Description

Repair the World | National Director, Major Gifts
This is a remote position with a preference for candidates living in or proximal to New York City.

Repair the World mobilizes Jews and their communities to take action to pursue a just world. The organization believes that service in support of social change is vital to a flourishing Jewish community and an inspired Jewish life. By 2030, Repair will catalyze one million acts of service towards repairing the world.

Repair is building a Jewish service movement of flourishing Jewish communities that serve in pursuit of a just world. Repair mobilizes young adults to serve in their communities, catalyzes service through deep partnerships within Jewish communal organizations, and inspires people to take action through time-bound thematic national service campaigns. The organization’s mission provides volunteers with an increased connection to meaningful service and learning as a Jewish value, builds capacity for nonprofit partners to meet their missions, and deepens connections across lines of difference.

History and Momentum
Founded in 2009, Repair the World now engages over 140,000 Jewish and non-Jewish young adults (ages 18–39) across 35+ states each year. Repair views service as both a powerful entry point to and expression of Jewish life and as a way to strengthen relationships across lines of difference.

Since October 7th, Repair has witnessed a surge of Jews seeking ways to act, connect, and live out their Judaism with meaning and pride. In the year after October 7th, Repair engaged twice as many participants as the year before, and engagement continues to rise. At this moment of profound need, Repair is creating inclusive, meaningful Jewish spaces where people can show up, learn, and connect with the broader Jewish community.

Context for Recruitment & Position Summary
With an ethos of unity and hope that transcends politics and is deeply resonant at this moment, Repair the World's reach has more than doubled since the attacks of October 7, driven by surging interest from young Jews (ages 18- 39) and partnerships with non-Jews that, unlike other alliances, have grown deeper in the face of rising antisemitism. Repair's plan for growth capitalizes on this momentum, positioning the organization to achieve significant scale in engaging over one million Jewish and non-Jewish participants in meaningful Jewish service and learning over the next five years, while doubling down on building durable bridges with non-Jews.

Driven by an ambitious strategic plan and a series of recent, transformational gifts supporting Repair’s expansion, the organization is further investing in sustainable growth by expanding mid-level and major individual gifts through the identification, cultivation, and solicitation of high-capacity prospects. This effort will be characterized by personalized outreach and increased in-person engagement, thereby deepening donor relationships with storytelling, meaningful recognition, and integrated campaigns and events that highlight Repair’s impact. The newly created position of National Director, Major Gifts (National Director) will be central to building out a sophisticated individual major gifts program. Repair is currently seeking strategic, relationship-driven, and goal-oriented candidates for the opportunity.

This new role will be responsible for building, launching, and growing Repair’s new major gifts program and corresponding strategies, cultivating and stewarding a portfolio of high-capacity individual donors, and securing major gifts of $10,000–$100,000+ to sustain and scale organizational impact. A key aspect of this role will be partnering with and activating lay leaders, including major gift program chairs and vice chairs, to deepen donor relationships, broaden networks, and inspire a culture of philanthropy across the movement. Reporting to the Senior Director of Development, the National Director will also collaborate regularly with the CEO, Chief Strategy Officer, and other senior leaders, as well as engage with members of the Board of Directors to align strategies, share insights, and advance organizational priorities.

The ideal candidate is a skilled fundraiser with a track record of engaging high-net-worth individuals, experience cultivating and closing five and six-figure gifts, and a passion for building a strong community of donors and volunteer leaders who power transformational social change.

Candidate Profile
While Repair the World will consider a broad range of backgrounds, the ideal candidate will have the following qualifications:

• Passion for Repair the World’s mission and organizational values; deep commitment to the Jewish future and strengthening Jewish community and volunteering.
• 5+ years of professional experience in fundraising, with a track record of securing and stewarding major gifts from individuals; preference for experience building or significantly growing a major gifts program or giving society as well as the capacity to grow into prospective staff management responsibility.
• Knowledge of and fundamental adherence to the principles, ethics, and best practices of modern fundraising, including strategies to cultivate greater donor commitments and synergies that can be achieved across various fundraising programs.
• Strong relationship builder with excellent communication skills and the interpersonal agility to move seamlessly from the soup kitchen to the board room; a storyteller able to speak about Jewish service with passion.
• Ability to execute tailored cultivation and stewardship strategies for high-net-worth individuals.
• Demonstrated success in developing the case for support and executing strategic, innovative fundraising plans, including experience collaborating with executives, senior staff, and board or other volunteer leaders on fundraising-related activities, providing them with quality support and intelligence and increasing their comfort with and success in fundraising.
• Experience identifying, nurturing, and motivating volunteers, and an appreciation for their role in building an effective fundraising network.
• Unimpeachable integrity and trustworthiness; mature judgment in handling sensitive and confidential information.
• Solutions-oriented leader with a service mindset who elevates organizational goals and values beyond personal gain; adaptable in approach and in recognizing when collaboration or complementing oneself with others is in the best interest of achieving desired outcomes.
• Track record of leading with a growth mindset and commitment to excellence; highly organized and self-directed, with experience managing multiple projects, funding deadlines, and internal stakeholders simultaneously.
• Ability to extract and analyze data to make effective, efficient decisions about donor strategy and process.
• Experience with CRM, project management tools, and Google Workspace, preferred.
• Committed to continuous learning.

Repair the World Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
We deeply value the diversity of insight, perspective, and experience brought by people from backgrounds typically underrepresented in Jewish institutions. This includes Black, Latinx, and Asian people, Black Jews, Jews of Color, Sephardi and Mizrahi Jews, lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, and gender non-conforming people, and people with disabilities. We also welcome applications from people of diverse religious, spiritual, and cultural backgrounds.

The organization provides equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender expression, age, alienage or citizenship status, creed, genetic predisposition or carrier status, national origin, disability condition, marital status, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic as established by law. In addition, the organization affirmatively seeks to advance the principles of equal employment opportunity as it applies to all policies and procedures relating to recruitment and hiring, compensation, benefits, termination, and all other terms and conditions of employment.

Download the full position description via the following link:
https://dsgco.com/search/22803-repair

Repair the World has retained the DSG Fundraising & Advancement Practice of DSG | Koya to assist in this confidential search process. Inquiries, nominations, and applications (current resumes and cover letters) may be submitted via the following link or directed to the leaders of the search team:

https://talent-profile.dsgco.com/search/v2/22803

Gerard F. Cattie, Jr.
Global Managing Partner and Practice Founder, DSG Fundraising & Advancement
gcattie@divsearch.com | 212.542.2587

Andrew Tarsy
Managing Director
atarsy@koyapartners.com | 617.340.7920