the total community campaign and coordinate the plan with the Senior Director of Philanthropic Affinities.
• Strategically oversee the Women’s Philanthropy campaign activity (approximately $8M annually) and determine opportunities for enhancement.
• Personally cultivate, solicit and steward a significant portfolio of donors and prospects, securing gifts through face-to-face solicitations as part of a $21M+ community campaign.
• Facilitate a board process, including board nominations and running four board meetings annually and ensuring board members feel connected to WP.
• Integrate and initiate endowment conversations to create planned giving opportunities.
• Partner with colleagues in NextGen, Business and Professionals Network (BPN), Jewish Community Foundation (JCF) and across the organization to enhance the philanthropic engagement and leadership development of all donors, prospects and lay leaders.
• Utilize considerable initiative, independence, originality, and responsibility for developing new methods and techniques for fundraising.
• Develop outreach programming to targeted groups such as those who are unaffiliated or new to the community. Assure the appropriate follow up takes place with women who have participated in outreach events.
• Represent WP at nearly all campaign and events as requested, additionally attend and represent WP at agency events.

The successful candidate will bring:

• Minimum of 5-8 years of experience in annual fundraising, donor engagement, customer service, sales, or relationship or account management
• Strong interpersonal skills that enable relationship and partnership building with key lay leaders, donors, and professionals at all levels
• Data-driven decision-maker who is comfortable with analytics and data management
• Strong donor-relations skills: proven ability in cultivating prospects and creating donor engagement strategies that lead to greater philanthropic support
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong supervisory skills
• Experience in management of membership or volunteer operations and working volunteer committees
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office; comfortable with and open to new technology
• First-hand knowledge of the Jewish community who has a strong sense of the dynamics and trends in the Jewish community
• Creative/idea person who is also a visionary and self-starter