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Director of Development | Greenwich, CT
The School
Located in Greenwich, Connecticut, Eagle Hill School offers children with language-based
learning disabilities the opportunity to transform into confident and resilient students empowered
with strategies to meet challenges and flourish beyond Eagle Hill. The school serves
approximately 260 students across two divisions, a lower school for children ages 6-11 and an
upper school for those 11-15 years old. Families enjoy both day and boarding options. To learn
more about the school, please visit www.eaglehillschool.org
The Opportunity
Approaching its 50th year, Eagle Hill enjoys new and vibrant leadership and a refreshed vision for its
future. Reporting to Gretchen Larkin, Head of School, the Director of Development is responsible for
designing and implementing fundraising strategies and initiatives to secure philanthropic support for the
school’s mission and programs. This position represents an exciting opportunity to reimagine how the
school engages, solicits, and stewards its donors. This role is tailor made for candidates who wish to
see the impact of their work on a daily basis and who desire a leadership position where they can
shape strategy and operations. The Director of Development will serve as a key member of the senior
leadership team and be a strategic partner to the head of school.
The Candidate
The successful candidate will be a hands-on entrepreneur who implements best practices in
educational fundraising and who embraces the community values that make Eagle Hill School a special
place. An ideal candidate will bring a genuine sense of joy to the work to successfully and consistently
build purposeful and strategic relationships that benefit Eagle Hill School. The Director will possess
superior communications skills, a high degree of emotional intelligence, and a strategic mindset. The
successful candidate must be adept at working with a small team, experienced at leading
organizational change, and excited by the opportunity and autonomy to build something new to
reinvigorate Eagle Hill’s culture of philanthropy. In partnership with the Head of School, the Director of
Development will have the ability to recognize and capture opportunities for fundraising in the moment
and simultaneously build and refine sustainable systems and processes essential to realizing Eagle
Hill’s strategic plan.
Responsibilities
• Develop and implement a comprehensive fundraising program that includes annual
giving, major gifts, planned giving, capital campaigns, and special events.
• Manage and mentor a team of three development professionals, including an Annual
Giving Associate, an Alumni Relations Associate, and Database Manager.
• Partner closely with the Head of School and Board of Trustees in their cultivation and
solicitation activities.
• Build a strong and effective major gifts program and create goals, timetables, and
metrics to benchmark growth.
• Design and implement a best practices stewardship program, including alumni and
parent relations.
• Supervise the development team and assist them in establishing and achieving goals,
timetables, and appropriate strategies for assigned prospects and projects. Hire, train,
and evaluate people in these positions.
• Conduct regular prospect visits with the goal of qualifying and soliciting major prospects
for the annual fund, capital, or planned gifts.
• Acquire timely and relevant institutional information to create and execute solicitation
and stewardship strategies for each prospect, as appropriate.
• Track activity and generate reports to track the progress of each prospect’s
cultivation/solicitation/stewardship plan.
• Conceive and attend key Eagle Hill School events and volunteer committee meetings as
necessary.
Qualifications
• Minimum of 7-10 years of experience in fundraising and development, preferably in an
educational or non-profit setting.
• Excellent written, oral, and interpersonal skills; demonstrated solicitation experience.
• Proven track record of success in developing and implementing fundraising strategies,
securing major gifts, and achieving annual fundraising goals.
• Strong leadership and management skills, with the ability to lead and mentor a team of
development professionals.
• Demonstrated ability to strategize, implement, and build major gift programs and
activities, along with a talent for motivating a team and volunteers.
• Flexibility and initiative, as well as the ability to work independently, combined with the
skills for thriving in a team environment.
• High professional and ethical standards for handling confidential information.
• Ability to organize and complete multiple tasks simultaneously with close attention to
detail and prioritization to meet deadlines.
• Strong computer skills and knowledge of database research and maintenance.
• Must be able to travel and work evenings and weekends as needed.
Eagle Hill School School is an Equal Opportunity Employer and seeks to reflect in its faculty and staff
the diversity present within its student body. The school invites candidates to join in this process who
bring a substantive and varied combination of educational pursuits and lived experiences that
demonstrate the capacity to make a meaningful contribution.
Interested candidates, please contact Narwhal Talent Partners:
Peter G. Hamilton | (617) 620-9268
Christian G. Henry | (857) 285-3364
search@narwhaltalent.com
All inquiries are treated as confidential.