Director of Advancement

The Dallas Children's Advocacy Center is seeking an experienced Director of Advancement for the Advancement Department.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION:

The Director of Advancement leads Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center’s (DCAC) comprehensive fundraising strategy, with primary responsibility for converting engaged individuals and organizations into donors, deepening existing relationships, and driving sustained revenue growth.

This role owns the full donor lifecycle beyond initial engagement including qualification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship across all revenue streams: major gifts, annual giving, corporate partnerships, foundations, and event funding.

Working in close partnership with the Director of Engagement, this leader ensures a seamless transition from engagement to investment, while also independently prospecting, cultivating, and securing new and expanded philanthropic support, including major gifts, annual foundations and grants, federal grants, corporate partnerships, planned giving, and signature fundraising events to increase revenue impact.

Number of Staff Supervising, and positions:

• Development Officer
• Grants Administrator, Foundations
• Grants Administrator, Federal

ABOUT DCAC: The mission of the Dallas Children's Advocacy Center is to improve the lives of abused children in Dallas County and to provide national leadership on child abuse issues. DCAC is a non-profit organization and the only agency of its kind in Dallas County, working in agreement with public and private agencies to investigate, prosecute, and provide healing services for child abuse
cases in Dallas County. We reduce the victimization of the child, remove barriers to investigation and treatment, and enhance criminal prosecution with our distinctive multidisciplinary and united approach to these complex and severe cases, all at no cost to our clients. Each year, DCAC serves over 13,000 children and their non-offending family members.

We are a national and international leader in the Children's Advocacy Center movement, recognized
for our expertise in the identification, investigation, and prosecution of child abuse cases; cutting edge clinical services and programs for the victims and their non-offending family members; and our community and professional training programs.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

Fundraising strategy & revenue leadership:

• Develop and execute a comprehensive fundraising strategy aligned with revenue goals
• Own performance across all revenue streams: individual giving, corporate partnerships, foundations, federal grants, and event funding
• Establish clear revenue targets and pipeline goals across the development team
• Partner with the CAO to forecast revenue and monitor performance against goals

Donor pipeline management & conversion:

• Lead strategy to convert engaged audiences into qualified donors in partnership with engagement team
• Define qualification criteria and ensure disciplined movement through the donor pipeline
• Oversee moves management processes to ensure consistent donor progression
• Ensure seamless handoff and follow-up from engagement-generated prospects

Major gifts & portfolio management:

• Manage a personal portfolio of high-capacity donors and prospects ($25,000+)
• Conduct regular donor meetings, solicitations, and stewardship touchpoints
• Secure multi-year and transformational gifts
• Build and execute individualized cultivation and solicitation strategies

Corporate & institutional giving

• Lead strategy for corporate partnerships and sponsorships (event-based and year-round)
• Secure high-value corporate investments aligned with set priorities
• Oversee foundation and federal grant strategy to ensure consistent funding growth
• Partner with board members and leadership to expand corporate and institutional relationships

Event revenue strategy (not logistics)

• Own revenue strategy for all fundraising events in partnership with engagement team
• Set and achieve sponsorship, underwriting, and fundraising goals
• Support recruitment and management of event chairs and fundraising committees
• Ensure events drive both immediate revenue and long-term donor engagement

Annual giving & donor growth

• Oversee annual giving strategy in coordination with engagement-led campaigns
• Ensure conversion of campaign participants into retained donors
• Develop strategies to increase donor retention, upgrade, and lifetime value

Team leadership & performance management

• Set clear revenue goals and performance expectations for all direct reports
• Drive accountability through metrics, reporting, and regular performance reviews
• Build a high-performing, donor-focused culture within the development team
• Provide coaching, mentorship, and professional development

Cross-functional collaboration

• Partner closely with Director of Engagement to align pipeline strategy and audience flow
• Collaborate with program staff to strengthen donor messaging and case for support
• Support marketing and communications efforts with donor-centric insights and needs
• Engage board members in cultivation, solicitation, and corporate introductions

Other Duties:

• Attend and participate in agency staff meetings, special events, etc.
• Attend and participate in department and direct supervisory meetings.
• Attend DCAC events as well as third-party events, which may occur in the evening and some weekends.
• Maintain professional development in fundraising field and completes agency compliance training.
• Other duties as assigned.