Senior Development Officer

JCFS Chicago strives to enhance social-emotional well-being for adults, children, teens, and families as well as maximize potential for people with disabilities. Our mission is to provide help, healing, and caring services infused with Jewish values to strengthen lives in our community.

Join a passionate and energetic 12-person Development team as a Senior Development Officer reporting to the Director of Individual Giving. The purpose of this position is to identify and execute effective strategies to engage individual donors and grow their giving to the agency. The position will cultivate current donors and identify and steward new donors, with a focus on those with major giving potential.  The ideal candidate is passionate about social services, enjoys working with a collaborative team, and loves building relationships with donors and providing them with meaningful philanthropic experiences. The Development team’s office is in West Rogers Park, Chicago and all team members are welcome to work remotely up to four days per week.

JCFS Chicago is seeking a Development Officer to identify and execute effective strategies designed to steward the donor relationship. This includes identifying and securing new donors and actively nurturing existing donors into an engaged, loyal relationship with the Agency. This position is located in West Rogers Park, Chicago.

What you'll do:

• Manage communications, relationship building and solicitations for a portfolio of 100-120 donors, with a focus on those with major giving potential.
• Develop and execute strategic interactions and donor fundraising plans, including face-to-face solicitations, donor research, communications, donor cultivation, and stewardship.
• Advise the Development Department on growing and strengthening its initiatives for securing major donors ($10K+)
• Champion JCFS programs and services and educates donors on how contributions impact the community
• Plan boutique events and programs to cultivate current donors and secure prospects.
• Partner with JCFS Chicago colleagues to learn and communicate about the agency’s programmatic needs and align them with donors’ philanthropic interests.
• Network at community events and represent the Agency to Board members, volunteers, other stakeholders and outside organizations.

What we require:

• A Bachelor’s degree, preferably a Master’s degree.
• 7-10 years of experience cultivating and soliciting individual donors or equivalent experience.
• Proven track record of solicitating donors for gifts of $5,000+.
• Has a strong proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.) and fundraising databases. 
• Able to travel within the Chicago metropolitan area and work occasional evenings/weekends based on donor needs and scheduled events.

What you’ll love about us:

• Time off: Paid time off varies by position – includes vacation days, sick days, paid federal holidays, and paid Jewish holidays.
• Benefits: Medical, dental, and vision insurance. 401(k) with base contribution and match. Additional health and wellness benefits, financial benefits, professional training, tuition reimbursement, 6 weeks paid parental leave, and much more.
• Free professional training for social workers and other licensed mental health professionals.
• Hybrid work environment. On-site work divided between the JCFS Chicago Skokie office and Northwest Suburban synagogues.
• Compensation: The compensation for this position is between $65,000-$80,000 annually (final offer will be based on experience).