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Job Opportunity: Director of External Relations:Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance

Job description:

Director of External Relations

 

Date Posted

May 3, 2024 - 12:37pm

 

Categories

 

Development

 

Performing Arts,Theater

 

Montgomery County (PA)

Pay Type: 
income

Job Status: 
Full Time

Minimum income/Hourly Rate: 
$45,000.00

Maximum income/Hourly Rate: 
$50,000.00

 

Act II Playhouse

Act II Playhouse, the professional, non-profit theatre in the heart of bustling Ambler PA, is hiring our next Director of External Relations.
The Director of External Relations holds ultimate responsibility for the organization's fundraising activities. They manage foundation, corporate and individual donations through strategizing with leadership abilities, crafting proposals and outreach, processing and acknowledging donations, managing deadlines, and creating new as well as maintaining existing connections and donor relationships. The position requires organization, strong writing and communication expertise, flexibility, and the capability to think creatively about both long-term vision and day-to-day donor cultivation and appreciation.
tasks/Job responsibilities:
   » Cultivate all levels of individual donors, including personal outreach to potential high-level supporters
   » Responsible for managing all aspects of grants, including writing applications and reports and seeking out new potential grant opportunities
   » Further develop the monthly giving program, planned giving, and our bequest fund
   » Maintain and grow our base of corporate sponsors and community partners
   » Oversight of data maintenance for all foundation grants, corporate support and individual donations in our CRM system
   » Develop/manage end-of-fiscal and end-of-calendar year fundraising plus all special campaigns
   » Generate, have signed, and mail all donor thank you letters in a timely fashion
   » Ideation/maintenance of donation acknowledgment emails and letters at least semi-annually
   » Board of Directors liaison; plan and arrange all Board meetings; recruit new Board members
   » Other tasks as assigned
   » Report directly to the Artistic Director

practice and expertise required:
   » 2+ years fundraising practice
   » Attention to detail and strong organizational expertise
   » capability to work collaboratively within a small organization
   » expertise of G-Suite, Windows, Office, etc.
   » practice with a CRM system (Patron Manager preferred)
   » Excellent written and verbal communication expertise
   » practice/background in theatre is welcome but not required
Act II's work environment is friendly and collaborative; we strive for a ?culture of nice? that encompasses our administrative and artistic staff, designers and artists, and our donors and patrons. Staff members enjoy the opportunity to see all of our productions for free plus receive additional complimentary tickets to share with friends or family.

To Apply:
Interested candidates are invited to submit a cover letter/email and resume via email to Tony Braithwaite, Artistic Director (E-Mail: tony@act2.org). We appreciate the interest of all candidates; however, only candidates selected for consideration will be contacted.
Act II Playhouse is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, religion, national or ethnic origin, discapability or protected veteran status.

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Job Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Address: Philadelphia
Company Type Employer
Post Date: 05/03/2024 / Viewed 17 times
Contact Information
Company: Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance
Contact Email: tony@act2.org


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