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Tennessee Clean
Water Network

123A S. Gay St.
Knoxville, TN 37902

Office: 865-522-7007
Fax: 865-329-2422

Open Position at TCWN

Director of Development and Communications

TCWN Description: TCWN organizes Tennesseans to claim our right to clean water and healthy communities by fostering civic engagement, building coalitions and advancing water policy.

Our vision is for:

  • All Tennesseans to have access to and benefit from clean, free-flowing water;
  • An unstoppable upwelling of Tennesseans exercising our right to protect clean water;
  • Tennessee water quality policy to be a model for the nation, with standards that exceed federal minimums and a commitment to improve those standards for the benefit of all Tennesseans;
  • Protection of the unique beauty of Tennessee's rivers, lakes and open spaces.

This position reports to the Executive Director and is open until filled.

Location: This position resides in Knoxville, TN. Other locations in Tennessee may be considered.

Qualifications: 4+ years experience in non-profit fundraising and marketing and/or public relations.

Principle Functions: This position will manage current programs and coordinate future program priorities with the Executive Director, staff and Board of Directors.

TCWN Values: We look for people with passion, compassion, confidence, uncommon skill, a hunger to win, and a belief in doing more than is expected.

Job Requirements:

Development

Utilize Moves Management™ to direct fundraising activities. Moves Management™ is the planning and implementation we use to create donor-centered initiatives that nurtures a relationship to a point of mutual agreement and benefit.

Goal: To create and implement a development strategy to raise the annual revenue target of $300,000 to $500,000 per year.

Major Donor Cultivation

  • The Director of Development and Communications serves as the Moves Manager by:
  • Identifying and researching potential major gift prospects
  • Cultivating prospects to the organization
  • Soliciting gifts
  • Stewarding and thanking donors
  • Managing the Board of Directors fundraising activities.

Membership Support.

  • Coordinate direct mail fundraising to increase membership from 350 - 1,000 in 2008 then to 2,000 members in 2009
  • Develop innovative methods to strengthen membership
  • Manage membership database
  • Participate in Community Shares
  • Manage online giving

Foundation Coordination.

  • Coordinates the creation and submission of foundation grants and reports and
  • Oversees the work of the grant writer.

Event Coordination.

  • Plans and executes all TCWN events including tabling at non-TCWN events.

Sponsorship Management

  • Identify, cultivate, secure, and engage new and existing corporate donors
  • Works with sponsorship consultant to create and implement a corporate donors sponsorship plan.

Communications and Marketing

Manages media relations

  • Coordinate media events and releases, tracking and compiling TCWN coverage.
  • Maintain relationships with media outlets
  • Manage the submission of Letters to the Editor and Opinion Editorials and other news releases.
  • Oversees design of outreach materials (website, brochures, newsletter)

Programmatic

General program knowledge needed to convey organization’s efforts and accomplishments to donors and foundations.

  • Promote the organization through various means of outreach to empower Tennesseans to take action on clean water issues affecting their communities.
  • Have a working knowledge of all projects and their status.
  • Obtain, train and manage volunteers to assist with misc. tasks.

Skills Needed

This position requires one to be entrepreneurial, self-directed, strategic, quick to learn, and energetic team player.

  • At least 4+ years of experience in fund development with a proven track record of:
  • Achieving revenue targets of over $300,000 annually
  • Providing excellent customer service to clients/donors
  • Developing and implementing marketing and public relations campaigns
  • Prospecting, cultivating, and managing new accounts/donors
  • Planning and implementing events
  • Salary range: $35 - 40K plus full benefits

Please submit resume and three of the following writing samples. These must be original work.

  • Newsletter article
  • Appeal letter
  • Major Donor cultivation schedule
  • Press Release

Please make your submissions to:

TCWN
c/o Renée Hoyos, Executive Director
Attn: Director of Development and Communications
P.O. Box 1521
Knoxville, TN 37901

Phone call inquiries encouraged. 865.522.7007 x100

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