Apply for the Director of Fundraising Role

Job Description

A unique opportunity for an experienced professional looking for a challenging project! We encourage you to Get Involved if you have the skills, experiences, and the passion that we have to put the National Addiction Awareness Complex on the Map!

The National Addiction Awareness Complex is seeking a candidate to lead fundraising strategy development and execution for the non-profit. Currently, the collective team is contributing in this role, however, for ongoing fundraising, a single Director will be responsible for planning and operationalizing the fundraising efforts.

This could be a life changing opportunity for the right person. If you join our team, you would be a member of the leadership team taking this vision nationally!

Responsibilities

The ideal candidate will be responsible for wearing many hats, and will be responsible for the following:

• Work with leadership team to craft comprehensive fundraising strategy and attract and manage resources to execute fundraising campaigns to meet fundraising goals.
• Develop new audiences through various media including social media, email, print, digital, etc.
• Present our vision to businesses and organizations to raise awareness and attract donors and sponsors.
• Cultivate relationships with national, regional, and local sponsors to meet fundraising goals.
• Provide material for website to engage supporters.
• Lead efforts to generate contacts and manage the contact information and data.
• Launch fundraising campaigns.
• Manage grant application process.

Candidates will need to live within a reasonable commute to our planning office in Denver, PA even though most of the work will be done at your own home office.

Qualifications

• Experience marketing & fundraising for a non-profit will be highly encouraged.
• Degree in business, marketing, or related field a bonus (experience trumps degree).
• Ability to craft stories to help supporters understand our organization and cause.
• Excellent written and verbal communication to include written “cold” emails to individuals and businesses (MailChimp experience a plus), grant writing, content marketing materials, and ability to represent the organization at events.
• Comfortable making public appearances and representing the NAAC.
• Familiarity with addiction recovery terminology and a lifestyle of recovery is required. If you are in addiction recovery yourself, we welcome you to apply, and we are seeking a minimum of three years of continuous sobriety.
• Experience, directly or indirectly, with selecting and apply for grants and other opportunities.
• Experience with crowdfunding and crowdfunding platforms a plus.

About Us & Applying

At the NAAC, we are building a team of like-minded individuals who enjoy an alcohol-free and drug-free sober lifestyle. We are entrepreneurial-spirited individuals who have come together to address the impact of addiction in all its various forms by sharing our work & life experience, education, and fellowship.

As a startup team member, we are offering Revenue Base Compensation as a Contractor for this opportunity. Compensation will be fully explained during the interview process. As a contractor, you will need to be financially stable to participate with us as a startup team member.

If you are passionate about this opportunity, please submit your resume and cover letter.

In your cover letter, please include:

1. Information about yourself and your interest and qualifications for the position.
2. Any opinions about our vision and mission and what you think we could be doing in the fundraising space.
3. Confirm that you are alcohol and drug free the hold this position.
4. Acknowledgement that you understand this position is offered as an Independent Freelance Contractor and that you are financially stable to receive compensation as a percentage of funds raised by the NAAC.
5. Location where you currently reside.
6. Whether you are able to make meetings at our planning office in Denver, PA as required to fulfill the duties of the fundraising director.

Please address the completed information to: Lee Clifford, Founder.

Qualified candidates will be contacted to set up a phone call to the cell number they furnished. After the phone interview, should there be continued mutual interest, the next step will be an invitation to a Zoom meeting that will include a presentation of our vision for the National Addiction Awareness Complex. There will be plenty of time for all your questions to be answered. If both parties feel there might be a fit, we will schedule an in-person deeper interview at our Denver, PA Planning Office.

Join us at NAAC and be a part of the leadership team of a first-of-its kind unique destination for family recreation and group fellowship in a sober lifestyle setting.