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Kansas State Director
1 year ago
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The Kansas State Director oversees fundraising for the BU, including approving budgets and setting priorities which dictate private and public fundraising goals. He/she supports philanthropy, resources and external affairs staff in the cultivation and direct solicitation of donors (private, bilateral and multilateral government) to meet fundraising goals. They are responsible for a significant portion of the BU’s direct fundraising, sometimes in a major market area.
In addition to the state specific responsibilities of the BU Leader, they are responsible for the collective success of the division by being a member of the Divisional Leadership Team, whose focus is on strengthening a culture that collaborates strategically, thoughtfully and aggressively across geo-political and management lines. Through this approach, called Empowering Divisions, it helps shape the strategy, identifies the division’s conservation priorities, and develops, funds and deploys talent to execute cross-boundary initiatives that can deliver the greatest impact to TNC’s 2030 goals across the division.
Specific responsibilities as a member of the Divisional Leadership Team include:
- Collectively determining divisional conservation targets and committing staff and financial resources to those agreed upon multi-year priorities.
- Shared development and management of fundraising goals through greater coordination of donor prospects and strategies and an increased focus on the wealth markets with the greatest potential not being realized.
- Identifying operating models and implementing shared services such as financial management, human resources support, DEIJ strategy and marketing and communications tactics across the division that maximize effectiveness and efficiencies.
- Developing greater consistency of approach in budgeting, evaluating risk and utilization of financial resources
- Aligning their individual Business Unit’s portfolios of work (which includes de-prioritizing/divesting misaligned work)
WHAT YOU’LL BRING
- Bachelor’s degree and minimum of 7 years of experience as a leader in the conservation arena, non-profit sector, advocacy, or related for-profit area, including demonstrated experience producing results and meeting program/department goals.
- Extensive and proven people management experience including ability to motivate, lead, set objectives, delegate, and manage performance of a large multi-disciplinary team.
- Cultivator of relationships; able to build trust quickly across diverse populations of people from farmers and line workers to C-suite, board members, and policymakers.
- Superb English communication and presentation skills; visionary, confident, and relatable with communications.
- Written and verbal fluency in English is required as well as fluency in the predominant language of the operating unit if other than English.
DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience fundraising.
- Success as an inspirational leader who has successfully motivated staff to achieve and sustain excellence. Proven managerial talent in budgeting, staffing, and performance management.
- High energy, forward thinking, creative individual with high ethical standards and a keen understanding of strategy and the big picture. Outstanding leadership and visionary qualities and able to work effectively with and through others in a decentralized and geographically dispersed organization.
- Proven technical skills, analytical ability, good judgment, and strong operational focus, including budget management.
- Well-organized and self-directed; politically savvy and a team player.
- Experience gained both in and outside the U.S. preferred. Demonstrated commitment to developing and practicing global literacy a must.