Senior Director of Development and Communications

SOC is the longest-serving grassroots community organizing institution on Milwaukee’s near south side. We seek a Sr. Director of Development and Communications to serve a key role during an exciting time of growth and mission expansion for the organization. The position will work with the Executive Director and Senior Management Team to set and prioritize strategies to continue to increase revenue, strengthen communications and visibility, and support organizational impact with the engagement of key stakeholders including the Board, neighbors, staff, volunteers, and partners. Development/Fundraising duties (80%) - Increase and sustain revenues (and other resources like in-kind gifts) including prospecting, relationship cultivation and management, solicitation, management, and communication (internally and externally) of private foundations, government, corporations; major donors; individual donors, events, contracts, program fees, venture enterprising and related special projects. Create and implement strategic development action plans prioritizing proposals including writing, submitting, managing, monitoring, reporting (internally and externally), and archiving relevant information with a long-term relationship-management approach. Manage, implement, and monitor development data systems for donor relations and funding tracking. Lead special projects including potential rental income, cooperative agreements with services, etc. Communications duties (20%) - Strengthen communications and visibility including branding, marketing, communications, media and public relations, digital production, and bilingual services. Create and implement strategic communications action plans to advance: brand identity to enhance support, marketing strategies to increase neighbor engagement, communications to broaden awareness of mission and impact, and media and public relations to increase visibility of programs across key stakeholder audiences.