Pangea World Theater | Minneapolis, MN
Salary Range: $85,000 - $100,000
About Pangea World Theater:
Founded in 1995 by Dipankar Mukherjee and Meena Natarajan, Pangea World Theater’s mission is to build a just world by creating multi-disciplinary theater that embodies decolonizing practices of solidarity, sustainability, and equity. With a deep commitment to nurturing artists of color, the organization’s theater performances and arts-based community engagements transcend borders - bringing audiences together at the intersection of politics, art, and human rights to explore the relevant, often divisive themes of our times. The organization is entering a capital campaign to build community spaces, offices, and a theater to advance its mission in the heart of the Longfellow neighborhood. This open, flexible public space will broaden engagement with the local community and seeks to build a destination for all to gather and learn.
Organizational Culture:
Pangea World Theater is dedicated to being responsive to community needs. We expect team members to mirror this responsiveness and approach their work with positivity, curiosity, and humor. The primary accountabilities listed above are likely to remain the same, but methodologies will evolve as the organization does. We take a team-based approach to our work and all staff are expected to participate in projects across the organization. Since our founding, we have been committed to ensuring our processes and our work are rooted in justice and equity. We seek team members who are eager to work with multiple cultures and respect multiple ways of knowing and being. As we create new systems, we do so with the knowledge of oppressions that many people of color and immigrants have faced and continue to face - and a commitment to not replicate the same.
General Job Statement:
The Development Director serves as the organization’s chief fundraising and development officer. The Director will design and implement a comprehensive fundraising and development program that will include research of grants and requests for proposals, individual, corporate, and foundation giving, annual giving and direct mail campaigns, grant writing and report writing, and donor stewardship. This role will be responsible to ensure the organization’s fundraising program is robust, active, and meaningful to all participants. The Director of Development will also need to attend in-person performances - utilizing them as opportunities to meet and network with members of the Twin Cities arts and culture community.
Qualifications:
Pangea seeks a candidate who is committed to a personal and professional journey of growth in the areas of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Individuals who are experienced in working with and in BIPOC communities are preferred.
A successful candidate for this role must:
* Have earned a Bachelor’s degree in nonprofit management, fundraising, business administration, communications, marketing/public relations, or journalism.
* Feel commitment to and enthusiasm for raising funds for a dynamic, growing organization.
* Be a self-motivated strategic thinker with a detail-oriented mind, strong problem-solving skills, and the ability to work with minimal supervision
* Have experience in grant writing, fundraising, event planning, or other development-related duties.
* Show demonstrated leadership experience, as well as an ability to positively influence others to achieve results that are in the best interest of the agency.
* Have management experience in some or all of the following areas: program planning, budget responsibilities, the ability to effectively manage details, and the organization of multiple projects.
* Provide examples of grant requests they have written and donor/funder references they have personally worked with.
Desired Skills, Knowledge and Abilities:
* Exceptional interpersonal and team skills - demonstrated skill in developing and maintaining effective working relationships through consistent follow-through and relating to people at all levels of the organization.
* Strong written and oral communication skills, and familiarity with public relations, marketing, external relations, and capital campaigns. Successful history of initiating conversations – in person and on the phone – with potential donors, foundation program managers, possible planned giving donors, etc.
* Knowledge of current standards, practices and techniques of development and fundraising, including all applicable laws, rules, policies, and confidentiality practices especially for nonprofit organizations.
* Demonstrated knowledge and ability in developing and implementing aggressive, highly successful development and fundraising programs that produce results.
* Excellent analytical and organizational skills, with proven ability to translate long-term goals into short-term actions.
* Ability to work successfully in a fast-paced and mission-driven work environment.
* Knowledge of local/national funders required; established relationships preferred.
* Computer literacy and familiarity with or an ability and willingness to quickly learn technologies such as Salesforce, Pardot, Asana, Microsoft Office, and Google Suite.
Primary Duties & Responsibilities:
* Ensures philanthropy and fund development align to Pangea’s values and mission.
* Stays informed of philanthropic and fund development trends, as well as the general fields of management and the not-for-profit sector.
* Develop and Lead Overall Fundraising Strategy for Pangea
-- Develop a balanced funding mix and provide oversight of donor sources and solicitation programs including individual, corporate, foundation and government sources tailored to Pangea’s needs.
-- Identify and research prospects to grow major gifts, collaborating with Artistic Directors and Board for cultivation and solicitation.
-- Establish performance measures and monitor results to evaluate effectiveness of the organization’s fund development program.
-- Ensure attainment of the organization’s fund development activities through the selection, development, motivation, and evaluation of staff and volunteers.
-- Assure proper planning including goal setting, strategy identification, benchmarking, and evaluation to support fund development.
-- Facilitation and management of current and potential donors through individualized stewardship plans, relationship building, and effective gift record keeping.
-- Work in partnership with the communications/marketing team to create publications to support development and fundraising activities
-- Collaborate with organizational leadership to create annual report and annual development plan and budget.
* Grant oversight
-- Provide supervision and oversight of contract grant writer and other development team members to ensure completion of grants and reports.
-- Build and maintain relationships with grant and foundation managers.
-- Strategize for institutional giving with organizational/programmatic goals in mind.
* Professional working relationship with Board of Directors
-- Supervise/coordinate the Fundraising Committee.
-- Foster board member engagement with Pangea fundraising strategies.
* Sponsorship
-- Design/implement event sponsorship opportunities with the development team.
* Other duties as assigned.
Employee Benefits:
* Salary range: $85,000 - $100,000
* Full health and dental insurance through Blue Cross Blue Shield
* 401k
* A flexible/collaborative time off policy, including annually closed offices end of December - beginning of January
Please email your resume and cover letter to Lindsey Burdick at lindsey@creationincommon.com. Though applicants will be accepted on a rolling basis, we will begin reviewing resumes on July 13, 2023.