Published: Oct 25, 2024 – The Development Specialist offers business development expertise in proposal preparation for federal and state opportunities, ensuring alignment with the organization’s strategy. This role coordinates high-quality proposal development, manages budgets, and leads teams to craft compelling proposals while mentoring staff to enhance their skills. Additionally, the specialist identifies partners, cultivates donor relationships, and monitors public health trends to maintain PHI's competitive position.

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1. Development Specialist, Greenfield Technologies, Springfield, IL
Job Summary:
- Proactively identify major and principal gift prospects through researching prospective donors based on fundraising strategies and objectives.
- Manage requests from clients for proactive and reactive research using a variety of research resources.
- Develop reactive research documents such as bios, profiles, and narrative research that will support fundraising, cultivation, and stewardship events and activities.
- Track news alerts, monitor industry lists relevant to constituents, and manage information updates in the database.
- Monitor and update the movement of prospects through the YL development stages to ensure all records are properly coded and coordinated within YLConnect (Salesforce).
- Oversee portfolio review process with active Major Gift Officers.
- Develop meeting materials, and track and update progress levels through reporting, contacts, events, and other information.
- Assist the Major Gifts Team in prioritizing prospect lists based on potential, capacity, and affinity to help develop engagement strategies.
- Coordinate regularly with the Major Gifts Team to validate and maintain prospect ratings based on giving capacity, affinity, and propensity to give.
- Assist the Major Gifts Team in generating summary reports for activities entered in the database by the development team.
- Collaborate with the Major Gifts Team to develop, implement, and track the progress of a gift solicitation plan for each prospect.
- Manage a list of all principal and major prospects for the Mission and be able to present this information at meetings.
Skills on Resume:
- Prospect Research (Hard Skills)
- Data Management (Hard Skills)
- Fundraising Strategy Development (Hard Skills)
- Report Generation (Hard Skills)
- Communication (Soft Skills)
- Collaboration (Soft Skills)
- Analytical Thinking (Soft Skills)
- Organization and Time Management (Soft Skills)
2. Development Specialist, Apex Innovations, Madison, WI
Job Summary:
- Sourcing candidates from proprietary databases, social media, etc.
- Make at least 30 calls per day to create consistency in contacts
- Conduct face-to-face meetings with candidates and sales leaders
- Invite LO Candidates and attend industry and company events
- Document follow-up with LO Candidates consistently in CRM
- Perform job and task analysis with CRM to track job duties
- Source and recruit candidates by using MMI, Industry databases, attending events, Real Estate Org sponsorship, & social media, etc.
- Screen candidate's resumes, and data variables, and engage the hiring manager
- Conduct 1st Zoom interview, arrange the Culture Committee interview, and set up The Red Carpet Tour
- Assist with developing the preliminary offer to the Candidate
- Utilize the 45-day BDS ON Boarding process for each Candidate
Skills on Resume:
- Candidate Sourcing (Hard Skills)
- Cold Calling (Hard Skills)
- Interviewing (Hard Skills)
- CRM Documentation (Hard Skills)
- Job Analysis (Hard Skills)
- Resume Screening (Hard Skills)
- Communication (Soft Skills)
- Relationship Building (Soft Skills)
3. Child Development Specialist, Blue Horizon Solutions, Denver, CO
Job Summary:
- Provide direct supervision and support to a group of kids, many of whom are experiencing emotional trauma
- Plan, supervise, and assist with daily activities for the assigned group, including meals, hygiene, maintaining clothing, personal possessions, living spaces, etc.
- Provide a safe, stable, and home-like environment
- Actively participate in the treatment plan of each kid with guidance and assistance from the Treatment Team
- Value individuality and being invested in each kid by learning their habits, interests and physical, mental, emotional and social needs.
- Talk to, play with, interact with, and most importantly, listen to them
- Build healthy relationships with the kids in care to support them as they heal and work through their trauma.
- Encourages positive behavior and relational growth
- Maintaining accurate and complete documentation
- Completing and implementing necessary training as required by state licensing
- Transport kids to school, office appointments, recreational and social activities
- Study, practice and operate within the New Horizons’ Philosophy and Employee Handbook.
Skills on Resume:
- Supervision and Support (Soft Skills)
- Activity Planning (Hard Skills)
- Safe Environment Maintenance (Soft Skills)
- Treatment Plan Participation (Hard Skills)
- Individualized Care (Soft Skills)
- Communication and Listening (Soft Skills)
- Relationship Building (Soft Skills)
- Documentation Skills (Hard Skills)
4. Development Specialist, Bright Future Enterprises, Orlando, FL
Job Summary:
- Manage and work with data for fundraising and Major Donor cultivation.
- Researches prospects and prepares briefing materials for the Development Team and Regnum Christi Senior Leaders
- Directly interacts with DOs managing research needs for DO trips as well as proactively coordinating calendars according to research findings as they relate to major donors
- Creates Major Donor presentations
- Assesses capacity, specific interests in the Church, philanthropy in general and relationships
- Identify and qualify new prospective donors and assess new opportunities with existing donors
- Prospects suggested by staff and volunteers
- Identifies/maps relationships between volunteers and deeply engaged donors to identify new prospects
- Conducts and manages wealth and philanthropy screenings to identify those with the potential to make major gifts
- Identifies potential foundation prospects from external sources
- Supports cross-channel fundraising analysis and completion of reporting
- Foster's cohesiveness within the development team by being supportive in specialist role in the major gifts task force
Skills on Resume:
- Data Management (Hard Skills)
- Prospect Research (Hard Skills)
- Presentation Creation (Hard Skills)
- Donor Qualification (Hard Skills)
- Relationship Mapping (Hard Skills)
- Communication and Coordination (Soft Skills)
- Philanthropy Screening (Hard Skills)
- Team Collaboration (Soft Skills)
5. Development Specialist, NextGen Dynamics, Raleigh, NC
Job Summary:
- Identify grant opportunities, and coordinate with the Executive Director and Program Directors to prepare applications seeking grant funding.
- Research new corporate, foundation, and individual funding prospects.
- Identify new sources of revenue from individuals, businesses and other community organizations through grants, individual giving, corporate giving, etc.
- Builds and maintains relationships with individuals and organizations in the community to increase the visibility of programs and to promote the company's image.
- Recommend to the Board’s Development Committee appropriate fundraising activities and work to ensure the success of these activities.
- Maintain complete and accurate records of all donations and donors and appropriate correspondence to all donors.
- Manage funding-proposal prospects, reporting, and renewal pipeline
- Publish annual reports, periodic newsletters and other public relations/marketing materials to promote Services.
- Manage website and social media accounts.
- Coordinate speaking engagements and agency tours for the agency
- Coordinate and assist in providing public speaking engagements to assist in obtaining program donations on occasion
- Responsible for assessing, developing, and evaluating program goals and objectives
Skills on Resume:
- Grant Writing (Hard Skills)
- Prospect Research (Hard Skills)
- Relationship Building (Soft Skills)
- Fundraising Strategy Development (Hard Skills)
- Record Keeping (Hard Skills)
- Proposal Management (Hard Skills)
- Public Relations and Marketing (Hard Skills)
- Program Evaluation (Soft Skills)
6. Development Specialist, FuturePath Systems, Austin, TX
Job Summary:
- Develop a future-proof innovation roadmap in a fast-moving segment.
- Lead plant-based project portfolio with New Product Development-, Application- and Research projects in collaboration with other disciplines and full implementation in operational environment and market.
- Track progress, synergies, and risks of individual projects and prepare decisions and reports for management and stakeholders and control budget.
- Closely cooperate with a multidisciplinary team of project managers, product developers, segment marketing, business development & sales, and other related disciplines.
- Pro-active building, maintaining and developing relations within own organization including senior management and external parties at the strategic level.
- Participates in consortia and external collaborations.
- Bring and stimulate building knowledge on plant protein ingredients and applications thereof.
- Proactive seek, explore and test new product opportunities and other technological innovations in the area of dairy/plant proteins for Adult Nutrition applications.
- Project management of product development projects
- Product development and development of innovative food applications using existing and new ingredients
- Support customers by sharing knowledge and expertise concerning the use of products in customer applications
- Act as a sparring partner on the science of whipping/aerating systems
- Contribute to the development of new technologies that will enable the development of new or improved products in the future
Skills on Resume:
- Innovation Roadmap Development (Hard Skills)
- Project Portfolio Management (Hard Skills)
- Progress Tracking and Reporting (Hard Skills)
- Cross-Functional Collaboration (Soft Skills)
- Relationship Management (Soft Skills)
- Knowledge Development (Soft Skills)
- Product Development (Hard Skills)
- Technological Innovation Exploration (Hard Skills)
7. Career Development Specialist, EcoVision Corp, Portland, OR
Job Summary:
- Facilitate appropriate job readiness and job placements for participants in the NMW Program that will enable them to leave Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) due to an increase in family income.
- Review participant rights and responsibilities and other pertinent information with participants.
- Conduct skills and aptitude assessments, including proficiency using mental health and functional screening tools, with each participant referred to CWS through the NMW Program.
- Provide comprehensive case management to participants referred to the NMW Program.
- Assist participant with appealing SSA determinations if denied application.
- Provide weekly monitoring of participant progress towards meeting his/her stated goals and objectives.
- Recommend that the Income Support Division (ISD) apply sanctions, and notify ISD of participant status changes.
- Initiate employment supports, as appropriate, to help participants obtain and retain employment.
- Use personal or company vehicles to safely conduct home visits to engage participants.
- Provide transportation to participants
- Conduct community outreach to connect participants to available services and further develop community partnerships.
- Participate in interdisciplinary team meetings to support successful participant outcomes.
- Meet or exceed performance expectations as required by the Scope of Work and contract rule requirements.
Skills on Resume:
- Job Readiness (Soft Skills)
- Skills Assessment (Hard Skills)
- Case Management (Hard Skills)
- Participant Advocacy (Soft Skills)
- Progress Monitoring (Hard Skills)
- Employment Support (Soft Skills)
- Community Outreach (Soft Skills)
- Team Collaboration (Soft Skills)
8. Learning and Development Specialist, Insightful Strategies, Minneapolis, MN
Job Summary:
- Research, design and develop learning solutions - partner with the business to determine performance gaps and possible learning and development solutions using a performance consulting approach.
- Research, design and/or develop effective learning solutions to meet business needs by implementing the 70/20/10 learning approach.
- Consult with the business to develop or contribute to the development of internal training resources, including visual displays and presentations, user guides, participant and facilitator manuals, course summaries and session plans.
- Design learning content based on sound instructional design principles and adult learning principles.
- Facilitate and evaluate learning and development activities - deliver interactive and engaging F2F or blended learning programs, including workshops, seminars, inductions, or technology-based programs
- Facilitate virtual classroom programs and assist others in building their knowledge of available technologies such as Zoom/MS Teams.
- Facilitation of High Potential, Team leader level leadership development programs.
- Co-facilitate or support guest trainers in their delivery.
- Regularly evaluate training activities to ensure their validity and effectiveness.
- Evaluation, analysis and interpretation of learning programs (ROI).
- Participate in continuous improvement activities - including feedback and debriefing with the manager, active participation in Communities of practice and working out loud with the L&D team, observations by and for other trainers and other identified training needs.
Skills on Resume:
- Learning Solutions Development (Hard Skills)
- Performance Consulting (Soft Skills)
- Training Resource Design (Hard Skills)
- Instructional Design (Hard Skills)
- Facilitation Skills (Soft Skills)
- Virtual Classroom Management (Hard Skills)
- Program Evaluation (Hard Skills)
- Continuous Improvement (Soft Skills)
9. Learning and Development Specialist, Synergy Group, Richmond, VA
Job Summary:
- Proactively engage with the People Partners and business stakeholders to understand business capability requirements, learning priorities and challenges and develop appropriate learning solutions
- Provide guidance and support to People Leaders to develop capability and drive best practice development solutions to support a high-performing culture
- Conduct training/learning needs analysis and build learning plans, across all learning needs from highly technical/professional domains to more generalist learning requirements
- Design learning artifacts, capability frameworks, e-learning, virtual classrooms and classroom training for core operational and corporate parts of the organization
- Design, source and/or curate and facilitate appropriate learning programs and interventions (70:20:10) to support the capability priorities of Sydney Water (excluding Leadership development)
- Lead L&D program delivery
- Analyse evaluation data and adjust programs to optimize the impact
- Embed learning innovation and industry good practice into learning and development frameworks
- Administrate all aspects of learning programs - contribute to planning and scheduling of group training sessions.
- Contribute to consistent and up-to-date record keeping of training activities undertaken.
- Contribute to Board reports, People & Culture reports and other reports
- Contribute to the overall smooth delivery of training events, including logistics and catering.
Skills on Resume:
- Stakeholder Engagement (Soft Skills)
- Capability Development (Soft Skills)
- Training Needs Analysis (Hard Skills)
- Learning Design (Hard Skills)
- Program Delivery (Hard Skills)
- Data Analysis (Hard Skills)
- Learning Innovation (Soft Skills)
- Event Administration (Hard Skills)
10. Talent Development Specialist, Empower Growth Inc, Salt Lake City, UT
Job Summary:
- Create, facilitate, and implement training for all things recruitment and sales using expertise in technical recruiting and passion for training and development
- Develop new training materials, and create and update existing content and reference guides
- Use various types of training techniques to conduct training - presentation style, instructor-led training, webinars, video conferences, and one-on-one sessions
- Conduct follow-up of all completed training sessions to evaluate, measure results, and modify programs
- Act as a Recruitment Subject Matter Expert and Mentor, and provide one-on-one support and feedback to all trainees
- Monitor performance daily and weekly and proactively offer solutions to address gaps and provide strategies for success
- Proactively collaborate and build relationships with key stakeholders to understand training and development opportunities, and work to implement those
- Leverage feedback from participants and leaders to align with learning objectives and ensure effective content
- Select appropriate instructional methodologies such as individual coaching, group instruction, self-study, demonstrations, simulation exercises, role play, and computer-based training
- Develop, coordinate, and deliver multiple new hire onboarding courses needed throughout various departments to support ongoing learning necessary for building skills within team members
- Partner with subject matter experts to design and facilitate training for new hires and existing team members in areas
- Work directly with business partners on communicating, prioritizing, and coordinating the design, delivery and follow-through of the operations training needs as it relates to product launches, upcoming initiatives and new hire onboarding
- Maintain all learning material including agendas, course content, facilitator guides, activities, learning outcomes/plans, assessments/and measures of effectiveness of training programs
Skills on Resume:
- Training Development (Hard Skills)
- Training Facilitation (Soft Skills)
- Instructional Design (Hard Skills)
- Performance Evaluation (Hard Skills)
- Subject Matter Expertise (Soft Skills)
- Stakeholder Collaboration (Soft Skills)
- Feedback Integration (Soft Skills)
- Onboarding Coordination (Hard Skills)
11. Product Development Specialist, Proactive Development, Nashville, TN
Job Summary:
- Identify the DfSMA (Design for Safe Manufacturing & Assembly) opportunities and strategies for their development.
- Develop the Products to a high level of LOD (LOD200+) for embedment in the targeted master design and coordinate with build cycles to incorporate the Products.
- Lead builder focus groups/teams (general contractors and strategic trade partners) and industry integrators/suppliers in the development of DfSMA (Design for Safe Manufacturing & Assembly) components.
- Update/manage Innovator-centric goals about the initiative tracker and champion progress/success in this space.
- Request contracts and approve invoices for Innovator support teams/personnel (i.e. GCs, ECs, MCs, Fabrication SMEs, etc. – not inclusive of design consultants).
- Support the scope of work development in partnership with Program Development.
- Optimize and ensure the relevance of the master prefabrication library (global database) and identify opportunities for collaboration, prototypes/mockups, etc. to ensure we invest the innovation time wisely.
- Support assessment of new vendors to qualify, grow, evolve, and measure, for potential use in the program.
- Partner with the Delivery and Program Development teams to establish a feedback loop that better informs the product development.
- Identify lessons learned, possible improvements, possible opportunities, etc. and bring them back to the Innovator team.
Skills on Resume:
- Design for Manufacturing (Hard Skills)
- Product Development (Hard Skills)
- Team Leadership (Soft Skills)
- Initiative Management (Hard Skills)
- Contract Management (Hard Skills)
- Scope Development (Hard Skills)
- Vendor Assessment (Hard Skills)
- Feedback Integration (Soft Skills)
12. Product Development Specialist, Innovative Minds, Des Moines, IA
Job Summary:
- Partner with the Program Development and Pre-construction teams in prefabrication planning with the GC
- Partner with the Data Center Design Accelerator team to support the embedment of innovation.
- Partner with Strategic Business Services (SBS) to leverage, create, and or support data collection and reporting as appropriate including any success metrics and or dashboarding.
- Partner with cross-functional teams on related efforts to ensure alignment and transparency across Design, Engineering, and Construction (DEC).
- Partner with cross-functional teams to assess cost and schedule impacts related to components and keep the team updated as to trends, risks, and other issues identified by this data.
- Manage Task Tracking (Kanban Board) for the Deployment Team and follow up with responsible parties
- Ensure nothing is overlooked that compromises the success of the effort.
- Support team learning by bringing lessons learned, vendors, new technology, and other topics to the group for exploration.
- Champion the removal of waste and unnecessary complexity in Innovator’s processes where/as possible
- Leverage approaches like Agile/Scrum, LEAN, DFMA, Modular, Prefabrication, and design simplification to optimize the construction process in concert with the mission touchstones.
Skills on Resume:
- Prefabrication Planning (Hard Skills)
- Data Collection and Reporting (Hard Skills)
- Cross-Functional Collaboration (Soft Skills)
- Cost and Schedule Assessment (Hard Skills)
- Task Tracking Management (Hard Skills)
- Process Optimization (Soft Skills)
- Continuous Learning (Soft Skills)
- Agile Methodologies (Hard Skills)
13. Development Specialist, Visionary Solutions, Albuquerque, NM
Job Summary:
- Provide BD expertise in positioning, capture planning and proposal preparation for specific opportunities with federal and state government agencies and inter-governmental award-issuing organizations.
- Research and assess new opportunities for PHI to bid on in alignment with PHI’s Business Development Strategy and Strategic Framework.
- Coordinate proposal development processes to ensure timely submission of high-quality proposals that are responsive to donor requirements, applicable regulations, and PHI’s technical and cost standards.
- Lead and support proposal budget processes and propose recommendations to develop a competitive proposal.
- Serve as proposal coordinator/manager or other lead role in proposal team, and participate in bid analysis and proposal review panels.
- Serve as a lead or support writer on proposals, contributing both technical and non-technical content and integrating inputs from staff and partners into a responsive, coherent proposal with a compelling vision and clear win themes.
- Train, mentor, and coach staff and other employees to improve their skills in proposal development, representation to donor and partner organizations, intelligence-gathering, and marketing within their program or portfolio.
- Support and guide identification of partners and negotiation of PHI’s role in proposal consortia, ensuring a competitive position for PHI that adheres to the agency’s partnership principles and strategic directions. Research, track and analyze new opportunities and PHI’s competitive position within the marketplace.
- Support the Development Director and Senior Management Team and PI/PD community to cultivate and strengthen institutional relationships with institutional donors, partner organizations and other stakeholders.
- Work with appropriate staff to maintain data on past performance and corporate capacity, in order to provide timely information for proposal submissions.
- Monitor long-term trends in the public health and global health development space and in PHI’s technical areas of interest.
Skills on Resume:
- Business Development Expertise (Hard Skills)
- Opportunity Assessment (Hard Skills)
- Proposal Development Coordination (Hard Skills)
- Budget Management (Hard Skills)
- Proposal Writing (Hard Skills)
- Training and Mentoring (Soft Skills)
- Partnership Negotiation (Soft Skills)
- Market Analysis (Hard Skills)