Thetrustees

Vice President of Development

Boston, Massachusetts, United States · Exec · Full-time

Sponsorship not specified$184k-$215kDetected 5 days ago

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About the role

As Vice President of Development, you will serve as the senior fundraising execution leader, partnering closely with the Chief Development Officer to advance The Trustees' comprehensive fundraising strategy and $350M+ campaign.
You will serve as an integrator across major giving, foundation and government giving, corporate giving, and planned giving-bringing these programs together and ensuring donor strategies are coordinated to achieve fundraising targets.
You will oversee donor engagement, portfolio strategy, and team performance while personally managing a portfolio of high-capacity donors and prospects.

Responsibilities

You will help build the fundraising momentum needed not only to meet campaign goals, but also to strengthen the donor relationships, team culture, and fundraising practices that will sustain The Trustees well beyond the campaign.
Manage, coach, and develop fundraising staff, fostering a culture of collaboration, preparation, accountability, professional growth, and shared ownership of Development and campaign goals.
Personally manage a portfolio of high-capacity donors and prospects, with a focus on significant campaign, unrestricted, and impact-centered giving opportunities.
Partner with the Chief Development Officer, President & CEO, and senior leaders to prepare for donor meetings, shape campaign solicitation strategies, and ensure thoughtful follow-up and stewardship.
Partner with programmatic, property, regional, and functional leaders across the organization to shape mission-driven priorities into compelling campaign and philanthropic opportunities.
Help advance The Trustees' fundraising approach toward storytelling and impact-centered engagement, ensuring donors understand how their support advances both the places they love and the broader statewide mission.
Support Board and volunteer fundraising efforts in coordination with the Chief Development Officer and President & CEO, ensuring leaders are prepared, informed, and effectively deployed in donor relationships and campaign activity.

Requirements

Experience advancing comprehensive campaigns or multi-year fundraising initiatives, including translating campaign priorities into donor strategies, solicitation plans, portfolio movement, and measurable results.
Demonstrated ability to translate high-level fundraising strategy into team goals, operating plans, donor strategies, portfolio discipline, and measurable results.
Strong understanding of how to move donors from specific project, property, or program interests toward broader institutional, unrestricted, campaign, and impact-centered giving opportunities.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to shape compelling proposals, donor correspondence, briefing materials, and impact narratives.
Strong analytical and strategic thinking skills, with the ability to use pipeline data, donor insights, and fundraising reports to guide strategy and team performance.
Familiarity with Salesforce or a comparable CRM system, including experience setting expectations for frontline fundraiser use of CRM tools and donor documentation.
Strong organizational and project management skills, with the ability to balance strategic leadership, donor-facing work, team management, and hands-on execution when needed.
Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.

Nice to have

Experience in conservation, land stewardship, environmental, cultural preservation, or other mission-driven organizations.
Experience working with boards and volunteer leadership in a fundraising context.
Familiarity with planned giving concepts and their integration into major gift strategies.
Advanced degree or CFRE a plus.
Preferred: Experience in conservation, land stewardship, environmental, cultural preservation, or other mission-driven organizations.

Compensation

$183,750-$215,250 Please note that new employees are placed in the range between $183,750 and $210,000 to allow for an equitable starting salary process and continual salary growth during an employee's time at the Trustees.
20 days per year (prorated) 12 observed holidays, 3 floating
Spend one workday per year to exploring a
Spend one workday per year to helping with a project at a
Day of Wonder: Spend one workday per year to exploring a Trustees property Day of Service: Spend one workday per year to helping with a project at a Trustees property
Sick time: 15 days per year

Benefits

BCBS also offers additional benefits, such as fitness reimbursement and rewards for healthy habits.
You are eligible to participate in the Trustees health insurance benefit via Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS).
Short-Term and Long-Term Disability Insurance Massachusetts Paid Family Medical Leave Life Insurance 401k with 5% match after 1 year of employment
Free access to a confidential service that helps employees and their communities with personal and work-related issues, such as mental health support, counseling, and financial advice.

Company info

Founded in 1891 by a group of visionary volunteers, The Trustees of Reservations (The Trustees) is Massachusetts' premier conservation and preservation organization.
The Trustees' preserves, for public use and enjoyment, of exceptional scenic, historic, and ecological value in Massachusetts.
Our are open to all, and we thrive by involving as many people as possible in all that we do.
We aim to protect special places for future generations to enjoy in perpetuity, and have helped protect more than 50,000 acres, including 27,000+ acres on more than 120 reservations that are open to the public.
As a non-profit conservation organization, we are funded and supported entirely by our visitors, supporters, volunteers, and our 85,000 Member households.
We encourage you to learn more about The Trustees on our website, www.thetrustees.org.
Posting Information: Salary: $183,750-$215,250 Please note that new employees are placed in the range between $183,750 and $210,000 to allow for an equitable starting salary process and continual salary growth during an employee's time at the Trustees.
Hours per week: 40 Job Classification: Full-time, exempt Job Type: Hybrid Location: Boston, MA What You'll Do: Your Impact: The Trustees is in a transformational chapter through For Everyone, Forever, our bold strategic plan to save, steward, and share Massachusetts' special places for generations to come.
As Vice President of Development, you will help translate that vision into fundraising execution - leading the people, portfolio discipline, donor strategies, and performance culture that turn philanthropic opportunity into sustained mission impact.
This role will play a critical part in advancing The Trustees' new and historic campaign, the largest fundraising effort in the organization's history.
Working in close partnership with the Chief Development Officer, you will help ensure that campaign priorities are translated into clear donor strategies, strong portfolio movement, timely solicitations, and meaningful stewardship.
This role is central to helping The Trustees move from primarily project-based giving toward broader, impact-centered philanthropy that connects donors' passion for special places to the full scope of our statewide mission.
The Role: As Vice President of Development, you will serve as the senior fundraising execution leader, partnering closely with the Chief Development Officer to advance The Trustees' comprehensive fundraising strategy and $350M+ campaign.

Equal opportunity

The Trustees is a proud equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any protected status including, but not limited to, age, race, ethnicity, sex, gender, sexual preferences, nation of origin, religion, or disability status and strongly encourages applications from people of color, persons with varying abilities, women, and LGBTQ+ applicants.
We aspire to reflect and effectively serve the residents and communities of Massachusetts, who are at the core of our mission.
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