software developer.
charity: water plans to provide clean, safe drinking water to 100 million people in the next ten years. To do this, we're scaling our staff, our countries of work, our international partnerships -- and we're re-inventing charity in the process.

As a software developer for charity: water, you'll help develop state-of-the-art web applications and integrate these applications with our back-office systems. This opportunity is for the New York City area only.

responsibilities:

• * Design, develop and test web-based software to be used by our donors and fundraisers.
• * Build integration software to tie our back-office systems to our donor-facing web applications.
• * Monitor and maintain our back-office systems and our website environment.
• * Gather product requirements and convert them to software designs and system design specifications.
• * Be innovative and flexible in order to accomplish the various tasks that are inherent to such a fast-paced, rapidly changing environment.

skills.

• * Bachelor's in CS or equivalent and two or more years software development experience.
• * Experience developing in the LAMP environment (or variants), as well as Java/J2EE, and RDBMS systems such as MySQL. PHP experience is a must.
• * Experience developing mobile applications or a significant understanding of the fundamental issues with mobile applications.
• * Systems integration skills (e.g. data management and synchronization across multiple systems).
• * Familiarity with content management systems (e.g, Drupal).
• * Experience with QA/Test methodologies, agile software development and/or other formal software development methodologies.
• * Experience writing clear and concise software design specifications.
• * Excellent communication skills across all departments within the organization.
• * A desire to end the world water crisis.

apply.
If this describes you, send your resume and cover letter to techjobs@charitywater.org.

director of fundraising.
charity: water plans to provide clean, safe drinking water to 100 million people in the next ten years. To do this, we're scaling our staff, our countries of work, our international partnerships -- and we're re-inventing charity in the process.

charity: water seeks a seasoned development professional to be the strategic leader, visionary, and key architect to drive all offline fundraising efforts, including major individual, corporate and foundation support. Working closely with the CEO, you will pursue and cultivate high-potential major individual gifts.

charity: water is poised for growth and this position provides an ambitious professional with the opportunity to play a key role in designing and implementing the fundraising program that will maintain current excellence and support expansion. Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer, the Director of Fundraising will be an integral part of charity: water’s senior management team, ensuring that all program initiatives are viable from a funding perspective.

responsibilities:

• * Lead and manage the overall fundraising initiatives.
• * Develop and implement a major gift fundraising program.
• * Oversee a variety of special events and other donor-related strategic partnerships.
• * Assess current development processes and procedures and, where necessary, design and implement new development systems to efficiently support the development operation and enhance the donor experience.
• * Supervise and mentor the fundraising team, and provide leadership, inspiration, accountability, and opportunities for professional growth.

core values & competencies.
You're uniquely people-oriented.
You're more than capable of cultivating productive relationships. As Managing Director, you'll work closely with Fortune 500 CEO's, philanthropists, influencers and other diverse personalities; this doesn't intimidate you, but excites your passion to work with some of the most influential people in our culture. You thrive on developing and managing these relationships with intelligence, maturity and professionalism.

You have a remarkable track record.
Your history of successfully procuring six-figure donations or sales and through your years of applicable experience have cultivated your wisdom and nuanced creativity for this position.

You're a strategic leader.
You have the strategic prowess and social intelligence required to build scalable models that leverage charity: water's brand, assets, relationships and opportunities to meet aggressive growth goals.

You're an inventor, an innovator.
charity: water is committed to inventing break-through ways to connect people with charity. You thrive in a creative, inventive, fast-paced start-up environment, with people who are passionate about their work and mission.

qualifications & experience.
The ideal candidate will be a dynamic, driven and sophisticated professional excited by opportunity to help shape the future of the development department and the organization as a whole. This cutting-edge development executive will be entrepreneurial, resourceful and a savvy relationship builder – able to translate vision into action by motivating others and moving the agenda forward. He/she will be energized and passionate about the mission and activities of the organization. The ideal candidate will have:

• * A minimum of 8+ years of fundraising leadership experience.
• * Successful track record of personally identifying, cultivating and soliciting major individual and institutional donors.
• * Outstanding communication skills, articulate and persuasive, with well-honed relationship building skills.
• * A results- and solutions-driven, positive attitude.
• * Knowledge of the local and national philanthropic arena.
• * A team-orientation and strong work ethic, essential for this demanding environment which continually strives for excellence.
• * Highly developed interpersonal skills with the executive presence and personal style to represent the organization to multiple constituents.

education.
Bachelor’s degree is required.

travel.
Domestic and International travel expected.

compensation.
A competitive compensation package will be offered to the successful candidate.

apply.
charity: water has engaged Sandler Search Associates to help with this hire. Please send cover letter and resume to Josie Sandler at josie@sandlerassociates.org.

about Sandler Search Associates.
Sandler Search Associates specializes in recruiting senior executives for leading nonprofit organizations. We provide a highly consultative executive recruitment services to bring the greatest talent to the greater good. For more information about Sandler Search Associates, please visit www.sandlerassociates.org.