Development Director

**Job Overview**

The Development Director for IRC in Georgia and Florida is a senior leader responsible for driving fundraising, advocacy, and external engagement across Atlanta, Miami, and Tallahassee. Reporting to the Executive Director, this role leads a multi-office strategy to expand donor support, grow revenue, and advance IRC’s mission through fundraising, advocacy, and communications.

The ideal candidate is a strategic, entrepreneurial fundraiser with a strong record of leading people, securing major gifts, stewarding donors, and building partnerships. They are a compelling communicator who can translate mission into funding opportunities, represent IRC effectively in the community, and lead teams to ambitious results.

This role oversees donor engagement, proposals and grants, special events, public-facing communications, and community engagement, while partnering with headquarters teams to increase fundraising success and visibility for IRC’s work across local, state, and regional audiences.

**The successful candidate will bring a proven record of fundraising success, strong team leadership, and deep alignment with IRC’s mission and values.** The Development Director directly supervises resource development staff in Georgia and Florida and works closely with executive, program, communications, and headquarters partners.

**Major Responsibilities**

Key responsibilities include:

- Lead and develop a high-performing resource development team across Georgia and Florida.
- Build, steward, and grow relationships with individual, corporate, and foundation donors.
- Drive fundraising strategy and execution, including major gifts, pipeline development, proposals, renewals, and special campaigns.
- Partner with program and executive leadership to align fundraising priorities with organizational strategy and program needs.
- Represent IRC externally through community engagement, donor cultivation, advocacy, events, and public-facing communications.
- Collaborate