Development Director

Save the Harbor/Save the Bay

Save the Harbor

Job Description

Job Title: Development Director  
We are seeking an experienced, energetic and well-organized Development Director to plan, lead, manage and develop all aspects of Save the Harbor’s fundraising activities including public grants, private fundraising, corporate donor stewardship, major donor cultivation and solicitation, special fundraising campaigns, and events, including our annual corporate fundraiser, Destination Boston Harbor.  The Development Director reports to the Executive Director and as a member of the senior leadership team is responsible for the overall success of Development strategies and programs to ensure that sufficient funding streams are in place to effectively support our current and future programming and growth.

Save the Harbor has a committed and collegial full time staff of seven, as well as enthusiastic and engaged interns, volunteers and consultants. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic we have temporarily shut down our in-person office operations, though we maintain our offices pace on the Boston Fish Pier overlooking Boston Harbor, from which we run some administrative tasks and programming.
Responsibilities:
  • Develop and implement an overall Development strategy and plans to secure funding to support Save the Harbor’s mission and programming
  • Plan major donor cultivation activities to diversify funding in conjunction with the Executive Director and the Development Committee of the Board
  • Represent Save the Harbor in meetings with funders and potential funders
  • Manage the development of grant proposals, participate in the writing and coordinate proposal submissions
  • Develop and manage the creation and dissemination of fundraising, marketing and public relations materials
  • Plan and coordinate special fundraising events, especially the annual corporate fundraiser, Destination Boston Harbor
  • Manage the Donor Perfect database
  • Oversee the data entry, tracking and acknowledgement systems to ensure accuracy and timeliness
  • Create and implement all direct mail appeals and web-based solicitations
  • Assist in the preparation of Save the Harbor’s budget
  • Work closely with our bookkeeper to ensure coordination and accuracy of financial reconciliations and reports
  • Prepare, review and edit proposals and reports to funders prior to submission
  • Prepare regular reports of Development activities
  • Meet weekly with the Executive Director.  Attend all staff meetings and all meetings of the Board of Directors
  • Direct and support the activities of the Board and Development Committee in fundraising and communications
  • Attend fundraising events, meetings and functions
Preferred Qualifications:
  • Bachelor’s degree (Master’s degree preferred)
  • Five to ten years’ demonstrated success in non-profit development and fundraising 
  • Excellent organizational skills.  Ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously and meet deadlines
  • Superior written and verbal communication skills
  • Strong management skills (planning, organizing, directing)
  • Strong grant writing and evaluation experience
  • Demonstrated cultural competence and commitment to working with diverse populations
§  Interest in youth development, environmental advocacy and marine science, as well as the ability and enthusiasm to represent Save the Harbor/Save the Bay in a variety of professional settings
§  Ability and willingness to teach others
  • Superior people skills and sense of humor
 
Save the Harbor provides competitive compensation and excellent benefits including 100% health and dental insurance; vacation, personal, holiday and sick time; 401K retirement plan. 
 
To apply, please send a cover letter, resume, and writing sample as a single PDF or Word document with your name in the file name to hr@savetheharbor.org.
 
Save the Harbor/Save the Bay is an equal opportunity employer. We strongly encourage applications from people of color, women, LGBTQ+ and disabled individuals. We will not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of age, color, disability, gender, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any classification protected by federal, state, or local law. 
About Save the Harbor
Save the Harbor is an ambitious organization that has enjoyed tremendous success and earned the regard and friendship of a broad based constituency. Since 1986 we have been the region’s leading voice for clean water and the completion of the $5 billion Boston Harbor Clean-Up, which has transformed Boston Harbor from one of the dirtiest harbors in the nation into a source of educational, recreational and economic opportunity for all Bostonians and the region’s residents. Our mission is to restore and protect Boston Harbor, Massachusetts Bay, and the marine environment and share them with the public for everyone to enjoy.

Though clean water and environmental advocacy remain at the core of our mission, since 2001 Save the Harbor/Save the Bay has increasingly focused our attention on finding new ways to connect the nearly one million residents who live within half an hour of the coast, with the harbor, the beaches, and the islands. Today, Save the Harbor:

·       Leads and manages the Metropolitan Beaches Commission for the Massachusetts Legislature, charged with improving quality and equitable access to the Boston Harbor Region’s public beaches from Nahant on the North Shore to Nantasket on the South Shore.

·       Strengthens Boston’s waterfront neighborhoods and the region’s beachfront communities by hosting and sponsoring 870 free Better Beaches events and programs on the region’s public beaches from Nahant to Nantasket since 2008.

·       Connects over 35,000 youth and families each year with free Youth Environmental Education Programs that have introduced more than 260,000 underserved and low-income young people to the spectacular harbor we have worked so hard to restore and protect since we began them in 2002.

·       Convenes and leads our Beaches Science Advisory Committee, which led the effort to transform the South Boston beaches into the cleanest urban beaches in America and is working to improve water quality at King’s Beach in Lynn and Swampscott and Tenean Beach in Dorchester.

For more information about Save the Harbor and our work, visit www.savetheharbor.org, and review our 2020 Youth and Beach Program Report.

Save the Harbor is committed to making Boston Harbor, the Islands, our beaches, and our programs inclusive, equitable, diverse, and accessible for everyone and anyone, knowing that racism and oppressive systems have prevented that from becoming a reality. Read our full values statement at www.savetheharbor.org/values