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PEP needs your help to recruit new executive leadership for our team! We are hiring managers for our growing programs and are looking nation-wide for outstanding candidates to fill the following Houston-based positions:

1. Chief Operating Officer
2. Chief Development Officer
3. Manager, Prison Initiatives



(Catherine Rohr with Class IX graduates )

PEP offers great benefits and competitive salaries, not to mention the opportunity to work for a mission-driven organization. These opportunities and expanded job descriptions may also be viewed here.

You can help us by reviewing the job descriptions for your own interest or by forwarding this email and job descriptions to anyone you believe might be a qualified candidate for one of the roles and a great fit for our organization.

For more information about our hiring needs, please check out www.pep.org and please direct any HR questions to our recruiting team at recruiting@pep.org.

Thank you!
Catherine F. Rohr
Founder and CEO

Job Opening: Director of Development for CCCS

Todd Mark, the new Vice President of Education for Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Greater Dallas, recently emailed me to let me know that they are hiring a development director. Here is the basic info. You can email him here if you want more info or care to apply. The office number is 214-540-6810.

Job Description
Title: Director of Development

Department: Education

Reports To: Vice President of Education

FLSA Status: Exempt

Purpose:
The Director of Development for meeting agency fundraising goals by working with national, regional and local corporate, government and private foundation partners. Working with the V.P. of Education and the President, the Director of Development manages and implements fundraising campaign, supervises special events and is responsible for reporting progress to the Board of Directors.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

A. Corporate, Foundation, Government, Individual Development 45%  Develop and lead annual national and Dallas region campaigns to raise funding to support mission.(In 2008, the goal is $3 million)
 Assist in the creation and implementation of development strategies for each target audience
 Research and build list of new funding prospects.
 Builds and manages cultivation strategy for all donors and creditor contributors
 Manages the contributor cultivation events, fundraising event(s) and annual fund campaign
 Ensure regular reports are sent to contributors on the use and impact of their gift
 Assists regional presidents in developing regional development plans

B. Proposal Writing 30% Develops the agency’s written approach and/or response to partnership opportunities.
 Oversees strategy for grant writing initiatives.
 Supervises other writers to ensure completeness and quality of all grant proposals.
 Meets with potential contributors to review funding interests and priorities.

C.Internal and External Communications 20% With assistance from Marketing, send regular communications to build CCCS relevance within each market
 Ensure all contributions and meetings with contributors are acknowledged in a timely manner
 Prepares all development reports for internal distribution
 Ensures website accurately reflects CCCS development strategy and provides recognition of contributors
 Supervise implementation of comprehensive donor database

D. Management Support 5%
 Assists VP of Education with organizational strategy implementation, including regional development strategy
 Provides coaching and regular reviews to assigned team members
 Work with Quality Assurance department to provide opportunities for development team members to expand their expertise and grow their job-related skills
 Recommend CCCS improvements that increase value and/or decrease costs
 Recommend Development department improvements that will increase results and/or decrease costs

Supervisory:
This position manages all development efforts, including the work of people not on the development team.In addition, this position interacts frequently with the board of directors and community leaders on behalf of the agency.

Qualifications:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience:
 BA or Masters from four-year college or university
 Excellent computer skills, including familiarity working with databases and with Microsoft Word. Experience working with donor databases preferred.
 Strong verbal and writing skills required.
 Ten to fifteen years work experience in development with a proven track record of raising money.
 Some management experience required.
 Must have satisfactory credit

Physical demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions 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 regularly required to sit and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand and walk.Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.

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Job Opening at CDM: Major Gifts Officer

The hiring and management of this position will be handled by the Pursuant Group.

Central Dallas Ministries (CDM) is one of the largest, most effective faith-based organizations in North Texas and is celebrating its 20th year of service to the community. CDM operates a network of hunger relief, healthcare, housing, legal service, employment training and educational programs serving more than 30,000 unduplicated people throughout the Greater Dallas area.

The Major Gifts Officer will manage relationships and fundraising efforts with the almost 200 major donors and prospects in North Texas. Responsibilities will also include the identification, evaluation, cultivation, solicitation and management of individuals capable of contributing major gifts of at least $5k annually, with a focus on individuals capable of gifts of $25k and over. The individual will also be responsible for developing various church partnerships toward this end.

Ideal candidates will have:

• Strong initiative and self-motivation
  
• Three to five years demonstrated successful experience and effectiveness in major gifts fundraising with a focus on prospect identification, relationship building, and solicitation
  
• Experience in solicitation of large gifts
  
• Outstanding interpersonal skills; excellent research skills; superior written and oral communication skills; and relevant computer skills
  
• Ability to work both entrepreneurially and collaboratively, and to function both as a leader and a partner within a team framework
  
• Bachelor's degree
  
• Interest in and working knowledge of community development, faith-based initiatives, and social service highly desirable.

This position will split time working from home and out of our development agency’s office in Plano, Texas.

Interested candidates should submit a current resume and cover letter to kelly@pursuantgroup.com. Please include "Development Officer, Major Gifts" in the subject line. No phone calls, please.

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Lists for Nonprofit Jobs in Texas

I recently came across this nice resource from the good folks at Texas Nonprofits: a free and searchable database of non-profit jobs throughout the Lone Star State.

Better yet, they can email new openings two you twice a week. More here:


http://www.txnp.org/jobs/jobsearch.asp

As always, another good site is the Center for Nonprofit Management's "Opportunity 501" site. Slightly more focused on the North Texas region than the site above, it is located here:


www.opportunity501.org

Urban Christian Jobs Directory

The Urban Christian Jobs Directory provides a free directory of jobs in urban ministries and churches. It also allows churches and non-profits to post jobs for free.

More here:
http://www.urbanchristianjobs.org/


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