Job Details
Job Location
San Antonio Food Bank – Main Building – San Antonio, TX
Position Type
Full Time
Education Level
Bachelors Degree
Salary Range
$65,000.00 – $65,000.00 Salary/year
Job Category
Nonprofit – Social Services
Description
General Description
The primary objective of this position is to work with the Chief Development Officer to secure resources (food, time, money, and voice) for DaisyCares from individuals, corporations, foundations, and organizations. The DaisyCares Director will also be involved as a lead for numerous special events, tours and presentations, food & fund drives, cause related marketing, 3rd party events, and other special promotions for Daisy Cares.
About Daisy Cares
DaisyCares is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation created to provide pet food, urgent or emergent funding aid toward veterinary care, and reduce animal abuse through animal welfare education and awareness.
The organization was launched in October 2009 by Ami Gordon in honor of her beloved Yorkie, Daisy. DaisyCares was created to give back the gift of life that Daisy received, and to provide hope to all needy pets and their owners.
DaisyCares founded the DaisyCares Veterinary Care Program for applicants who meet qualification. Veterinary care grants are subject to availability of funding.
Additionally, DaisyCares created the DaisyCares Pet Food Program to provide cat and dog food to families who might otherwise be faced with the decision of abandoning or surrendering their family’s beloved pets.
DaisyCares Project Kindness was created to instill responsible pet ownership at an early age through empowering presentations. In 2017, DaisyCares added Daisy’s Barn as the hands-on component to Project Kindness. The barn houses sheep, goats, and chickens. It is located at the San Antonio Food Bank.
Proceeds from the education program, Promote Animal Welfare Education or PAWedu, benefit DaisyCares programs. PAWedu was created to ensure that measures are taken to establish a community where animal cruelty is unacceptable. For more information visit www.pawedu.com
Essential Functions:
- Develop relationships and make solicitations for philanthropic gifts, cause-related marketing, food & fund drives, third party events, in-kind donations, sponsorships, volunteer hours, and other engagement strategies.
- Serve as the comprehensive manager for the major donor constituents in this portfolio including prospect research, cultivation, solicitations, and stewardship.
- Develop and maintain a “Plan of Action” for all areas of responsibility, including both short and long-range goals and objectives, and then work the plan.
- Maintain complete engagement within the San Antonio Food Bank Salesforce database, keeping records up-to-date at all times, and utilizing tasks to develop manager portfolio.
- Responsible for an ongoing thank you program to acknowledge and recognize donors through thank you letters and other appropriate means.
- Provide written status reports each week to the Chief Development Officer.
- Support all events that raise both money and food: special events, food & fund drives, third party events, cause-related marketing campaigns, and special promotions.
- Personal face-to-face presentations and/or tours for employee groups, service organizations, religious groups, and others.
- Represent DaisyCares at a variety of functions within the community.
- Comply with and abide by all personnel policies and accept additional duties as assigned by the Chief Development Officer.
- Establish and maintain a working environment conducive to positive morale, individual style, quality, creativity and teamwork.
Qualifications
Qualifications:
- College degree in relevant field plus three to five years development experience or relevant work experience.
- Work experience in fund development and marketing.
- Passion for pets and experience with animal welfare.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Skills in computer applications i.e. word processing and spreadsheet/database management.
- Good judgment and discretion.
- Ability to work independently with minimum supervision.
- Ability to organize work, time, and self.
- Orientation to detail, accuracy, and the meeting of deadlines.
- Ability to work cooperatively with other Food Bank staff and volunteers.
- Ability to present a professional demeanor under a variety of conditions.
- Ability to supervise others and delegate appropriate tasks.
- Night and weekend work are required and routine.
- Personal vehicle is required.
Physical Demands
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions and responsibilities of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is constantly required to sit, talk, hear, keyboard, and utilize fine manipulation and near visual acuity. The employee is occasionally required to walk, utilize gross manipulation, push, pull, reach, and stoop. The employee must occasionally lift, and/or move up to 25 pounds.
Work Environment
This job is performed in an indoor office environment and occasionally may require attendance at outdoor events. You may be required to drive to different locations with varying conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and levels of work to be performed and are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities and duties.
COVID-19 Vaccine Requirement
It is the San Antonio Food Bank’s duty to provide and maintain a workplace that is free of known hazards. We are adopting a policy that all applicants be vaccinated prior to their first day of employment. The policy is to safeguard the health of our employees and their families, our clients and volunteers, and the community at large from infectious diseases, such as COVID-19 or influenza, that may be reduced by vaccinations. This policy will comply with all applicable laws and is based on guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and local health authorities, as applicable.
Applicants in need of an exemption from this policy due to a medical reason, or because of a sincerely held religious belief must submit a completed request for accommodation form to the Human Resources Department. Accommodations will be granted where they do not cause undue hardship or pose a direct threat to the health and safety of others.