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Development Director

Buckeye Institute for Public Policy Solutions | Posted on October 6, 2008

The Buckeye Institute for Public Policy Solutions seeks a Development Director. The Development Director will work oversee all fundraising activities for the organization, and work closely with the President and Vice President to take the Buckeye Institute to a new level of growth.

The Development Director’s responsibilities will include maintaining relationships with donors, working closely with staff to communicate our current and future projects to donors, overseeing our direct mail program, preparing grant proposals, planning and executing donor events, maintaining records and donor database, and establishing new donor relationships. This is a wonderful opportunity for someone who is entrepreneurial and ready to manage the development activities of a growing non-profit.

The ideal candidate will possess the following attributes:
• Previous fundraising experience
• Strong commitment to free market principles
• Proven relationship-building skills
• Ability to work independently and as a team player
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Ability to manage and grow a program with little oversight and direction
• Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree

Salary is commensurate with experience. To apply, please email your résumé and a brief cover letter explaining your interest in the Buckeye Institute to Claire, ckittle@buckeyeinstitute.org.

About the Buckeye Institute

The Buckeye Institute for Public Policy Solutions is a nonpartisan research and educational institute devoted to individual liberty, economic freedom, personal responsibility and limited government in Ohio.

The Buckeye Institute is committed to quality research and analysis. We proactively develop our ideas with the assistance of 45 scholars from 23 universities and colleges throughout Ohio and then through our publications, lectures and special events, distribute those ideas to policy makers and key opinion leaders to make meaningful change. The Buckeye Institute's work has made inroads in numerous areas: identifying regulations that stifle economic growth, demonstrating the benefits of market-based education reform, publicizing free market alternatives in health care, showing the savings that competition will bring to city services, and identifying how to cut sales, income, property and business taxes and questionable government spending. View a selection of recent media clips.
The Buckeye Institute is supported through the generous contributions of our members. No government funds are accepted and no contract research is performed.

Buckeye Institute for Public Policy Solutions
88 East Broad St., Ste. 1120
Columbus, OH 43215-3506
(614) 224-4422
www.buckeyeinstitute.org