Director of Development - Manhattan Day School

Reporting to the Head of School, the Director of Development will plan, implement and oversee the organization’s advancement efforts, including major gift, annual fund, endowment and capital campaigns. He or she will create and formalize an engagement strategy for parents, grandparents, alumni, and stakeholders of Manhattan Day School (MDS).

The Director of Development will work closely with lay leaders and appropriate administrators to devise and formulate plans and then implement them.  He or she will need excellent communication skills, both written and verbal as well as the ability to work collaboratively with colleagues and volunteers.  Since this may be a one person operation, the ability to bring in and work with partners will be very important. 

Responsibilities include the following:

• Creation and execution of strategic plan for development and alumni and grandparent/family relations efforts for MDS including setting realistic and measurable goals. 

• Identify, cultivate, solicit, and steward individual donors, for expendable as well as capital and endowment gifts.  

• Responsible for managing all development activities for the Head of School.

• Drive strategy and planning for events; including but not limited to:

• Annual fundraising dinner, the selection and solicitation of honorees, overseeing logistics of the dinner, and working with relevant volunteer committees; and

• Cultivation events, including parlor meetings with major stakeholders, grandparent events and alumni programming.

• Work with School’s leadership and Board members, including jointly staffing the board, parent’s council, and engaging lay leaders around development activities.  

• Create strategy for and execute any future comprehensive/capital campaigns for MDS.

• Working with appropriate staff and lay leaders, and spearhead the selection and implementation of a Contact Relationship Management database. 

Salary commensurate with experience in the range of $130,000 - $150,000.

If interested, please send resume and cover letter to resumes@manhattanday.org