AMP: Artists' Meeting Place and Resource Collective

The Los Angeles Master Chorale (LAMC) seeks a personable, innovative,
highly experienced development officer who is visionary and a strong
leader. The individual must have the ability to work independently and
with a team to create and implement an approach to development that
integrates and synergizes with marketing. S/he will partner with the
President and Board of Directors to lead the organization in achieving
specific contributed revenue goals necessary to fund LAMC's
expanding vision. Viable candidates will have demonstrated success
leading annual giving and special initiative fundraising campaigns for
non-profit arts organizations, and proven ability to infuse an
institution's culture with an appreciation and understanding of
fundraising and its importance to the organization and its mission. The
Director of Development will have a comprehensive knowledge of
development and philanthropy, will report to the President, supervise
the Associate Director of Development and the Institutional Giving
Manager, and will hire and supervise a Resource Development Assistant.

Essential Duties, Responsibilities, Functions: Director of Development

RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

* Lead organizational efforts to increase contributed support for
the Los Angeles Master Chorale through creating and implementing
strategies to optimize cultivation and solicitation of major individual
gifts by Board and key staff.
* Collaborate with President and Board members to identify,
cultivate, solicit and steward individual donors making major annual
gifts over $10,000.
* Seek, develop and respond to opportunities to cultivate and solicit
planned and endowment gifts in support of LAMC's financial stability
and long-term goals.
* Seek, develop and respond to opportunities to cultivate and solicit
individual and institutional gifts over $10,000 for special projects and
initiatives.
* Oversee creation of grant proposals to institutional funders.
* Collaborate in the development and implementation of an
institutional communications plan.
* Be informed about current trends and changes in philanthropy and
tax laws as they relate to philanthropy.
* Oversee staff support for LAMC Board strategic initiatives.

STRATEGIC PLANNING

* Develop the Development section of the institutional Strategic
Plan.
* Oversee creation and monitoring of the Development Strategic Plan
Implementation Plan.

ADMINISTRATIVE

* Create and monitor comprehensive annual development work plan to
achieve Board-approved goals.
* Develop, monitor, and analyze departmental income and expense
budgets, as well as year-end financial projections.
* Attend meetings of the Board of Directors and Master Chorale
concerts and events.
* Actively represent LAMC in the community.

REQUIRED EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, KNOWLEDGE, AND KEY SKILLS:

* College degree and minimum 5-7 years proven success leading
efforts to generate major individual gifts for a non-profit performing
arts organization
* Demonstrated ability to think with innovation and creativity about
resource development for the Los Angeles Master Chorale
* Ability to work effectively with the Music Director and Board
leadership to identify and build new sources of contributed support
* Proven ability to work independently, take initiative, anticipate
challenges, solve problems, and also to work within a fast-paced,
dynamic team environment
* Strong organizational skills, and proven ability to monitor and
prioritize concurrent projects and deadlines. Excellent verbal and
written communication skills

APPLICATION PROCESS

Please submit a cover letter specifying how your experience relates to
this position with the LA Master Chorale. Please attach a current
resume in .pdf or .doc format.

Submit application materials to (email/fax subject heading):

Attn: Director of Development Search

Email: lamc@lamc.org | Fax: (213) 687-8238

Mail: Los Angeles Master Chorale, 135 N. Grand Ave., Los Angeles, CA
90012

MISSION | The Los Angeles Master Chorale is an independent and
innovative professional vocal ensemble that shares the traditional and
evolving spectrum of choral music with the widest possible audience. We
advance this art through performance, community education,
collaboration, commissioning, and recording.

ABOUT US | As a Resident Company of the Music Center producing its own
series at Walt Disney Concert Hall, the LA Master Chorale has presented
over 400 of its own concerts and performed in nearly 300 concerts with
the LA Philharmonic. In the 2010|11 season we celebrate Grant
Gershon's 10th Anniversary as LAMC's Music Director, and we look
forward to the Chorale's 50th Anniversary season in 2013|14. The
Chorale has commissioned 26 and premiered 68 new works, and has released
7 commercial recordings. Its new partnership with Decca was launched
with the September 2010 release of A Good Understanding, featuring
choral works by Nico Muhly and recorded at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

The LA Master Chorale's education programs include an annual High
School Choir Festival at Walt Disney Concert Hall, in-school and
community performances by the LA Master Chorale Chamber Singers, and
Voices Within – our award-winning songwriting residency program.

As an independent non-profit organization, LAMC's Board of Directors
and professional staff are committed to working together and leading to
achieve LAMC's mission.

For more information about the Los Angeles Master Chorale, visit
www.lamc.org.

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