Covenant House Pennsylvania Hiring for Development Officer Job at Philadelphia, PA Full Time

Job Title: Development Officer

Department: Development

Reports to: Director of Development

FLSA: Exempt

Time Commitment: Full Time

Location: Hybrid (likely 3 days on-site; 2 days remotely)

Organization Overview: Founded in 1999, Covenant House Pennsylvania(CHPA) works to move Pennsylvania youth who experience homelessness toward stability and independence. CHPA operates three sites in PA (two in Philadelphia and one in York) and delivers basic needs and supportive services to young adults and young families including individual case management, educational/vocational services and on-site clinical support to address physical and mental health. CHPA is the Pennsylvania affiliate of Covenant House International (CHI), the nation’s largest privately-funded nonprofit responding to the needs of young people who suffer from homelessness, abuse and neglect, and who are survivors of human trafficking. During FY23, CHPA is poised to reach more than 2,000 youth statewide. The organization has an annual operating budget of $6M and a team of 65+ employees. The revenue mix for FY23 includes: 40% from local fundraising, 35% from government grants and contracts and 25% from Covenant House International. CHPA recognizes our diverse community of youth, staff and supporters and strives to be equitable and inclusive in all of our practices and in the advancements of our mission. All Covenant House and Covenant House site employees, volunteers, and contractors in the US are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or receive an approved medical or religious exemption.

Position Summary: The Development Officer will play a key role in ensuring that the Development Department’s goals and objectives are achieved by focusing on: writing foundation program requests; identifying new sources of funding; tracking and ensuring the timely adherence to proposals and reporting guidelines, deadlines and responsibilities; and cultivating, stewarding and enhancing relationships to support Covenant House Pennsylvania’s services for youth experiencing homelessness.

Essential duties:

Plan: Assist the Development Director develop fundraising strategies to meet CHPA’s goals for revenue from foundations, corporate giving programs, and the public sector. Create the structures and tools needed to execute the strategies, as well as helping to develop and taking responsibility for executing nuanced tactical approaches for specific funders. Vet and prioritize ideas with colleagues from across multiple departments.

Fundraise: Build a strong portfolio of major donor relationships with gifts $5k or more including individuals, foundations, religious groups, and other philanthropic groups.

• Identifies, cultivates, solicits, and stewards major gift donors and prospects through visits and other forms of direct personal contact.
• Conduct research to identify prospects and create strategies to match prospects’ interests to the priorities of CHPA
• Research, write, edit, and/or oversee the preparation of solicitations, proposals, case statements, reports, correspondence, and other development-related communication materials in support of CHPA fund-raising activities.
• Collaborate with the Development Manager to enhance relationships and create greater fundraising and outreach possibilities.
• Work with CHI to review and prospect major donors.

Manage: Manage the calendar of submissions, assuring sufficient time to gather information, facilitate program design, write a high-quality product, and integrate feedback from relevant staff. Enter information into the database.

Write: Write all communications to foundations and corporate giving programs, ranging from meeting request inquiries, letters of intent, proposals, grant reports, acknowledgements and funder stewardship communications.

Report: Track all information in the database, build queries, run reports, analyze data, and assess funding trends.

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of direct experience in fundraising, with at least three years focused on institutional giving
• Deep understanding of the nonprofit and philanthropic sectors
• Excellent writing skills; excellent research, analytical and organizational skills
• Facility and comfort with both data and stories
• Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively
• Experience managing information and input from multiple departments to create a quality product
• Ability to translate abstract concepts into cogent written products
• Portfolio of relevant, original written materials
• Strong computer skills with working knowledge of Microsoft Office, desktop publishing with proven ability to use fundraising software.
• Ability to work independently and as a team member.
• Must be able to travel around the region.
• Must have a valid drivers license with an insurable driving record.
• Occasional weekend and evening work required.

Compensation, Benefits, and Flexibility: $57,000-$60,000, commensurate with experience, and with most benefits exceeding nonprofit industry standards.

Americans with Disability Specifications

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, talk or hear. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment:

Work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is exposed to weather conditions prevalent at the time.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $57,000.00 – $60,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

COVID-19 considerations:
Employees must be fully vaccinated and wear a mask while on-site

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Philadelphia, PA 19144: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Experience:

• Fundraising: 5 years (Required)
• Microsoft Office: 3 years (Preferred)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Philadelphia, PA 19144