Fundraising and Donor Engagement Manager

MANAGER TEAM JOB SUMMARY

Managers at THC report directly to the Director Team. Although Managers bring a highly focused set of skill, expertise, knowledge, and experience, they also work as a team to support a coaching and goal-setting culture that focuses on growth in each direct report. 

Managers work closely with the Directors to uphold a culture of Distributed Leadership by cultivating a team that emphasizes autonomy, growth, and efficiency. They recognize the value of a culture where people can contribute their experience, expertise, and ideas. Managers maintain an agile workforce where people across the organization embrace work in flexible teams that encourage creativity in community solutions to address the root causes of hunger in a world with ever evolving external risks like geopolitical conflict, pandemics, and climate crisis. 

Job Summary 

The Fundraising and Donor Engagement Manager (FDEM) works in close collaboration with the Director of Philanthropy to support the organization’s fundraising efforts that lead to $3.5 million annually. The FDEM will manage a small team of staff and volunteers, execute donor stewardship activities, manage fundraising operations, develop engaging and impactful events, and conduct philanthropic landscape analysis in support of cultivating relationships with funders. In addition, this position will engage in program activities as needed to both support operations and help with effective storytelling. 

Duties and Responsibilities

Operational Fundraising Support (40%)

• Assist the Director of Philanthropy in implementing strategic fundraising plans.
• Conduct detailed research to identify potential donors, foundations, and corporate sponsors.
• Track progress towards fundraising benchmarks, providing data-driven updates with support from Director of Philanthropy and fundraising team.
• Serve as the primary administrator for our donor CRM (Bloomerang), maintaining accurate and up-to-date records for donor interactions.

Donor Stewardship & Engagement (40%)

• Coordinate all donor stewardship activities, including thank-you’s, grant reporting, and personalized outreach.
• Prepare materials, presentations, and reports for donor meetings and events.
• Research potential funding opportunities, tailoring messaging as needed.

Storytelling & Communications (20%)

• Develop compelling donor-facing materials, including impact reports and event collateral, with support from Communications Manager and Director of Philanthropy.

THE IDEAL CANDIDATE:

• Must have 3 years direct fundraising experience. Preference for those with at least 1 year in Major Gifts. Other applicable experience in marketing, sales, and communications will be considered, but fundraising specific experience is a must.
• Has Bloomerang or other donor database (CRM) experience including the construction and production of reports, tracking of major gifts and prospects, and embraces technology.
• Is comfortable with a wide range of philanthropic work, including: solicitation and stewardship of individual, foundation, and corporate gifts; grant writing and research, and special events.
• Is a strategic thinker with strong foresight, generating new ideas to improve practices and optimize systems, anticipating problems before they arise, and offering solutions.
• Portrays effective, diplomatic, and clear communication style and use of dignified storytelling to convey the impact of THC and inspire others to engage in our work. Isn’t afraid of public speaking.
• Has exceptional project management and people management skills.
• Is able to remain motivated under pressure, with strong independent problem solving skills.
• Works well with persons of varied sexual preference, racial, ethnic, gender identity, cultural, socioeconomic backgrounds, and with individuals who are differently-abled.
• Is willing to embrace, work to improve a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion, which is central to the work we do.
• Has bilingual (Spanish/English) communication skills, but is not required.
• Has personal experience with food insecurity or a commitment to social justice and/or community service through previous employment and/or volunteer experience.

Benefits: 

The Hunger Coalition offers an attractive compensation and benefits package including competitive wages, a higher than average matched retirement savings, and abundant time off. We uphold a flexible, balanced culture of wellness so you can live your best life and also bring your A-game to work. 

Full-Time Employee Benefits include 

• Flexible, fun working environment
• Group health, vision, and dental insurance. We currently (and have for several years) pay 100% of vision and health insurance premiums for staff. Staff pay the affordable dental insurance premiums. Subject to change given prices, but we will strive to remain competitive w/ coverage/costs
• 6% matched retirement savings 
• Generous paid time off which accrues to nearly 6 weeks off in the first year 
• Employee Assistance Program
• Paid time to represent leadership positions in the community
• Access to case management and grocery services
• Paid staff lunches seasonally
• Occasional access to fresh produce from our growing spaces and hot meals from our Community Kitchen

Training & Development: The Hunger Coalition has an internal leadership development program. We uphold a coaching culture centered on goal-setting and growing your unique leadership skills in-line with our mission. To support our goals, all staff have access to a $250-$500 annual professional development stipend to support development. 

Apply for this Role

We celebrate our inclusive work environment and welcome members of all backgrounds and perspectives to apply. If you are doubting that you have all of the skills and qualifications outlined within this posting, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may have skills or experience that are relevant that we didn’t previously consider.

Interested candidates should submit a cover letter and résumé using the Bamboo submission tab.  In our commitment to being an equal opportunity employer, we are happy to provide reasonable accommodations for the role and within the interview process. If you require any accommodations during this process, please don’t hesitate to reach out to ssankarandeal@thehungercoalition.org or call 208-788-0121. The Hunger Coalition is an equal opportunity employer and service provider.

Salary : $250 - $500