PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

Leadership

• Serve on the Cope’s Leadership Team to collaboratively develop strategic priorities to implement and maintain Cope’s long-range goals, strategies, plans and policies, keeping in mind the organization’s commitment to its mission, values, distributed leadership model, and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI), in order to foster growth and sustainability.
• Promote an organizational culture that fosters collaboration, transparency, open and frequent communication, teamwork, and a common organizational vision.
• Provide leadership, management, and mentoring to department support staff.
• Cultivate a culture of philanthropy where everyone at Cope has a role in engaging the community in supporting Cope’s work.

Fund Development

• Work in collaboration with the Development team to create and execute a comprehensive annual Fund Development plan.
• Manage fundraising campaign strategy and content development.
• Plan, design, and execute all Development events.
• Stay up to date on evolving fund development trends and best practices.

Fiscal Management

• Work with Development Director to create annual program budget.
• Manage and maintain department’s budget.
• Approve, review and code department expenditures.

Marketing and Communications

• Collaborate with the Development Director to develop, plan, and implement a strategic annual Communications plan that supports Cope’s strategies and objectives, builds relationships with key audiences, and engages the community in the organization’s work.
• Create marketing campaigns across multiple channels, ensuring consistency of content, brand identity, voice, and tone of all communications.
• Manage all digital media, including website, email marketing, media and story library, and social media.
• Create, design, and produce print media in alignment with the organization’s brand, including, but not limited to, presentations, brochures, flyers, invitations, posters, banners, and other marketing and fundraising publications.
• Manage press and media relations.
• Manage community engagement efforts, including outreach and volunteer programs.
• Present the organization to the public in various ways, as requested; may include interviewing, conducting tours, and giving presentations.
• Stay up to date on new marketing and communications technologies, trends, and ideas.

Staff Supervision

• Supervise, create, and maintain a learning environment through reflective supervision and performance coaching.
• Hire, supervise, train, and evaluate department’s support staff.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in business, nonprofit development, marketing, communications, social work, or another human services-related field strongly preferred.
• Minimum four (4) years’ experience in development.
• Minimum two (2) years’ experience in marketing/communications, event management, and volunteer management
• Proven ability to manage staff/a team and help foster their development to reach professional goals.
• Proven skill in Adobe InDesign and Photoshop.
• Experience in web content management systems, some knowledge of HTML preferred.
• PC/Windows literate with proven ability in Word, Excel, relational database software and presentation applications.
• Experience with Salesforce for Nonprofits strongly preferred, other donor management software acceptable.
• Experience managing professional/business social media accounts required.
• Ability to complete projects independently with a great deal of self-reliance and the drive to excel.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and maintain a high degree of accuracy.
• Ability to recognize one’s strengths and weaknesses and engage in ongoing development.
• Must be aligned with organizational values and distributed leadership.
• Must be aligned with Cope’s commitment to DEI.
• Available to work irregular hours, including weekends, and as necessary for after-hours events and meetings.
• Occasional work on weekends and evenings required.
• Valid California Driver’s License and own mode of transportation.
• Must pass DOJ and FBI fingerprinting and background check.
• Other tasks as assigned.

NOTICE:  This description is intended to indicate the kinds of work duties that will be required in this position. It is not intended to limit, or in any way modify, the rights of any manager or supervisor to assign, direct, and contract work of staff under his/her supervision. The use of a particular illustration describing duties shall not be held to exclude other duties, not mentioned, that are of a similar level or difficulty.

Cope Family Center is an equal opportunity employer. Federal and State laws and the Agency’s policy prohibit employment discrimination against applicants for employment and employees on the basis of age, ancestry, sex/gender (including gender identity,) pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, marital status, registered domestic partner status, medical condition related to cancer or genetic characteristic, national origin, physical or mental disability, race, religion, sexual orientation or veterans’ status. Discrimination is also prohibited on the basis of a perception that a person has any of the above characteristics.  To access information about the EEOC, visit EEOC at https://bit.ly/3eY9Wul. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.