Development Consultant

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Georgia.

📋 Description

• Evaluate SisterSong's existing funding landscape, donor connections, and areas needing improvement in the pipeline.

• Create and execute a diversified fundraising strategy that minimizes dependency on any one funding source.

• Establish or enhance systems for tracking donors, managing moves, and nurturing relationships.

• Identify and qualify potential supporters who could become significant investors in SisterSong's long-term initiatives.

• Identify, nurture, and secure substantial individual donations.

• Develop and oversee opportunities for corporate partnerships and sponsorships.

• Collaborate with organizational leadership to ensure fundraising efforts align with overall organizational strategy.

• Cultivate and sustain relationships with funders to ensure the organization's longevity.

• Provide guidance on donor messaging and positioning that reflects SisterSong's values and public persona.

• Prepare the Executive Director and organizational leadership for discussions and requests with donors.

• Deliver regular updates on pipeline status, revenue developments, and strategic direction.

⛳️ Requirements

• Proven success in generating substantial contributed revenue for organizations focused on social justice, reproductive justice, or aligned missions.

• Experience in building or significantly enhancing a development function, rather than merely managing an existing one.

• Proficiency in cultivating and soliciting major individual donors.

• Strong strategic instincts with the ability to evaluate, prioritize, and take action independently.

• Outstanding relationship-building skills and the ability to represent SisterSong credibly and warmly to diverse donor audiences.

• A deep commitment to reproductive justice, racial justice, and the empowerment of women of color.

• Established connections within the reproductive justice, reproductive health, or broader social justice funding community.

• Experience providing fundraising strategy advice to a high-profile nonprofit leader.

• Familiarity with the Southern philanthropy landscape.

• Ability to operate as a fractional consultant while maintaining high accountability to an internal team.

🏝️ Benefits

• Opportunity to extend the engagement or transition into a staff position.

• Flexible remote work arrangements.

• Some travel required to support organizational priorities and the development of funder relationships.