Development Manager-Raleigh, NC

Development Manager-Raleigh, NC

Full-time; posted: Tuesday, Oct 10 2017

Easterseals UCP North Carolina & Virginia Send resume to:

Anna Lovell, VP Human Resources
Raleigh, North Carolina

Email: [email protected]

• Compensation: Salaried-Mid $40,000.00

Please include salary requirements when submitting resume.

Basic Responsibilities:

• Develops and implements a strategic plan of action with objectives, timelines and evaluation plans for the Annual Fund program in North Carolina and Virginia that includes identification, cultivation, solicitation and stewardship of individual prospects and donors.  • Creates and administers a program and related activities to solicit gifts from individual donors, donor advised funds, families served, staff, volunteers and friends through personal solicitations, employee giving and mail programs for the Annual Fund. • Provides planning, tracking and other analytics to expand and support growth of nascent mid-level and above annual funding program to become a mature program that continued to fill Major Gifts Pipeline. • Identifies, cultivates and solicits prospects and donors for President’s Council gifts of $1,000 or more. • Works closely with other Development Leadership to ensure coordination with their respective fundraising efforts and identifies and cultivates/creates cultivation strategies to support Major Giving.  • Works with Development and Marketing staff to ensure consistent branding and messaging in annual fund appeals and stewardship pieces. • Grows, manages, organizes and executes the market’s signature events including, but not limited to the Champions Gala to ensure that their budgetary goals are exceeded while creating memorable experiences for all attendees. • Stewards third-party events as needed. • Uses Development database to retrieve and evaluate donor data.  • Thinks out of the box and makes quick recommendations in a very fluid environment.  • Coordinates and works effectively with the CEO, VP of Development, Development Committee of the Board of Directors, and staff on individual and foundation cultivation and solicitation. • Creates and effectively manages budgets for annual fund marketing materials and email campaigns. • Ensures that volunteers receive excellent training and organizational knowledge to be passionate and well prepared as Easterseals UCP ambassadors. • Leads consistent donor stewardship efforts which include timely follow-up calls, personal visits, mailings, preparation of special stewardship items and more. • Attends appropriate departmental and interdepartmental meetings to maintain rapport with programmatic staff. • Works closely with assigned Easterseals UCP leadership, and helps promote and market events internally as well as externally. • Other events and duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• College degree: B.A. or B.S. in communications or marketing from an USDOE or CHEA accredited institution • Proven track record of developing and implementing an effective and comprehensive annual fund program • Seasoned annual fund management experience (2- 4 years), including creative communications and marketing experience • Successful individual donor identification, cultivation and solicitation • Demonstrated success in working with staff, families served, Board members, key donors, community leaders and service organizations to promote our mission, vision and funding needs to prospective donors • Demonstrated success in developing and maintaining regular and consistent contact with donor prospects, corporations and foundations • Experience and success with keeping multi-level projects on track including telemarketing, mail programs and personal solicitations and renewals • Ability to quickly assimilate the broad duties and unique perspectives of various functional groups and understand how each contributes to the success of a project • Ability to manage multiple tasks in large, complex projects with a corresponding capability to assess the broader picture • Knowledge of and connection with business and social communities • Ability to work with varied personalities and styles • A high degree of responsibility, initiative, professionalism, and follow-up • Positive, outgoing personality and supportive management style • Excellent oral, written and presentation skills • Ability to offer executive management honest and direct feedback • Self-starter able to work independently with little or no supervision • Current, unrestricted, state-appropriate driver’s license and current, personal vehicle insurance.