GLIDE
CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER

ABOUT GLIDE

GLIDE is a nationally recognized center for social justice, dedicated to fighting systemic injustices, creating pathways out of poverty and crisis, and transforming lives. Through its integrated comprehensive services, advocacy initiatives, and inclusive community, GLIDE empowers individuals, families, and children to achieve stability and thrive.

GLIDE is on the forefront of addressing some of society’s most pressing issues, including poverty, housing and homelessness, and racial and social justice.

GLIDE's mission is to create a radically inclusive, just, and loving community mobilized to alleviate suffering and break the cycles of poverty and marginalization.

GLIDE’s Core Values emerge from GLIDE as a spiritual movement and are rooted in empowerment, recovery, and personal transformation. Learn more about GLIDE's Values.

For more information, please visit www.GLIDE.org.

“GLIDE is moving forward and implementing a bold, large-scale plan to help more people in need stabilize their lives to create pathways out of poverty. And we are combating the systems that foster inequity, working to influence institutions of power, advance policy solutions and investments, and break cycles of poverty and homelessness.”                                                                                                                             -GLIDE President and CEO, Karen Hanrahan

YOU ARE:

  • An agent for change

  • An exceptional storyteller

  • Authentic and passionate about GLIDE’s mission

  • Highly strategic with both high EQ and IQ

  • A talented, inspirational leader and manager

Opportunity Highlights:

  • Build, lead, and mentor a team of talented fundraisers

  • Work closely with board leadership and executive leaders

  • Planning and implementation of a series if initiative based campaigns

  • Generous benefits package

  • Opportunity to impact the SF Bay Area community’s most vulnerable populations

POSITION OVERVIEW

The Chief Development Officer (CDO) leads GLIDE’s efforts to create and implement new and innovative strategies to generate increased revenue.  The CDO is a bold, strategic, and experienced fundraising leader with a track record of success generating traditional and new streams of revenue within organizations positioned for growth. In addition to meeting its annual and multi-year fundraising goals, the CDO oversees the planning, implementation, and tracking of audacious, innovative, and inspirational strategies to develop new donors and contributions in support of GLIDE’s exciting strategic vision, goals, and priority initiatives, including a series of initiative based campaigns. Possessing a social justice mindset, the successful candidate will bring demonstrated experience advancing racial justice and DEI as a development leader.

The CDO serves as an agent for change for GLIDE, elevating its funding to new levels.

The CDO leads individual and institutional fundraising efforts and utilizes the organization’s activities, programs, events, contacts, and relationships as opportunities to promote the organization, in collaboration with the President & CEO, Board of Trustees, and staff.

The CDO will partner with the Chief Communications and Marketing Officer to drive visibility for the GLIDE brand via messaging, collateral, platforms, and distribution to increase donor, media, and community engagement and ensure a unified and powerful voice.

REPORTING RELATIONSHIPS

The CDO reports directly to the President and CEO and leads, manages, and inspires a talented team of over 20 professionals whose primary roles are to cultivate relationships, develop strategies, advance opportunities for revenue growth and support development operations. 

The CDO works in close collaboration with the President and CEO, Board of Directors, and other senior staff and key volunteer leadership to advance and exceed GLIDE’s annual fundraising goals. This position serves on GLIDE’s executive leadership team.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

Growth and Strategy

  • Develop and implement new strategies to increase revenue generation in all areas of fundraising, including but not limited to; individual giving (major, annual, planned), institutional giving, special events, and other opportunities to develop new revenue streams.

  • Develop a comprehensive, actionable development plan that addresses the needs and concerns of each prospective donor group, and positions GLIDE to radically increase funding.

  • Broaden and deepen GLIDE’s appeal, reach, and support among nonprofit and governmental funders, including foundations, charitable trusts, non-governmental, and governmental organizations.

  • Implement funding opportunities in support of the GLIDE FORWARD plan, specifically in the areas of:

  • Pathways to Self Sufficiency

  • Extending GLIDE’s reach across San Francisco

  • Breaking cycles of Intergenerational Poverty

  • Driving Systemic Change, and

  • Leading Transformational Change

  • Lead and provide vital perspectives advancing short- and long-term organizational strategic and operational planning and positioning.

  • Engage and develop the Board’s fundraising knowledge and participation in fundraising activities.

  • Strengthen and expand a culture of philanthropy within GLIDE.

  • Inform and educate the CEO, Board, key leadership, and staff, of best practices in philanthropy and the non-profit sector.

  • Development Operations

  • Assess the current Development Department structure, identify areas to improve effectiveness and efficiency both within the department and across the organization.

  • Provide leadership and oversite to the development team and existing development activities.

  • Oversee the effectiveness of GLIDE’s existing fundraising systems and processes (CRM- Salesforce), and all technology systems.

  • Partner with the President and CEO, Development committee Co-chairs and board members to establish stretch performance measures, monitor results and evaluate the effectiveness of GLIDE’s development program.

  • Maintain accountability and compliance standards for donors, funding sources and GLIDE.

  • Strengthen donor stewardship programs across GLIDE to support the development activities of the department.

  • Support the Board Executive team, and staff represent GLIDE to various constituencies, and coach them to identify, cultivate, and solicit charitable gifts.

  • Ensure attainment of the organization’s fund development activities through the selection, development motivation and evaluation of staff.

QUALIFICATIONS

  • Bachelor’s or master’s degree in relevant field and 10+ years’ non-profit management experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience

  • CFRE, CAP or other fundraising advanced degrees or certifications highly regarded

  • Track record of successful experience creating new and aggressive funding growth strategies

  • Experience leading by example, managing, nurturing, inspiring, and growing a large team of talented development staff

  • Strategic, creative, and entrepreneurial, with an innovative mindset

  • Passion for the mission of GLIDE and a personal commitment to racial equity

  • Experience launching and leading bold new strategic fundraising initiatives at a multi-service agency

  • Demonstrated experience managing a major gifts portfolio, and overseeing all components of a thriving fundraising operation including annual fund, major gifts, planned giving, corporate and foundation giving, government grants, events, and other revenue sources

  • Experience working in a community-based social service agency with adults and families in relationship to homelessness and poverty and the problems that often come alongside these experiences

  • Positive, supportive, and fun leader, that enables working environment that attracts, retains, and motivates team members and volunteers

    Thought leader who broadly shares best practices and expertise with GLIDE team members, colleagues, clients, and others

  • Excellent communicator, both written and verbally; brilliant storyteller

  • Resilient, steady, and unflappable leader

  • Authentic, motivating, entrepreneurial, and empathetic leader

  • Magnanimous human who respects everyone regardless of their position, role, or title

  • Leader with integrity who consistently acts with the best long-term interests of GLIDE and its clients

  • Fosters an organizational culture that is consistent with GLIDE’s most deeply held values: Radically Inclusive, Truth Telling, Loving and Hopeful, For the People and Celebration.

COVID-19: All GLIDE staff are 100% fully vaccinated.  

SALARY RANGE & BENEFITS

The salary range for this position starts at $200,000 and includes benefits including full employee premium and a percentage of dependents premium for medical, vision and dental. FSA, EAP, 15 vacation days, 4 personal days annually, 13 paid holidays a year, retirement savings plan with employer match, group term life Insurance, disability, commuter benefits, and employee referral program.

TO APPLY

To apply for this position, or for additional information on the opportunity, please send a copy of your resume with a cover letter to Victoria Silverman at apply@cooksilverman.com.

All applications and inquiries will receive a response and be kept strictly confidential.

EQUITY STATEMENT

“GLIDE strongly encourages applications from people of color, persons with disabilities, women and LGBTQ+ applicants.”

“GLIDE is a proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic Information, gender, sexual orientation, gender Identity or expression, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.”

All applications and inquiries will receive a response and be kept strictly confidential.