Hiring A Development Director and Staff

AFP Members can access our Ready Reference series book on “Bringing a Development Director on Board”:  http://www.afpnet.org/files/ContentDocuments/3%20Bringing%20a%20Development%20Director%20on%20Board.pdf (you’ll need to log in to access)  The Ready Reference guide download is a benefit of membership.

                The Hot Topic on the Development Office  (Also requires member sign in)

        Development Office

http://www.afpnet.org/HotTopic/DevelopmentOffice

Before an organization starts a fundraising program, certain conditions need to be in place, including leaders that have a clear sense of the organization’s mission and constituency and a vision of the organization’s direction, a continuous planning process for determining how it will achieve its mission and how much it will cost, and the necessary resources to achieve the plan.

Here is some material on Hiring a Development Director and thoughts on when to hire.

  

http://thirdsectortoday.com/2014/05/27/five-tips-for-hiring-a-director-of-development/

http://www.afpnet.org/ResourceCenter/ArticleDetail.cfm?ItemNumber=3645

http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/tsn/tsn.jhtml?id=242600001

http://www.simonejoyaux.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/FindingTheRight-DevelopmentOfficer.pdf

http://richardmale.com/hiring-a-development-director/

http://www.blueavocado.org/content/how-hire-your-first-development-director

http://philanthropy.com/blogs/against-the-grain/development-directors-are-not-miracle-workers/28361

http://www.nhi.org/online/issues/96/fundraising.html

Development Director Interview

http://www.raise-funds.com/2007/development-director-job-interview-questionnaire/

http://www.nonprofitmarketingguide.com/blog/2012/10/11/best-and-worst-job-interview-questions-for-comm-and-development-directors/

http://philanthropy.com/article/Nonprofit-Managers-and/52437/

some  additional links for interview questions
http://majorgiftsguru.com/2008/05/interviewing-major-gift-officer.html
http://majorgiftsguru.com/2009/05/major-gift-officer-hiring-questions.html
http://members4.boardhost.com/PNDtalk/msg/archive/1135280993.html

http://sogpubs.unc.edu/electronicversions/pg/pgsum00/article4.pdf

http://www.arts.state.tx.us/toolkit/leadershiptransitions/templates/sampleinterviewquestions.pdf

http://hrcouncil.ca/hr-toolkit/documents/ED_HiringGuide.pdf

Worth of Development officers

What’s a Good Director of Development worth.

http://www.raise-funds.com/2005/whats-a-good-director-of-development-worth/

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Here are some web resources on the topic of Nonprofit hiring and staffing.

(Standard disclaimers apply)

Third Sector New England

http://www.tsne.org/site/c.ghLUK3PCLoF/b.1778733/k.611/Articles__Nonprofit_Hiring_Process__Part_I.htm

Idealist

http://www.idealist.org/media/pdf/career/guide/U3S1_HiringJobMarket_vF.pdf

Guidestar

http://www.guidestar.org/DisplayArticle.do?articleId=1166

Other sources

http://philanthropyjournal.blogspot.com/2007/09/nonprofit-face-hiring-challenges.html

http://www.mosaica.org/resources/Bullet.pdf

http://www.sog.unc.edu/programs/dssboards/documents/026HiringaNonprofitDirector.pdf

http://www.nonprofitexpert.com/hiring_key_employees.htm

How Large Should A Development Staff Be?

http://www.raise-funds.com/2012/how-large-should-a-development-staff-be/

The Nonprofit Talent Ratio: Final Report on a Pilot Study

http://www.fundraisingsuccessmag.com/article/reports-confirm-number-fundraisers-staff-retention-key-raise-more/1

HOW MANY DEVELOPMENT STAFF DOES IT TAKE TO SCREW IN A LIGHT BULB?

http://royjonesreports.com/?p=1023
How Nonprofits Get Really Big
http://www.ssireview.org/articles/entry/how_nonprofits_get_really_big
Nonprofits To Add Staff, Don’t Budget For Recruitment | The NonProfit Times
https://www.thenonprofittimes.com/news-articles/nonprofit-to-add-staff-dont-budget-for-recruitment/

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The related material once you make the Case. – more on job descriptions

You may also find some job descriptions on the supporting advancement website.

                One example is here.

                http://supportingadvancement.com/employment/job_descriptions/nau_strategic_initiatives.htm

Other material

https://www.breakthecycle.org/sites/default/files/pdf/la-director-of-development.pdf

http://www.aclu-tn.org/pdfs/Job%20Descriptions/13DirectorDevelopment.pdf

http://www.linkedin.com/jobs2/view/9888192?trk=jobs_search_public_seo_page

Some material on Choosing a Fundraiser

You can read more about AFP here

http://www.afpnet.org/Audiences/MemberNewsDetail.cfm?ItemNumber=3259&navItemNumber=665

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Here are some web resources we’ve seen on choosing a fundraiser.

http://midhudson.org/funding/fundraising/consultants.htm#tips

http://www.afc.org.uk/media/pdf/Select_a_consultant.pdf

http://www.consulting4nonprofits.com/concerns.html

http://www.netzelinc.com/fundraising/fundraising_article.php?id=19

http://www.nonprofitmaine.org/documents/ConsultantTip.pdf

http://homepage.mac.com/craigab1/HiringConsultants.htm

We do not suggest or recommend consultants or resource partners but offer as a resource the AFP

Consultants and Resource Directory from our Website.
http://consultants.afpnet.org/

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Some material on Ethics and Compensation

This is a link to a position paper on the topic.

http://www.afpnet.org/Ethics/EthicsArticleDetail.cfm?ItemNumber=734

We have a variety of material on Ethics in this section including our Code of Ethics.

http://www.afpnet.org/Ethics/?navItemNumber=503