Young Leadership Fundraiser, Southwest

Position overview:

Jewish National Fund-USA seeks to recruit a Young Leadership Fundraiser based in Dallas or Austin. You will be charged with growing the JNFuture community throughout the Southwest (Dallas, Austin and Houston) which features a dynamic group of passionate young professionals, focusing on ages 22-40 through new programming, strategic planning and local partnerships.

A typical day isn't just in the office. It will include identifying prospective donors, meeting face-to-face, and sharing the JNF story, program management, and leadership development to help the organization meet and exceed our goals. A flexible work schedule to meet the needs of your donors. With over twenty chapters across the country and growing, you will have the opportunity to be a part of a national movement of young Zionists who are changing Israel forever.

This is an opportunity to grow the presence of Jewish National Fund in the Southwest. You will become part of a strong community with your peers that work with their chapters across the country.

You will have the exposure to an international community that is supporting the growth and development of Israel. There is potential for international travel to Israel. You will be expected to travel to trainings, conferences, and meetings around the country when needed.

This position will work out of our Dallas or Austin office and the expectation will be to travel throughout the Southwest (Dallas, Austin and Houston) and surrounding areas on a regular basis.

Position responsibilities:

Solicit donations from current and new donors between the ages of 22 - 40
Prospect potential new donors using various direct methods (such as calling and face-to-face meetings), networking, mining the salesforce database, utilizing social media sites, and research.
In partnership with the local board presidents, guide and assist the JNFuture Boards and leadership in region.
Work alongside the events and marketing team to plan and execute all local JNFuture events and programs, in person and virtually.
Be a voice for the young professional community and work with the regional campaign professionals to develop programming targeted towards that audience.
Representing JNF at various events to bring new donors into the fold and identify partnership opportunities.
Recruit JNFuture donors for JNF tours and missions to Israel
Weekly JNFuture team calls
Weekly regional team calls
One on ones with supervisor

Qualifications:

Bachelor's Degree (or equivalent experience)
Excellent analytical and organizational skills; strong attention to details and the ability to balance a variety of tasks and deadlines.
Creative self-starter with the ability to work both independently as a team player
Excellent oral and written communication, planning, and organizational skills
A flexible and creative thinker able to find and create new giving opportunities for programs.
Self-motivated, outgoing and results oriented; ability and desire to set and reach ambitious goals.
Ability to respect and maintain donor confidentiality.
Ability to travel mostly throughout region and Israel on occasion including for Global Conference, JNF University, JLIS
Nonprofit boards and/or committees experience a plus.