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About Advance NYC
Advance NYC is a leading consulting firm dedicated to meeting the flexible, on-demand needs of non-profit organizations. From transformative campaigns to strategic plans and annual fundraising activities, our team collaborates with clients to create and execute customized strategies that increase organizational stability and capacity. Advance NYC has had the privilege of working with a wide range of leading arts and cultural, education, economic development, public green space, and social service organizations (for a full list of clients, visit advancenyc.com / clients).
Advance NYC continuously works to incorporate and foster a diversity of perspectives and experiences on our team. We are deeply committed both to creating a welcoming and inclusive work environment for employees of all races, ethnicities, ages, gender identities, sexual orientations, socioeconomic backgrounds, and abilities; and to ensuring that our team reflects the landscape of our clients and communities we serve.
Advance NYC is committed to supporting the well-being of our employees : we endeavor to pay them fairly, provide professional development opportunities that directly align with their goals, promote from within, and foster a supportive workplace that allows everyone to place our full trust in each other and do our best work. The employee workload is structured to be accomplished within a 40-hour work week, and while the occasional long day or week happens, we strive for it to be an exception and not the norm. We respect each team member’s life outside of the office and set expectations both internally and with our clients to ensure that established working hours are observed. We encourage our employees to take vacation, and we build our teams so that everyone has the necessary backup to take time off.
About this Role
Advance NYC is currently seeking a full-time Manager to join a team that primarily provides grantwriting and institutional fundraising support (foundation, government, corporate), and occasionally works on strategic planning scopes . This is an exciting opportunity for a passionate, motivated professional interested in advancing their career in nonprofit organizational growth.
This role will report to a Director and supervise one Associate. Together, this pod will manage a portfolio of approximately 4-6 client organizations at a time. For institutional giving scopes (currently the majority of this team’s portfolio), this role will develop, manage, and implement institutional fundraising strategy for each client, including advising on funding opportunities and prospects, writing and submitting grants and reports, drafting outreach to current and prospective funders, and ensuring proactive planning to meet all grant deadlines. For strategic planning scopes, this role will collaborate on various phases of the process including landscape and stakeholder insight and analysis, strategy design and presentation, and creation of implementation tools.
This is a primarily virtual position. While Advance NYC operates in a virtual office, this position requires some in-person attendance as needed for select client meetings, internal meetings, and other related tasks in the NYC metro area. Advance NYC’s office hours are generally 10AM - 6PM EST Monday-Friday with the very occasional evening obligation. Team members may exercise a more flexible schedule within the 40-hour work week as client commitments and team needs allow.
Qualifications & Experience
We appreciate the value of myriad life and work experiences; we recognize that many paths might adequately prepare someone for this role, and we encourage anyone who believes they would be a good fit to apply. A successful candidate will have some combination of the below experience and skills :
- 5 years of non-profit experience in a role / roles involving administrative and fundraising responsibilities, including 2 years of direct grantwriting experience
- Basic understanding of overall nonprofit growth strategy, revenue projection, and finances
- Experience composing compelling formal fundraising communications (funder correspondence, narrative drafts, acknowledgments, etc.), and, more broadly, synthesizing big ideas into clear, concise writing
- Ability to communicate efficiently and effectively—both verbally and in writing
- Strong interpersonal skills, including the ability to manage professional relationships of all kinds; this position will work very collaboratively with an internal team, as well as interact with client staff and Board, foundation and government staff and trustees, and more
- Ability to efficiently manage numerous projects simultaneously while prioritizing and planning activities to meet respective deadlines; strong organizational and time-management skills are key
- Proactive task management and problem-solving. The Manager will take ownership of projects and move them forward, while also exercising the flexibility necessary to collaborate effectively with team members and clients
- Experience using Excel / Google Sheets, PowerPoint / Google Slides, CRM databases such as Raiser’s Edge or Salesforce, and project management software such as Asana
- Strong critical thinking skills, a growth mindset, and a habit of curiosity
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