Chief Advancement & Public Strategies Officer

The Chief of Advancement & Public Strategies Officer (CAPSO) position encompasses both advancement (fundraising, donor relations, development) and public strategies (marketing, communications, public relations, government relations, volunteers, and community engagement).

The Chief of Advancement & Public Strategies partners closely with the Interim/President & CEO and the Board of Directors in all development and fundraising endeavors. As an executive team member, the CAPSO will help drive HAWC's mission and lead a staff of 10 to operationalize the organization’s advancement and public strategies in alignment with the strategic plan.

This role is responsible for designing and implementing a comprehensive plan for setting strategic direction for the division and providing day-to-day oversight and management of all advancement and public strategies operations and develops and implements long-term and annual fundraising plans including but not limited to major gifts, grant solicitations, in-kind resources, special events, annual campaigns, community partner events, planned giving, and charitable estate planning.

Your Schedule:

• Full Time

• Monday-Friday 8 a.m.-5 p.m., 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. or 9 a.m.- 6 p.m.

  • Flexibility to work evenings and Saturdays as needed. 

• Work Model: Hybrid

• Local Travel: 30-50%

Our Total Compensation Package:

• Annual Compensation: $170,000
• Pay schedule semi-monthly
• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life and Disability Insurance Programs
• Generous Paid Time Off- 11 paid holidays per year, 3 personal holidays per year, 15 paid Vacation days per year, approx. 7 hours per month of accrued Sick days.
• 401K the agency matches 125% of employee contributions up to 4% of the annual salary of a full-time employee.
• Company-paid Life Insurance
• Company-paid Long-Term Disability
• Employee Assistance Program

Imagine a place where your talent can make a meaningful difference in people's lives. Working at Houston Area Women's Center gives you a rewarding experience in which our diverse team of employees work together as part of the empowerment of a survivor's life and at the same time part of a much larger mission. We are committed to doing the work and challenging each other to be an organization in which everyone is respected and heard. Every day we continue to embed diversity, inclusion, belonging, and equity in everything we do as we provide service to survivors of domestic and sexual violence.

The Requirements We are Seeking:

• Bachelor’s degree; Master's degree or CFRE strongly preferred
• A minimum of ten years professional fundraising or directly related experience
• A minimum of five years in a management/leadership role
• Understanding and sensitivity towards the issues of sexual and domestic violence.
• Intermediate proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Word, and Teams)- ability to work effectively virtually in a hybrid work model
• Experience in donor management software- Raiser's Edge
• Computer savvy able to learn new systems and applications quickly.
• Professional English
• You have a valid Texas driver's license with a good driving record; reliable transportation; ability to travel to off-site locations utilizing personal transportation.

What you Deliver in this role:

Fundraising and Development:

• Work to foster a culture of philanthropy within the organization, engaging the board, staff, and volunteers in fundraising efforts. They develop and implement strategies to increase donor engagement and retention.
• Responsible for establishing and implementing the infrastructure needed to grow in the first year a $8M budget through the solicitation of major gifts, special events, and corporate and foundation support. To begin, priority will be given to cultivating and retaining recurring donors and a strategy that is inclusive of diverse revenue streams, division operations and the development of a corporate and foundation relations program. 
• Oversee all activities related to identification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship of annual, major, and planned gifts from board, friends, corporations, and foundations.
• Builds a robust pipeline of potential donors through effective research and networking.
• Expands and diversifies HAWC's donor base/pipeline and partners closely with division team members to secure funding for new initiatives and significantly increases funds raised year over year.
• Forges new relationships to build HAWC’s visibility, impact, financial resources and sustainability.
• Creates a programmatic fundraising model, inclusive of corporations and foundations, individual major gifts, annual giving, and donor communications.  Assists with the recruitment of board members for involvement in fundraising and fund support; help train board members on effective fundraising practices.
• Collaborates with board members, board committees, and staff on locating and cultivating funding opportunities.
• Collaborates with colleagues across the organization and board members to leverage existing organizational relationships
• Monitors division’s budget, expenses and analyze Raiser’s Edge donor reports.
• Informs President and CEO and Board of philanthropic trends, issues and opportunities.
• Partners collaboratively with the CEO to design strategies for major gifts program, annual fund, planned giving, special events and capital campaigns.
• Maintains accountability standards to donors and ensures compliance with code of ethical principles and standards of professional conduct.
• Prepares regular reports on progress, budgets, receipts and expenditure related to fundraising and the management of the fund development activities.
• Creates annual fundraising projections based on historical performance, current capabilities, and future economic trends.

What Skills and Assets you bring, and more:

• Proven track record of raising $8-10M annually and has a solid network and pipeline of donors
• Proven ability to create a culture of philanthropy within the organization by engaging all staff and internal agency constituents to assist in meeting development goals
• Proven track record of successful major gift cultivation and solicitation
• Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills
• Proven ability to build effective relationships and networks for sponsorship, etc.
• Proven ability to oversee and coordinate fundraising special events.
• Accountability - Ability to accept responsibility and account for his/her actions.
• Adaptability - Ability to adapt to change in the workplace.
• Analytical Skills - Ability to use thinking and reasoning to solve a problem.
• Business Acumen - Ability to grasp and understand business concepts and issues.
• Communication, Oral and Written - Ability to communicate effectively with others using the spoken word; ability to communicate in writing clearly and concisely.
• Professional and effective presentation and media presence
• Creative - Ability to think in such a way as to produce a new concept or idea.
• Coaching and Development - Ability to provide guidance and feedback to help others strengthen specific knowledge/skill areas.
• Ethical - Ability to demonstrate conduct conforming to a set of values and accepted standards.
• Goal Oriented - Ability to focus on a goal and obtain a pre-determined result.
• Initiative - Ability to make decisions or take actions to solve a problem or reach a goal.
• Leadership - Ability to influence others to perform their jobs effectively and to be responsible for making decisions.
• Relationship Building - Ability to effectively build relationships with community and co-workers.

When you work here at HAWC you make an impact not just in the lives of the survivors and the people you help but also make an impact in our own lives and our community. We learn and grow with a purpose where we strive to work for a common cause, which is to end domestic and sexual violence for ALL.