Chief Investment Officer

Please join our team and help us forge a healthy future for people and forests! The Forest Stewards Guild is hiring a Chief Investment Officer to build and lead a nationwide investment program as the engine of organization-wide growth. We need you to cultivate additional strategic relationships and expand our fundraising. We have a high-performing team of dedicated professionals who work effectively together, have fun, and share a passion for positive impact across the US. Now we need you! The CIO will have the primary responsibility for establishing and maintaining relationships with a portfolio of community leaders and individuals who are prospective partners and investors in the Guild’s work. The CIO will report to the Executive Director and work closely with the Communications Manager. The Guild has not had an investment team in the past, so the CIO will be able to assemble the team from the ground up. The Guild has a tremendous network including over 200 individual donors and corporate sponsors that we have yet to fully engage for financial support. The CIO will cultivate these relationships and take the leadership role in developing a new team of dedicated professionals to engage individuals and corporations across the country and earn their investment of time, talent, and financial support. The CIO will:  initiate contacts with major investors;  develop and deploy individualized cultivation strategies which harness the full range of Guild’s people and programs;  develop solicitation and closure strategies; and  deliver ongoing and personal reporting on investments.  Major Responsibilities Lead the development and implementation of the new Office of Investments & Partnerships, including establishing procedures and goals. Oversee a dynamic portfolio of approximately 200 current and prospective significant financial supporters. Ensure that each individual in the portfolio receives continuous, personalized attention and ongoing engagement in furtherance of that individual’s relationship with and support of the Guild.  On average, conduct a minimum of one and ideally three personal contacts with current and prospective supporters each business day.  Support the outreach, advocacy, and relationship building efforts of the Board of Directors and the Executive Director to a carefully identified set of influential leaders in philanthropy, industry, government, nonprofit, and the wider community.  Ensure that every major supporter receives personalized follow-up that explains the use of the funding and the benefits it created.  Ensure that the Guild’s Neon database protocols and procedures are comprehensive, efficient, and executed with discipline and accuracy by all staff, so that the donor database is accurate, up-to-date, and organized.  Oversee the production and distribution of fundraising projections and results to ensure the organization is on track to meet goals.  ​​​​​​​Guarantee that the Guild adheres to the Code of Ethical Standards of the Association of Fundraising Professionals as well as the Guild’s own Principles.