Senior Fundraising Consultant, Midwest

The Consultant/Senior Consultant provides direct service to a variety of nonprofit clients with critical missions primarily serving the Higher Education, Healthcare, Independent School, and Social & Global Impact Sectors. This position provides strategic advice and hands-on implementation in order to partner with clients to accomplish stated goals and exceed client expectations.

Responsibilities and Duties:

• Commitment to the firm’s core values, its “one firm-firm” brand and Our Why
• Serving as a model for Graham-Pelton’s “responsible consulting” approach
• Facilitate key relationships with clients and Graham-Pelton colleagues
• Facilitate key relationships with colleagues assigned to the project
• Demonstrate proficiency in the firm’s technological tools
• Prepare, develop and deliver materials for client engagement
• Provide on-site and off-site service to assigned clients
• Facilitate and lead regular team and client conference calls, meetings and coordinate team’s work
• Attend and participate in key meetings with clients and prospective clients
• Organize and drive work of internal project teams, ensuring progress toward project milestones and completion
• Work with project teams to ensure client-related communication is meeting the firm’s objectives
• Provide strategic counsel to advance the service engagement
• Provide critical support of sales activities
• Spot opportunities for continued service / new engagements, leveraging personal and client referrals 

Required Skills:

• Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, verbal and written
• Exercises emotional intelligence, sound strategic judgment and a certain amount of “grit” to manage client objectives and deliverables
• Initiative and Ingenuity: leverage resources to solve problems ability to manage multiple competing priorities and employ critical thinking skills
• Operates with high attention to detail and discipline
• Ability to be self-directed and a resourceful learner
• Ability to exert influence over others; commands respect of clients and colleagues
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, ever-evolving environment and industry
• Ability to thrive on change, innovation, and teamwork
• Driven by quality of work and high achievement

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant field
• Minimum of 5 years of previous nonprofit fundraising or development experience in one of Graham-Pelton's primary sectors of Healthcare, Higher Education, Independent Schools, or Social & Global Impact
• Willingness to travel (driver’s license required)
• Remote position located in the Midwest