Chief Advancement Officer

Providence Animal Center

Job Description

Chief Advancement Officer

Position Summary

Providence Animal Center (PAC) seeks an experienced fundraising professional to join the senior leadership team as the Chief Advancement Officer (CAO). This is an exciting opportunity to guide the scope and vision of the advancement efforts and lead a passionate and committed Advancement team at a time of growth and opportunity.

PAC is expanding into a 3-property campus dedicated to saving animals and creating lifelong bonds between pets and people. This newly elevated role is critical to maximizing opportunities at PAC by elevating and integrating strategic fundraising and marketing strategies.

To date, funding has been secured through major gifts, annual appeals, events, bequests, foundation grants, and corporate sponsorships. The advancement team has created a strong social media presence for PAC. It holds adoption and other community events yearly and keeps an active media relations calendar. The annual operating budget for PAC is $5M, and there are approximately 80 part-time and full-time staff, over 300 active volunteers, and a dedicated and engaged Board of Directors.

The Chief Advancement Officer (CAO) is responsible for developing and implementing comprehensive fundraising and marketing strategies to support the Providence Animal Center’s (PAC) mission and goals.

The successful candidate will have a proven track record of developing and executing successful fundraising strategies and experience in marketing and communications. The CAO will be responsible for increasing fundraising results through a comprehensive and unified approach utilizing proven best practices that increasingly emphasize gifts from individual mid-level and major donors. The CAO will have experience working successfully in organizations with high professionalism and rigor. She/he will share a passion for animals and the best animal welfare practices.

Job Description The full job description is available at https://providenceac.org/who-we-are/careers/#.

This is a full time job