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Craft WOW Moments. Inspire Action. Drive Conservation.

At Tanganyika Wildlife Park, we go beyond caring for animals. We create once-in-a-lifetime experiences that make you say \"WOW\". Inspiring generations to become conservation champions.

If you\'re passionate about animals, driven by purpose, and believe that one moment can change a life then this is where you belong.

Why Tanganyika?

A Front Row Seat to Conservation in Action

Were not a zoo. Were an experience. At Tanganyika, youll be part of a team pioneering interactive conservation experiences that educate, engage, and empower. We do conservation a bit different our focus is conservation one person at a time. Making people aware of the species, getting them interested, and then calling them to action.

Work That Gives You Goosebumps

From helping a toddler feed a giraffe for the first time to guiding a training session with a curious lemur, your job here is anything but ordinary. This is the kind of place where work and wonder collide.

Real Growth. Real Mentorship. Real Impact.

Whether you\'re starting your career or seeking your next challenge, Tanganyika invests in you. We care about you beyond the workplace with initiatives to help our team reduce their consumer debt to an employee assistance program to our Dream Manager program, we want you to become the best YOU.

A Culture That CaresFor Animals and Humans

We lead with love, and it shows. Our team is fiercely supportive, deeply passionate, and united by a shared purpose. And yes, your co-workers might include sloths, rhinos, and porcupines.

Purpose That Reaches Beyond the Park

Every moment you create here fuels a global mission. Whether its supporting field conservation projects or inspiring a child to become a future biologist, your work leaves a legacy.

Job Description: The Director of Development (DOD) will manage all aspects of the Tanganyika Wildlife Foundation. This includes two primary functions: (1) providing administrative services in support of the Foundation and the Foundations Board of Directors, and (2) fundraising including capital campaign facilitation, special event activity, and donor relationship management with a primary emphasis on major gift identification, cultivation, solicitation, and appreciation. Individuals in this position may occasionally work irregular hours, as necessary.

\ Traits & Attitudes: The successful Director of Development will have a get things done attitude to help the Foundation fund a 3-phased multi-million-dollar campaign spanning the next 10 years. Someone with a curious personality and the ability to joyfully converse with others one-on-one or in group settings; is goal-centered, creative, and has a passion for contribution to the preservation of endangered animals.

\ Our Team is looking for the Right Person, a person who embodies our core values: (1) Love first. (2) Own it. (3) Grow or die. (4) Refuse to lose. Our core values are the driving force in everything we do. Our team members will be fully aligned, rowing in the same direction.

\ Administrative Services in Support of the Foundation and the Foundations Board of Directors: Provide leadership and day-to-day administration of the Foundation. Manage/supervise all staff of the Foundation (administrative assistant, out-the-door fundraisers). Ensure policies and procedures are in place and up-to-date at all times. Develop agendas, schedule meetings (Board and Committees), create meeting minutes, track actions of the Board of Directors.

\ Fundraising/Major Gifts: Work with the CEO, fundraising counsel, and volunteer leadership to facilitate donor activity with a focus on major gifts as part of a comprehensive multi-million-dollar campaign. Also lead efforts related to fundraising and friend raising events, annual fund, memorials, planned giving, etc. These duties include oversight and management of:

Donor Identification activity including but not limited to completing donor prospect strategies which help to identify and qualify donor prospects be they individuals, foundations, trusts, businesses, and/or government sources. This work includes maintaining and tracking information about prospects. Fundraising counsel, CEO, and volunteers will assist in establishing these processes/strategies.

Donor Cultivation activity including but not limited to strategies that help educate, orient, and develop affinity among prospects for the mission of Tanganyika Wildlife Foundation, and the goals of capital campaigns or other fundraising initiatives. These cultivation activities will include but are not limited to monthly cultivation and marketing activities, creating and unitizing axillary cultivation publications like case statements, printed and digital communications, tours, and face-to-face meetings. Fundraising counsel and CEO will assist in establ

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