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Bi-Cultural Hebrew Academy (BCHA) is a growing Modern Orthodox Jewish day school located in  Stamford, Connecticut. With grades Pre-K through 12th we serve over 350 students across  Connecticut and New York. BCHA is known for its excellent academic reputation and its broad co-curricular offerings and is situated on an attractive 13-acre campus located 43 miles from midtown  Manhattan. 

BCHA seeks a dynamic, creative, and highly skilled front-line fundraiser to serve in the newly created position of Senior Development Officer (SDO) effective immediately. 

The SDO will plan and design an individual and institutional fundraising program to provide for the  short and long term needs of the school. This includes implementing an annual school campaign,  corporate and foundation giving strategy, capital gifts menu, major gifts and endowment giving opportunities. The SDO will be the primary relationship and solicitation manager for a range of school donors and the community at large. Events management experience is also a plus. 

The SDO will have an authentic passion for the school’s mission, experience in campaign development and strategic planning and be a highly articulate communicator skilled at making a  compelling case for support of BCHA. It is important to note that this is a newly created position; a  successful candidate will need to be a self-starter who can create systems to discover new philanthropic opportunities. 

The SDO is a member of the school’s administrative team and will report to the Head of School. 

Duties/Responsibilities: 

• Work with the Head of School and Board leadership to set annual monetary goals and budgets according to short and long-term goals. Establish fundraising objectives for the  School, setting one-year, five-year and longer-term goals 
• Design, implement and manage all fundraising activities, annual school campaign, corporate,  foundation and government giving, capital gifts, major gifts and endowment giving, special  projects, grants, and other school-related solicitations 
• Identify, cultivate, and solicit philanthropic support by developing and maintaining relationships  with parents, alumni, grandparents, faculty, foundations, and community organizations 
• Conduct at least 36 prospect visits with new or established donors per year 
• Recruit, oversee and support the volunteers working on major development projects 
• Collaborate with internal partners to produce fundraising materials, collateral, reports and gift  proposals 
• Plan, oversee, coordinate and implement all fundraising events 
• Works with the Parent Association to provide support for all fundraising activities under the  PA’s control 
• Identify corporate sponsorships, foundation funding and government funding opportunities and  draft grant applications 
• Maintain a prospect list of potential donors 
• Prepare reports for the Head of School, Treasurer, Finance Committee & Board  
• Possess knowledge and understanding of the Jewish philanthropic communities in CT and  across the Tri-state area 
• Attend evening/weekend programming activities, Development Committee meetings and local federation-sponsored campaigns which impact school development initiatives   

Qualifications: 

The ideal candidate will have a proven history of fundraising success: 

• 4-6 years of experience with a demonstrated ability to build a comprehensive and effective  development and communications program 
• Strong management skills, both strategic and operational, and a demonstrated ability to build,  manage, mentor and motivate a team 
• Experience training and working with lay and professional leadership in development-related  activities 
• Ability to personally develop strategies, cultivate, solicit and steward major and institutional  donors 
• Creative, innovative, entrepreneurial and independent self-starter with strategic inclinations • A strong work ethic; ability to inspire trust; ability to maintain and model high personal, ethical,  and professional standards, as well as having an outgoing and positive personality • Sensitivity and discretion, creativity and flexibility, attention to detail and ability to manage  competing priorities, with a sense of humor preferred and customer-orientation a must • Knowledge of Raiser’s Edge (Blackbaud) highly preferred 
• A Bachelor’s degree is required 

Compensation: 

• Salary is commensurate with experience

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Professional development assistance
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance