Development and Communications Director

The Midwest Access Project (MAP) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving access to comprehensive reproductive health care through education and training of health care providers and the public. MAP addresses service gaps and unmet reproductive health needs in the Midwest, including abortion care, contraception, sexually transmitted infection screening and treatment, and pregnancy options counseling.

We believe that provider training is essential in order to bring high quality reproductive health care to all individuals and communities. MAP fills a unique need by offering training in comprehensive reproductive health care – including abortion – to health care professionals and trainees, including physicians, nurses, advance practice clinicians, residents and students, who do not have access to full scope reproductive health training through their schools or jobs. This training is tailored to the skill level and interests of each individual trainee, within the legal and professional scope of practice for the trainee’s field. Through our programs, MAP provides concrete skills to highly motivated clinicians who otherwise would lack the necessary training to meet the needs of their patients.

Fundraising (60%)

• Collaboratively set and guide the strategies for all fundraising activities.
  
• Prepare grant applications, reports, and letters of inquiry.
• Implement annual appeals.
  
• Oversee and implement donor cultivation.
• Maintain on-line fundraising initiatives.
  
• Research new opportunities for fundraising from foundations and individuals.

Communications (25%)

• Collaboratively set and guide the strategy for external communications.
  
• Coordinate management, development, and distribution of print and electronic materials for organizational visibility, including website content, brochures, newsletters, articles and reports on major initiatives, and outreach materials.

Operations (10%)

• Create appropriate materials, reports, and presentations for Board.
• Attend appropriate meetings and events.
  
• Serve as one of three first responders to incoming telephone calls.

Other Responsibilities (5%)

• Collaborate with program staff to develop materials for program outreach.
• Support Executive Director, Program Coordinator, and Board of Directors as requested.
  
• Serve as an ambassador for MAP.
  

• Support of MAP’s mission. Commitment to sexual and reproductive justice.
  
• Minimum of 5 years of professional experience related to development and fundraising.
  
• Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree preferred.
  
• Dynamic, self-motivated, can-do attitude. Ability to take initiative, prioritize with minimal supervision and work independently, as well as function as part of a team.
  
• Demonstrated ability to write in a clear, structured, articulate and persuasive manner.
  
• Demonstrated success with annual appeals, grant-writing, and/or major donor solicitation.
  
• Ability to take knowledge and transform it into exciting and useful messages, and disseminate final products to appropriate multi-stakeholder audiences.
  
• Meticulous attention to detail and confidentiality.
  
• Knowledge of donor database software and Microsoft Office programs.