Senior Development Officer

Vision To Learn

. Lead stewardship planning for an assigned portfolio of individual donors, foundations, and corporate partners .

Posted 9/18/2026full-timeRemote • California • United StatesSenior💰 $110,000 - $130,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in donor stewardship, portfolio management, and donor communications, with a strong ability to cultivate and solicit individual and institutional donors. Proficient in using data insights to enhance donor engagement and maintain accurate records in CRM systems.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Fundraising And Development ExperienceDonor StewardshipMoves-Management PracticesSalesforce ProficiencyExcellent Writing And Editing Skills

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Hard Skills

Donor StewardshipPortfolio ManagementMoves-Management PracticesDonor CommunicationsProject ManagementData AnalysisFundraising StrategiesGrant Proposal SupportRelationship StrategiesTailored Funding Opportunities

Soft Skills

Strong Relationship-Management SkillsSound JudgmentExceptional OrganizationAttention To DetailAbility To Work Independently And Collaboratively

Tools & Technologies

SalesforceDevelopment CRM Systems

Certifications & Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree

Industry Keywords

Donor EngagementIndividual DonorsFoundationsCorporate PartnersNonprofit FundraisingStewardship PlansImpact UpdatesDonor TouchpointsFunder CommunicationsVision To Learn Mission

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead stewardship planning for an assigned portfolio of individual donors, foundations, and corporate partners
Develop tailored stewardship plans based on donor interests, giving history, relationship stage, and engagement channels
Ensure timely acknowledgments, impact updates, reports, recognition, and other donor touchpoints
Coordinate donor meetings, briefings, site visits, events, preparation, staffing, and follow-up
Partner with the Chief Growth Officer, President and CEO, board members, and organizational leaders on high-value donor engagement
Manage donors and prospects through identification, qualification, cultivation, solicitation, stewardship, renewal, and upgrade
Create and maintain relationship strategies, next actions, target asks, timelines, and ownership
Facilitate portfolio and pipeline reviews and surface stalled relationships, opportunities, risks, and decisions
Maintain accurate donor, prospect, gift, contact, and activity records in Salesforce or the designated development CRM
Develop donor communications and stewardship calendars
Draft and edit personalized outreach, acknowledgments, thank-you letters, impact updates, briefings, proposals, reports, and renewal communications
Translate program activity, data, and stories into compelling donor communications
Cultivate, solicit, and steward assigned individual and institutional donors and prospects
Prepare tailored funding opportunities and asks aligned with donor interests and organizational priorities
Support grant proposals, reports, renewals, and funder communications
Represent Vision To Learn in donor and funder meetings, regional events, site visits, and external engagements
Collaborate with Communications, Operations, Finance, Human Resources, and program teams
Monitor portfolio health, including contacts, next steps, retention, renewals, upgrades, pipeline movement, and data quality
Provide the Chief Growth Officer with updates on portfolio progress, opportunities, risks, and resource needs

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree required
Minimum of 5 years of fundraising and development experience, including direct responsibility for donor stewardship, portfolio management, and donor communications
Demonstrated ability to apply moves-management practices and advance individual and institutional donor relationships through multiple stages of engagement
Excellent writing and editing skills, with the ability to translate complex program information into clear, compelling, and donor-centered communications
Experience cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding donors and funders
Strong relationship-management skills and sound judgment when working with donors, executives, board members, and colleagues across functions
Exceptional organization, project management, attention to detail, and follow-through across multiple relationships and deadlines
Ability to use data and portfolio insights to prioritize activity, evaluate progress, and improve donor engagement
Proficiency with development CRM systems; Salesforce experience preferred
Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a geographically distributed organization
Ability to travel regularly for donor engagement, site visits, regional events, and organizational meetings
Passion for Vision To Learn’s mission