March 21st, 2024
Brandywine River Museum of Art
Chief Development Officer
( Pennsylvania | On-site )
Job Description
The Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art (Brandywine) is in an exciting period of artistic, programmatic, and institutional growth. The organization seeks an outstanding Chief Development Officer to lead its philanthropic efforts, championing an ethos of partnership, accountability, and transparency among staff and Board on all development matters.
The Opportunity
The Chief Development Officer (CDO) will build a sustainable culture of philanthropy at Brandywine and be responsible for conceptualizing, organizing, and implementing a comprehensive and strategic fundraising program in support of the organization’s mission and vision for the future. This position will implement a multi-year expansion of fundraising efforts along with leading day-to-day fundraising activities and communications. Reporting to and partnering with the Executive Director/CEO and Program Directors (Director of the Brandywine Conservancy and Director of the Brandywine Museum of Art), the successful candidate will be deeply involved in the identification, cultivation, and stewardship of individual, corporate, and foundation prospects.
The CDO will ensure best practices in fundraising and effective institutional communication. The position will maintain and expand public and private sector relationships that deliver on strategic plan priorities, cultivate transformative gifts, build deeper local and national corporate and foundation relationships, and energize teams across Brandywine to maximize short- and long-term revenue outcomes. The role offers a unique opportunity to shape the role of philanthropy in a project of multi-generational impact.
Under the leadership of the CDO, Brandywine will have a significantly broader base of individual, corporate, and foundation support, higher annual contributed revenue, increased membership enrolled at newly articulated levels, an increased number of donors enrolled in planned giving, and greater communication and retention activities for all donors.
Candidate Profile
A collaborative, dynamic, experienced leader with an aspirational vision to pursue Brandywine’s ambitious goals with creativity, focus, and determination, the CDO will have a high degree of accountability and a commitment to exceeding expectations. This individual will balance tasks and projects with a sense of urgency and possess superlative, compelling interpersonal and communication skills. A self-managed professional with a highly organized approach, the CDO will have the ability to achieve organizational objectives with staff, Board, donors, volunteers, and prospects. Through a genuine affinity and passion for Brandywine’s mission along with highly developed skills and an efficient best practices approach, the individual will be a key component of the organization’s long-term success. The successful candidate will model behavior that creates trust and encourages others to follow suggested paths or approaches.
Salary is competitive and commensurate with experience and includes a robust benefits package. The salary range for this role is $165,000 to $175,000.
Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art is an equal opportunity employer and considers all qualified applicants equally without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
To learn more about this opportunity, express interest, or nominate potential candidates, please visit the position posting at this link: https://apptrkr.com/5123374
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