Chief Development Officer

The National Council of Young Men’s Christian Associations of the United States of America • Venice, FL, United States • $200k - $250k / year • 1m ago

YMCA of Southwest Florida is seeking a dynamic Chief Development Officer (CDO), an accomplished philanthropic professional, to join our senior leadership team. The Y’s president and the Board of Directors wish to partner with a true strategic team member who can ensure that YMCA of Southwest Florida benefits from philanthropic development processes, disciplines, and data-based aspirations that are consistent with the Y’s strategic ambitions in regards to fundraising and community engagement. The Chief Development Officer will be expected to instill a vibrancy in the Y’s fundraising efforts.

In concert with the president, the Chief Development Officer must be both a captivating ambassador for YMCA of Southwest Florida and a compelling manager of the processes that support the YMCA’s outreach. The CDO is expected to nurture active, ongoing relationships with leaders across Southwest Florida. The CDO will help create and foster the YMCA's relationships with civic leaders and community-minded residents, recognizing those leaders and relationships will become the foundation of YMCA of Southwest Florida’s financial strength in decades to come.

YMCA of Southwest Florida has been consistently successful in attracting support for specific health & wellness, early childhood learning, youth development, and sponsorship initiatives and has capitalized on building relationships with several key foundations. It is the primary role of the CDO to foster and expand the support for these programs.

The CDO must be exceptionally good at telling the untold story to those outside of the YMCA while providing the tools to those outside the organization with which to spread that story even further. Balancing the strategic imperative of a comprehensive development plan with solid implementation tactics will be essential to long-term success. Accordingly, at this stage of the Y’s maturation, and consistent with its hands-on, can-do environment, the CDO must be both strategist and project manager, proactively aligning organizational needs and donor commitment.

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