Vice President of Development

Bread for the World is a Christian advocacy organization urging U.S. decision makers to do all they can to pursue a world without hunger. Our mission is to educate and equip people to advocate for policies and programs that can help end hunger in the U.S. and around the world.

PRIMARY OBJECTIVE: Set and implement a strategy to secure the financial resources to meet Bread for the World and Bread for the World Institute's annual consolidated budget of $15.6 million through membership-level fundraising, major gifts, and foundation grants. This position will lead, alongside the President/CEO, a comprehensive fundraising campaign of $80 million (inclusive of the annual budgets for the campaign years) through 2027, called Generations.

Primary Responsibilities/Activities

• Set strategy and lead whole-of-organization fundraising efforts of Bread for the World and Bread for the World Institute.
• Support and partner with the President/CEO and some members of the Board of Directors on major fundraising initiatives.
• Lead the organization, along with the President/CEO and board of directors, in setting strategy and implementation for major fundraising campaigns and related program components such as the Generations 50th Anniversary Campaign.
• Oversee the Campaign and Stewardship Manager in project managing the Generations Campaign and in the creation of stewardship plans that will delight and engage donors, including the development and launch of a Women's Giving Circle.
• Develop and manage a major donor plan that maintains current major donors and identifies and cultivates new major donors.
• Maintain a portfolio of major donors for regular engagement.
• Manage the Manager for Major and Planned Gifts Operations in setting and implementing the strategy for increasing planned gift commitments and stewarding planned gift donors.
• With the support of the Manager for Major and Planned Gifts Operations, manage major gift representatives.
• Supervise the Mid-level Giving Officer in setting strategy and implementation of the mid-level giving program.
• Manage the Deputy Director for Membership Giving in setting and implementing strategy for the direct response membership fundraising program. This includes assistance with managing our external direct response agency partner.
• Manage the Deputy Director for Foundation Relations in developing and implementing a foundation engagement strategy and fundraising plan in coordination with the Managing Director and relevant directors.
• Establish and support a strategic church partner fundraising plan in coordination with the Director of Organizing and Faith Engagement.
• Collaborate with the Vice President for Finance and Administration to ensure that Bread's fundraising and financial management strategies are in sync.
• Identify, develop, and mentor a high-performing development team.
  
  

Secondary Responsibilities/Activities

• Through cross-departmental teams and working groups, collaborate with senior management team to contribute to effective and efficient organizational administration.
• Develop and manage department budget.
• Monitor all donor information. Provide and present statistical analysis to organizational leadership.
• Alongside the President/CEO and Board Liaison, manage and support a board committee focused on fundraising, the Development/Generations Committee. Support board fundraising activities.
  
  

SUPERVISION EXERCISED: Manage the Deputy Director for Membership Giving, Deputy Director for Foundation Relations, Campaign and Stewardship Manager, Events Manager, Major and Planned Gifts Operations Manager, Regional Major Gift Officers, and Mid-Level Gift Officer.

Skills/Knowledge Required

• Bachelor's degree, plus additional related college courses or professional training. Master's degree in relevant field preferred.
• Minimum of ten years' experience in managing fundraising programs and staff. Record of successful fundraising strategy and implementation.
• Experience managing broad-based fundraising efforts, including maintenance of end-of-life gift program.
• Certified Fundraising Executive or broad and in-depth knowledge of fundraising.
• Strong relational skills and public speaking experience. Interest in and ability to engage donors of all backgrounds, ethnicities, races, genders, and points of view to expand Bread's membership across the theological spectrum of the Christian faith.
• Strong verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills, with the capability of reaching groups of various sizes and types across organizational hierarchies, structures, and geographical distances.
• Ability to contribute to strategic decision-making affecting organization-wide priorities.
• Ability to build strategic relationships, which require advanced leadership skills.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office and Raiser's Edge.
  
  

Work Environment Issues

• Must be authorized to work in the U.S.
• Must be able to travel up to 25% of the time.
• Must be responsive to emails and phone calls outside of regular business hours when necessary to support time-sensitive matters.
• Must be able to create a welcoming, safe, and supportive work environment for staff in your department and across the organization.
• This position is based in Washington, D.C.
• Bread is a hybrid organization.
  
  

Cultural Expressions

Bread is committed to advancing racial equity externally and internally. All staff members play a vital role. In the course of our work, each staff person should work to apply a racial equity lens to their work and practices and participate in ongoing racial equity training. Bread is committed to being an equal opportunity employer.

Our Values

• We value our faith. Our faith in Christ is the foundation for our hope, story, mission, and values, and compels us to love our neighbors near and far.
• We value human flourishing. We believe that every human being, created in the image of God, has inherent dignity that affords an opportunity to be in right relationship with God, self, neighbor, and the environment, and to freely access enough nutritious food for good health.
• We value justice. We seek to establish effective systems, structures, and policies that affirm equality and advance equity among all human beings and protect people who experience hunger and poverty from oppression.
• We value courage and prophetic voice. In a spirit of wisdom and love, we will be bold in articulating and pursuing our vision of a world without hunger.
• We value nonpartisanship. We believe that effective and sustainable public policies are made when, in good faith, we employ a civil and politically unbiased approach to develop and implement laws and programs to achieve our mission.
• We value collaboration. We believe in working alongside and building community with diverse churches, institutions, and individuals, including people experiencing hunger, to achieve our mission.
• We value impact. We strive for excellence in our work and hold ourselves and our nation's leaders accountable in the pursuit of public policies that render measurable results and meaningful change for those affected by hunger.
  
  

Disclaimer

Background and reference checks will be conducted on all final candidates. The information in this job description indicates the general nature and level of work expected of employees in this classification. It is not designed to contain, nor to be interpreted as, a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, qualifications, and objectives required of employees assigned to this job.

Salary Range: $175,000.00 To $190,000.00 Annually

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