Interim Director of Development – Chief of Staff

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

📋 Description

• Provide support for the oversight and execution of the External Affairs functions for UpTogether until the end of 2026, acting as a strategic advisor to the team and the CEO.

• Serve as a relationship steward, cultivate new funding opportunities, and coordinate efforts to ensure seamless operations across national fundraising, partnerships, and communications during the interim period.

• Collaborate with the CEO to offer bi-weekly assistance to the External Affairs team, which comprises Senior Partnership Managers and consultants, to promote ongoing pipeline development, fundraising, proposal creation, and project implementation.

• Assist in supervising contractors to ensure timely and high-quality execution of tasks.

• Regularly engage with foundations, partners, municipal representatives, coalitions, and other stakeholders to sustain partner relationships and fundraising, as well as to nurture new prospects.

• Submit pending and upcoming proposals and manage the proposal process through decision-making and fund implementation once funding is secured.

• Facilitate and support the development of new proposals, internal reviews, and grant applications.

• Maintain Salesforce records, track proposals, and manage project workflows.

• Act as the primary contact for ongoing funding prospects, ensuring that they are well-managed, developed, and designed in alignment with project goals.

• Engage with existing stakeholders regarding specific fund-related requirements, ranging from relationship development and maintenance to donor and partner identification, fund design scoping, and supporting the execution of both existing and new funds through cross-functional coordination and partner engagement.

• Proactively seek and lead new fundraising opportunities for both direct cash and operational needs.

• Update the pipeline dashboard and produce relevant reports for the Board of Directors, Executive Team, and All Staff meetings to reflect revenue progress, trends, insights, and analyses.

• Partner with the CEO to lead strategic external communications, presentations, talking points, partner engagements, and other external-facing materials.

• Contribute to UpTogether’s individual giving initiatives by maintaining donor relationships, coordinating donor communications and acknowledgments, and enhancing donor stewardship.

• Assist in planning and executing UpTogether’s year-end giving campaign, managing campaign timelines, messaging, donor outreach, campaign materials, reporting, and collaboration with the Board of Directors and Executive Team.

• Support the Executive Team and Board of Directors in their regularly scheduled meetings to ensure ongoing governance coordination and strategic work, presenting timely, data-driven information for decision-making.

• Organize, coordinate, and facilitate quarterly Board of Directors meetings and bi-monthly Board Committee meetings.

• Prepare agendas and presentations, compile key information and data, highlight decision points, and distribute timely communications and correspondence.

• Document meeting minutes, track follow-up tasks, and ensure prompt completion of action items by the Board, the Executive Team, and internal departments.

• Provide support for Executive Team meetings and governance as needed.

• Monitor strategic initiatives, key updates, and the operational execution of critical Executive Team projects.

• Facilitate the dissemination of Executive Team updates, ensure coordination of follow-up tasks across teams, and incorporate team input to maintain a 360 flow of information.

• Integrate fundraising developments and revenue information for Executive Team and Board meeting presentations.

• Prepare metrics, insights, and analyses for the Executive Team and Board as required.

• Coordinate and assist in preparing agendas and presentations for monthly All-Staff National Team Meetings.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 10 years of fundraising experience, with a demonstrated ability to secure six to seven figure grants or gifts.

• Preferred experience working with a diverse array of fundraising sources and donors, including philanthropic, corporate, private, high-net-worth individuals (HNWI), and/or government.

• Established experience in grant raising and oversight is preferred.

• Ability to quickly learn and effectively communicate UpTogether’s mission and approach, ensuring the development of strong relationships and the proactive identification of new opportunities, along with strategic communications.

• Prior experience in direct cash, guaranteed income, or economic mobility sectors is a plus.

• Proven ability to create visually compelling, data-driven, and informative presentations, reports, and summaries for executive, Board-level, and external audiences.

• Exceptional project management skills with a focus on ensuring timely follow-up.

• Experience in staff management and contractor oversight.

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills; adept at effectively conveying impact data and case statements both verbally and in writing to diverse audiences.

🏝️ Benefits

• Paid company holidays provided.