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Alena Museum

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Oakland, CA · On-site

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Alena Museum

Fund Development Director

Oakland, CA · On-site

Alena Museum is a cultural place keeping arts nonprofit that produces original content to tell the ... Fund Development Director. In this role, you will support the high-level development of our ...

Alena Museum

Fund Development Director

Oakland, CA · On-site

Alena Museum is a cultural place keeping arts nonprofit that produces original content to tell the ... Fund Development Director. In this role, you will support the high-level development of our ...

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Fund Development Director

Alena Museum

Oakland, CA • On-site

Full-time

Posted 20 days ago

Job description

WHO WE ARE:
Alena Museum is a cultural place keeping arts nonprofit that produces original content to tell the stories of the African Diaspora and preserve our cultural identity in the face of gentrification.

We are building a team that's passionate about uplifting the stories of the African Diaspora through place keeping, public art activism, media, and cultural discourse.

We are looking for out-the-box thinkers, big dreamers, radical healers, and progressive warriors, who want to put their time and energy into an organization that's working to reimagine our local and global environments in an equitable and restorative way.

As a team, we all thrive from a spirit of radical creativity, free-flowing curiosity, entrepreneurial synergy, and personal alignment with the mission of Alena.

JOIN US:

We are looking for a senior-level professional who can come on and grow with us as our Fund Development Director. In this role, you will support the high-level development of our organization through strategic planning, partnerships, fundraising, strategic networking, and resource management.

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Provide nonprofit leadership for the expansion of resources, programs, and funds
  • Strategically advise the Exec. Director on how to apply org. resources
  • Develop and implement new financial models to grow annual income
  • Support financial forecasting, budgeting, and reporting of assets and income
  • Support national expansion (cultural equity in new urban landscapes)
  • Inform the development of org. strategy, new services, and resources, and staff
  • Establish and manage relationships with funders, partners other stakeholders
  • Support the hiring, managing, and team-building efforts of staff
  • Develop and implement strategies for securing multi-year, national funding
  • Establish org. KPIs and system for tracking performance benchmarks
  • Co-leading our long-term vision and moving our creative models forward

QUALIFICATIONS:

  • 6+ years of experience in Strategic Growth OR demonstrated impact
  • Knowledge of non-profit business models, and org practices.
  • Experience with cultural programming, and Black History.
  • Senior leadership experience, establishing and managing teams

BONUS:

  • Experience with cultural equity in real estate
  • Former founder of a business or organization
  • Demonstrable success with nonprofit fundraising
  • Effective at leading and inspiring a team of creative professionals

TRAITS:

  • Passionate about racial equity, cultural representation, and social justice
  • Have a demonstrated interest in supporting BIPOC & African Diasporic communities
  • Invested in the mission and vision of Alena Museum
  • Socially aware, and emotionally intelligent
  • Obsessed with progress, trackable results, and individual & organizational growth

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If your experience doesn't match this role description, 100%, we still encourage you to apply.
This role can be a consulting role or a full-time staff position.

20 - 30 hrs/week

To apply, please share your resume.

Employment Type: FULL_TIME

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