Full-Time Director of Development & Communications
Job Description
Position Announcement
Director of Development & Communications
Organization and Position Overview
Muso is a global health organization working in Mali. We believe that every person has the right to access health care, and we are committed to designing innovative health care systems to make that right a reality. Our mission is to eliminate preventable deaths in the world’s most vulnerable communities. After having demonstrated success in our current area of intervention, we are planning to replicate our innovative health care system in rural Mali with a view toward taking our model to scale. For more information about Muso’s work, please visit www.projectmuso.org.
We are seeking a motivated development and communications professional with exceptional writing, organizational and people skills. Muso is going through an exciting period of growth. We are looking for someone who can effectively communicate Muso’s purpose, elevate our profile and raise resources to help meet our ambitious goals. This critical member of our team will create, lead, and implement our development strategy, mobilize the resources and partnerships for Muso to rapidly grow our impact and provide life-saving care to hundreds of thousands of people, and to establish a model for saving millions of lives. Although this is an all-encompassing development role, there is a particular emphasis on developing proposal submissions, requiring exceptional writing skills as well as attention to detail.
Previously, Muso’s US office was managed by a single staff and volunteers. This position will be part of a newly created four-member US team based in San Francisco. The Director of Development and Communications will report directly to the CEO and will supervise the newly created position of Creative Director.
Responsibilities
The responsibilities of the Director of Development and Communications will include, but are not limited to:
Development Leadership, Strategy
The Director of Development and Communications will lead the creation and implementation of Muso’s development strategy: Muso has grown 1,000-fold since its founding. We are nonetheless still a small organization working to take on a huge global health crisis. With millions of children continuing to die each year in the world’s most vulnerable communities, we must continue to grow to address this urgent global injustice. The Director of Development and Communications will build and deliver on a rigorous, ambitious, and achievable strategy to enable Muso to continue this logarithmic growth.
Proposal Development & Reporting
• Create and oversee team-wide processes for researching, developing, writing, and submitting grant proposals
• Write proposals and organize all of the necessary supporting materials to complete funding submissions
• Author donor reports and quarterly impact reports, working with the Mali team to acquire the necessary supporting information
• Write, review and/or edit all proposals and external communications
• Compile a master document that encompasses past written content to be adapted for future use
• Collect stories, images and video to help convey the power of Muso’s work in proposals and before external audiences
Donor Relations
• Identify and engage major funding prospects, including new sources of funding support from individual philanthropists, private foundations, corporate foundations, bilateral and multilateral global health institutions
• Interface with current Muso advocates and conduct outside research to identify new sources of support
• Meet individually with prospects and donors to build strong funding partnerships
• Write thank you letters and make follow-up calls to donors
• Develop and help execute Muso’s fundraising campaigns, most notably at year’s end
• Maintain and improve Muso’s online donor relationship management system (CRM)
• Help fellow staff and board members use our CRM to document leads and donor interactions
• Organize occasional fundraising and community engagement events
Marketing & Communications
• Create, implement, and oversee online communications and fundraising strategies, including social media messaging and e-communications
• Write and publish Tweets, Facebook and blog posts, in coordination with the Creative Director
• Oversee the development of Muso’s new website, including content and design
• Author and oversee the development of all marketing collateral, quarterly impact reports, and annual reports
• Work with the Creative Director to ensure that Muso’s marketing materials are clear, compelling and beautifully presented
• Promote Muso’s work via online, TV, radio and print media, writing press releases, op-eds and pitching stories
• Support the CEO in representing Muso’s work in the public sphere through presentations and conference attendance
Governance Support
• Prepare fundraising reports and revenue projections for board meetings
• Contribute analysis of growth prospects to strategic planning processes
• Interface with and support board members in their individual fundraising efforts
• Staff the board’s development committee and contribute new fundraising ideas
• Supervise and support a Creative Director who will oversee the design and production of Muso communications
Minimum Qualifications:
• At least 2-3 years of experience in a development, communications and/or sales role within a nonprofit organization or social enterprise
• Experience writing grant proposals
• French proficiency preferred
• Experience using an online donor database and/or fundraising software
• Experience using social media and online fundraising tools
• Experience leading and executing fundraising campaigns while motivating others to participate
• Experience managing and supporting other employees and volunteers
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel) and Google apps
• Experience updating website content and preparing e-communications
Desired Qualities:
• A passion for social justice, global health equity, and eliminating preventable deaths in the world’s most vulnerable communities
• Superior writing and editing skills
• Highly organized and attentive to detail
• Able to balance multiple tasks from multiple sources, remaining calm amidst the fast-paced work atmosphere of a rapidly growing global health organization
• Able to take initiative, proactively managing and prioritizing organizational needs
• Able to work effectively and sensitively across cultures
• Flexible in schedule and willing to pour your heart and soul into the work
• Adaptability, patience and a sense of humor
This exempt full-time position will be based in San Francisco. Salary DOE.