Salary commensurate with experience.

CCS is a leading fund-raising and management firm established in 1947.  Headquartered in New York, CCS conducts campaigns worldwide, with offices in San Francisco, Chicago, Baltimore, Washington, D.C., Atlanta, Fort Lauderdale, Boston, Detroit, Seattle, Los Angeles, London, and Dublin.  The company’s projects span the globe in cities and towns throughout North and South America, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Continental Europe, Africa and Asia.

CCS provides full-time, resident fund-raising counsel and campaign management services to the most recognizable brands in philanthropy, serving over 300 organizations a year.  We have counseled leading academic institutions, national and international charities, medical centers, religious bodies, civic and human service organizations, and cultural institutions in pioneering fund-raising efforts.  CCS fund-raising goals under consulting and management total over $5 billion.

Our services include:

• Capital and endowment campaign planning, management, and direction
• Board development, orientation, and training
• Feasibility and planning studies
• Development audits and assessments
• Prospect research and screening services

Our Directors report the best aspects of working for CCS are the diversity of projects, relationships with leading non-profits and philanthropists, and performance based career paths.  CCS offers competitive benefits, a dynamic training program, resources, career advancement, mentoring, and networking opportunities.  Outstanding candidates bring a diverse background, an interest in philanthropy, and ambition.

As a leader in the philanthropic community, CCS represents organizations from a full spectrum of cultures and non-profit sectors.  Our firm is committed to ensuring that our employees are culturally competent and capable of providing counsel of the highest caliber.  CCS maintains a collegial environment that respects and celebrates the variety of life experiences each employee brings to the firm, providing internal cultural awareness programs, and encouraging professionals of all backgrounds to consider opportunities in philanthropy.  CCS also seeks to build partnerships with organizations that recognize the importance of promoting greater diversity within the philanthropic arena.

Campaign Directors provide full-time, onsite fund-raising and management consulting services and work collaboratively with CCS executives and client leaders to identify, design, and implement management and development methodologies to prepare for and conduct successful fund-raising campaigns.  Responsibilities and client assignments depend on a proven track record of success, demonstrated ability, and sustained initiative.  Typical CCS assignments may include:

Conduct Campaign Planning Studies and Development Assessments:

• Conduct personal interviews with key internal and external constituents
• Track quantitative and qualitative findings
• Analyze campaign feasibility and case for support; development organization, structure, and strategies; staffing, resources, and budget; volunteer structure; and, donor information systems
• Prepare written analysis and recommendations
• Present findings to institutional leaders

Direct Capital Campaigns:

• Serve as onsite counsel on a major institutional campaign
• Develop campaign plans and design campaign strategies
• Craft individual cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship strategies
• Prepare all written campaign documents, operating materials, and publications
• Set campaign direction and manage day-to-day campaign operations
• Oversee prospective donor development (identification, research, evaluation, tracking)
• Direct campaign meetings with staff, Board members, and volunteers
• Supervise client staff
• Lead volunteer committees, activities, and training programs
• Brief institutional leaders on campaign progress

The firm seeks talented professionals with capital campaign or major gifts experience as well as executives with transferable consulting, communications, marketing, and strategic planning experience to join our dynamic consulting team.  Other qualifications include:

• Philanthropic values and a commitment to service
• Superior written and oral communication skills

• Exceptional interpersonal skills and ability to work collaboratively with all levels of staff, volunteers, donors, and prospective donors
• Outstanding organizational skills and ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously
• Computer proficiency
• Professional demeanor
• Strong work ethic, enthusiasm, and confidence
• Ability to temporarily relocate for regional assignments may be required

To apply, please visit our Web site: www.ccsfundraising.com/Careers 

CCS is an Equal Opportunity Employer