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Edgility Search is a California-based executive search and talent advisory firm serving mission-driven organizations across PK–16 education, charter schools, workforce and economic mobility, philanthropy, and the wider social impact sector. The firm helps organizations identify and appoint senior leaders through targeted sourcing campaigns and end-to-end executive searches.

Its work also includes executive onboarding and evaluation, compensation guidance, and talent-management support. Edgility Search emphasizes objective, community-informed processes, along with tailored coaching and onboarding designed to support strong, lasting leadership placements in nonprofit and education settings.

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Director of Development and Communications - FULCRUM (Hybrid)

Lead fundraising, donor development, and communications for FULCRUM, a nonprofit advancing evidence-based literacy instruction. Build sustainable philanthropic support and national visibility from Oakland.

USUnited StatesCACalifornia
$150,000 – $175,000 / year
HybridFull-timeLeadEnglish RequiredCommunications

Description

  • Create and execute a multi-year fundraising plan tied to FULCRUM’s strategic and financial priorities
  • Manage a diversified pipeline spanning institutional donors, individual supporters, corporate partners, and other revenue sources
  • Expand FULCRUM’s funding base beyond its existing education-focused network
  • Cultivate, solicit, and steward priority funders and prospective supporters
  • Prepare grant proposals, pitches, reports, and related fundraising materials
  • Develop lasting relationships with funders and external stakeholders
  • Use the Executive Director’s relationships, visibility, and national platform to advance development efforts
  • Prepare organizational leaders for important funder meetings and conversations
  • Build development infrastructure, including processes, CRM practices, dashboards, reporting, grant calendars, and compliance tracking
  • Monitor prospects, solicitations, commitments, stewardship activity, revenue forecasts, and cash-flow effects
  • Coordinate with Finance and Programs on proposals, budgets, reporting, and revenue projections
  • Lead an integrated communications strategy
  • Increase FULCRUM’s visibility, reputation, and fundraising effectiveness
  • Turn organizational work, outcomes, data, and learning into persuasive stories
  • Oversee the website, email, social media, reports, presentations, and other communications materials
  • Direct communications consultants and external partners
  • Work with Programs, Finance and Operations, organizational leaders, and external partners
  • Link program strategy and impact to fundraising and communications opportunities
  • Potentially expand and manage the development and communications team
  • Set multi-year development goals, revenue targets, and a diversified prospect pipeline
  • Establish operations for CRM administration, prospect and grant management, forecasting, stewardship, reporting, and cash-flow visibility
  • Take substantial ownership of development responsibilities currently held by the Executive Director
  • Integrate communications and development to turn awareness and engagement into relationships, partnerships, and philanthropic investment

Requirements

  • At least seven years of increasing responsibility in nonprofit fundraising, philanthropy, business development, or a related field
  • Proven ability to generate substantial revenue from institutional and/or individual funders
  • Experience engaging stakeholders across race, ethnicity, geography, and political affiliation
  • Track record of creating or materially strengthening a fundraising function
  • Experience building prospect pipelines and establishing new funding relationships
  • Experience advancing opportunities through identification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship
  • Exceptional relationship development and fundraising capabilities
  • Excellent writing, storytelling, and communication skills
  • Ability to make complex ideas, program work, data, and impact accessible through compelling messaging
  • Experience using CRM and development data to manage prospects, forecast revenue, monitor commitments, guide strategy, and support accountability
  • Experience leading strategic communications
  • Ability to oversee external communications partners and vendors
  • Ability to collaborate with a highly visible founder or Executive Director and cross-functional teams
  • Entrepreneurial, self-directed leadership suited to a small and evolving organization
  • Commitment to literacy as a fundamental civil right
  • Willingness and ability to travel up to 25% of the time
  • Ability to work from the office up to two days per week

Benefits

  • Health insurance coverage
  • Retirement plan benefits
  • Paid sick leave
  • Vacation time
  • Paid holidays
  • Federal holidays
  • Organization-wide closure from Christmas Eve through New Year’s Day

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