Development Manager - The Opportunity
Reporting to the Chief Advancement Officer, the Development Manager will join a team of five advancement professionals who are part of the intentional and important effort to invigorate and elevate philanthropy for the Center for Jewish History.
The Development Manager will play a key role in expanding the Center’s overall fundraising program through various philanthropic avenues including, donor identification, engagement, and solicitation; digital fundraising; social media; events; leadership giving; and stewardship. Equal parts research, coordination, and strategy, this role is ideal for an innovator seeking a place to grow and build their own profile as an outstanding fundraiser in the nonprofit arena while making a tremendous impact for an organization with a high-stakes mission and ambitious plans for the future.
In its 23-year history, the Center for Jewish History has raised $250M and is debt free and mortgage free. The Center has a $13M endowment. Last year, advancement raised approximately $5M. The overall philanthropic goal for 2023 is to raise $8.3M.
This position is based at the Center for Jewish History on 16th Street in New York City. The work can be partially hybrid, but regular onsite time is required.
Responsibilities
- Partnering with the Chief Advancement Officer, create a strategy to expand the Center’s giving program.
- Proactively identify, research, solicit and steward leadership giving prospects. (Prospects capable of giving $50k+.)
- Create a strategy for an annual giving program inclusive of direct mail/segmentation/digital/social media/and email campaigns.
- Create a strategy for donor stewardship inclusive of annual, major and corporate donors.
- Manage two staff - the Development Coordinator and a part-time Raiser’s Edge consultant.
- Plan and coordinate special events, including themes, invitations, venues, fundraising/support, donor engagement, media, and all stewardship/follow-up.
- Effectively steward donors through verbal and written consistent communication.
- Maintain relevant donor data in donor management database Raiser’s Edge.
- Contribute to the development team’s overall strategy for fundraising.
- Support the Chief Advancement Officer and Center’s leadership team (Chief Executive Officer, President, and Vice President) with other special fundraising projects as needed.
- Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications and Skills
- Excellent communicator, both orally and written.
- Bachelor’s degree required, advanced degree welcome.
- 5 years of proven experience in securing funding in the non-profit, higher education, cultural heritage, library, museum, or related sectors.
- Exceptional interpersonal skills, with the ability to connect easily and professionally with other people and remember details.
- Strong collaboration skills.
- Close attention to detail.
- Ability to collect and analyze information about a donors and ability to match donor interests to fundraising opportunities at the Center.
- Must be able to manage and deliver multiple (and often concurrent) internal and external deadlines.
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and web search tools.
- Ability to search and update data in a donor management database (Raiser’s Edge).
- Comfort with electronic systems, portals, and databases.
- Comfort with in-person and virtual meetings.
- Interest in Jewish history, archives, libraries, and/or the humanities required.
Please contact Wendy Wilsker for further information at [email protected].