Development Manager
Autism New Jersey · Robbinsville, NJ · 3 wk ago
HybridFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role? The posting starts with "Position Development Manager Summary Reporting to the Development Director..." That's a summary. Use for section headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We need to include sections only when posting has real specific content. We have content for summary (maybe About the role). We have Required Qualifications and Desired Qualifications (these could be under Requirements or Qualifications). We have Responsibilities (multiple bullet points). We have Benefits listed. We have Schedule (notes about 40-hour per week, typical Monday-Friday 8am-5pm, may include weekends). No explicit Pay. So we should not include Pay section. Also maybe Skills? Could embed within qualifications. But we can have a Skills section if there is explicit skill list: proficiency with CRM systems etc. That's in Required Qualifications. Could put under Skills. But we need to avoid thin sections. Let's decide: Use sections: About the role (summary), Responsibilities, Requirements (combining required and desired qualifications), Benefits, Schedule. That seems sufficient.
We must not repeat job title as heading. Use
for section headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We need to include sections only when posting has real specific content. We have content for summary (maybe About the role). We have Required Qualifications and Desired Qualifications (these could be under Requirements or Qualifications). We have Responsibilities (multiple bullet points). We have Benefits listed. We have Schedule (notes about 40-hour per week, typical Monday-Friday 8am-5pm, may include weekends). No explicit Pay. So we should not include Pay section. Also maybe Skills? Could embed within qualifications. But we can have a Skills section if there is explicit skill list: proficiency with CRM systems etc. That's in Required Qualifications. Could put under Skills. But we need to avoid thin sections. Let's decide: Use sections: About the role (summary), Responsibilities, Requirements (combining required and desired qualifications), Benefits, Schedule. That seems sufficient.
We must not repeat job title as heading. Use for each section heading.
We need to use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Use
for prose.
We must preserve all substantive information, not invent or summarize away detail. Remove boilerplate: cookie/navigation/legal/EEO etc. There's none.
We need to include the summary prose: "Position Development Manager Summary Reporting to the Development Director, the Development Manager oversees fundraising operations to ensure strong stewardship, effective execution, and data-informed decision-making to achieve the team’s fundraising and stewardship goals." That's the About the role.
Responsibilities: multiple paragraphs with bullet points. We'll extract each bullet as
- . The responsibilities are grouped under headings: Fundraising & Revenue Generation, Digital Fundraising Strategy & Campaigns, Department Management, Other Development Activities, Universal Responsibilities. We'll treat each bullet as list item.
We need to preserve all details. Let's list them:
Fundraising & Revenue Generation:
- Lead the execution of an annual giving program to engage donors, increasing philanthropic participation, and strengthening the annual giving pipeline (with focus on donors of $1-999).
- Manage community fundraising event program including supporting community fundraisers, attending events, and developing volunteer resources.
- Manage all fundraising aspects of the golf event including committee meetings and communications, sponsorship fundraising, benefits fulfillment, and other fundraising activities
- In collaboration with the Development Director, support grant development, applications, and deliverables.
- In collaboration with the Communications team, develop strategic fundraising communications including impact stories.
Digital Fundraising Strategy & Campaigns:
- Design and execute multi-channel fundraising campaigns across email, web, social, and print.
- Develop digital fundraising assets including emails, landing pages, donation forms, and campaign materials.
- Plan and implement giving day campaigns and other small-dollar fundraising initiatives.
- Monitor and analyze campaign performance to optimize donor acquisition, retention, and renewal.
- Test and implement new approaches to digital fundraising and audience engagement.
- Maintain a coordinated digital fundraising calendar aligned with organizational priorities.
Department Management:
- Serve as a strategic thought partner to executive leadership, translating organizational priorities into clear, achievable fundraising goals and plans
- In collaboration with the Development Director, design, implement, and continuously refine a comprehensive development strategy encompassing individual giving, grants, corporate partnerships, events, and campaigns
- In collaboration with the Development Director, manage operations infrastructure, including CRM/database management, gift processing, acknowledgements, reporting, and compliance
- Analyze fundraising performance and donor data to inform decision-making, forecast revenue, and identify growth opportunities
- Support the Development Director’s interdepartmental collaboration to align fundraising initiatives with programmatic impact, communications, and organizational capacity
- Develop and manage project budgets, timelines, and workflows, ensuring accuracy, accountability, and efficiency
- Ensure all development activities meet ethical standards, funder requirements, and organizational policies
- Proactively identify risks, capacity gaps, and process inefficiencies and recommend practical solutions
Other Development Activities:
- Consult with communications team on the marketing campaign and social media fundraising elements as needed
Universal Responsibilities:
- Maintain all relevant professional standards, including ethics, confidentiality, and applicable certifications and licenses.
- Represent Autism New Jersey in the community where appropriate.
- Participate in agency events and any other activities as directed by your supervisor.
- Collaborate with other departments on various projects to support the mission and vision of Autism New Jersey.
- Provide superior customer service by phone, email, and in person.
- Additional duties as assigned by the Development Director, Operations Director, or Executive Director
Now Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience
- Minimum of 3 years of experience in nonprofit development, fundraising operations, or project management
- Demonstrated experience managing donor databases, prospect pipelines, and fundraising systems
- Strong organizational and project management skills with attention to detail
- Ability to analyze data, track KPIs, and manage multiple priorities simultaneously
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Proficiency with CRM systems (e.g., Bloomerang), donation platforms, financial tracking, and standard office software
Desired Qualifications:
- Experience managing mid-level donor programs and prospect strategy
- Familiarity with nonprofit financial processes, acknowledgements, and reconciliation
- Experience leading peer-to-peer or ambassador-style fundraising programs
- Experience coordinating fundraising events and committees
- Background working collaboratively across development, finance, communications, and program teams
We could combine Required and Desired under Requirements section, maybe separate subheadings? But we only allowed headings from list; we could still have subheadings inside? Probably not needed; we can just list all qualifications as list items, maybe differentiate with text? But we must preserve all info; we can include both required and desired as list items, maybe preceded by a short paragraph indicating which are required vs desired. That's okay.
Benefits:
- Hybrid work opportunity
- Medical/dental insurance
- Generous paid time off and holidays
- SIMPLE IRA with up to a 3% match
- An inspiring and passionate team that values compassion, collaboration, and impact
Schedule:
- This is a 40-hour per week position that is exempt from overtime rules.
- The work week is typically Monday – Friday 8am-5pm and subject to approval by the Executive Director.
- The schedule may occasionally include weekends and evenings and vary depending on the needs of the agency.
We need to output only HTML fragment, no /. Use
for each section heading.
Let's craft:
About the role
Position Development Manager Summary Reporting to the Development Director, the Development Manager oversees fundraising operations to ensure strong stewardship, effective execution, and data-informed decision-making to achieve the team’s fundraising and stewardship goals.
Responsibilities
... list items ...
Requirements
Required Qualifications:
...
Desired Qualifications:
...
Alternatively we could just have one list with all qualifications and note required/desired in text. But we need to preserve info; we can include headings inside maybe. But we must not create extra headings not allowed? The instruction says use
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). It doesn't forbid other headings inside? It says use for section headings (list). Likely they expect only those headings. So we should not add other headings like "Required Qualifications". Instead we can embed that info in a
preceding the list. That's fine.
Thus:
Requirements
Required Qualifications:
...
Desired Qualifications:
...
That's okay.
Benefits:
Benefits
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Schedule:
Schedule
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Make sure to preserve all details exactly.
Let's draft the HTML.
Check for any stray lines.
We'll output:
About the role
Position Development Manager Summary Reporting to the Development Director, the Development Manager oversees fundraising operations to ensure strong stewardship, effective execution, and data-informed decision-making to achieve the team’s fundraising and stewardship goals.
Responsibilities
- Lead the execution of an annual giving program to engage donors, increasing philanthropic participation, and strengthening the annual giving pipeline (with focus on donors of $1-999).
- Manage community fundraising event program including supporting community fundraisers, attending events, and developing volunteer resources.
- Manage all fundraising aspects of the golf event including committee meetings and communications, sponsorship fundraising, benefits fulfillment, and other fundraising activities
- In collaboration with the Development Director, support grant development, applications, and deliverables.
- In collaboration with the Communications team, develop strategic fundraising communications including impact stories.
- Design and execute multi-channel fundraising campaigns across email, web, social, and print.
- Develop digital fundraising assets including emails, landing pages, donation forms, and campaign materials.
- Plan and implement giving day campaigns and other small-dollar fundraising initiatives.
- Monitor and analyze campaign performance to optimize donor acquisition, retention, and renewal.
- Test and implement new approaches to digital fundraising and audience engagement.
- Maintain a coordinated digital fundraising calendar aligned with organizational priorities.
- Serve as a strategic thought partner to executive leadership, translating organizational priorities into clear, achievable fundraising goals and plans
- In collaboration with the Development Director, design, implement, and continuously refine a comprehensive development strategy encompassing individual giving, grants, corporate partnerships, events, and campaigns
- In collaboration with the Development Director, manage operations infrastructure, including CRM/database management, gift processing, acknowledgements, reporting, and compliance
- Analyze fundraising performance and donor data to inform decision-making, forecast revenue, and identify growth opportunities
- Support the Development Director’s interdepartmental collaboration to align fundraising initiatives with programmatic impact, communications, and organizational capacity
- Develop and manage project budgets, timelines, and workflows, ensuring accuracy, accountability, and efficiency
- Ensure all development activities meet ethical standards, funder requirements, and organizational policies
- Proactively identify risks, capacity gaps, and process inefficiencies and recommend practical solutions
- Consult with communications team on the marketing campaign and social media fundraising elements as needed
- Maintain all relevant professional standards, including ethics, confidentiality, and applicable certifications and licenses.
- Represent Autism New Jersey in the community where appropriate.
- Participate in agency events and any other activities as directed by your supervisor.
- Collaborate with other departments on various projects to support the mission and vision of Autism New Jersey.
- Provide superior customer service by phone, email, and in person.
- Additional duties as assigned by the Development Director, Operations Director, or Executive Director
Requirements
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience
- Minimum of 3 years of experience in nonprofit development, fundraising operations, or project management
- Demonstrated experience managing donor databases, prospect pipelines, and fundraising systems
- Strong organizational and project management skills with attention to detail
- Ability to analyze data, track KPIs, and manage multiple priorities simultaneously
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Use
for prose. We must preserve all substantive information, not invent or summarize away detail. Remove boilerplate: cookie/navigation/legal/EEO etc. There's none. We need to include the summary prose: "Position Development Manager Summary Reporting to the Development Director, the Development Manager oversees fundraising operations to ensure strong stewardship, effective execution, and data-informed decision-making to achieve the team’s fundraising and stewardship goals." That's the About the role. Responsibilities: multiple paragraphs with bullet points. We'll extract each bullet as
- . The responsibilities are grouped under headings: Fundraising & Revenue Generation, Digital Fundraising Strategy & Campaigns, Department Management, Other Development Activities, Universal Responsibilities. We'll treat each bullet as list item.
We need to preserve all details. Let's list them:
Fundraising & Revenue Generation:
- Lead the execution of an annual giving program to engage donors, increasing philanthropic participation, and strengthening the annual giving pipeline (with focus on donors of $1-999).
- Manage community fundraising event program including supporting community fundraisers, attending events, and developing volunteer resources.
- Manage all fundraising aspects of the golf event including committee meetings and communications, sponsorship fundraising, benefits fulfillment, and other fundraising activities
- In collaboration with the Development Director, support grant development, applications, and deliverables.
- In collaboration with the Communications team, develop strategic fundraising communications including impact stories.
Digital Fundraising Strategy & Campaigns:
- Design and execute multi-channel fundraising campaigns across email, web, social, and print.
- Develop digital fundraising assets including emails, landing pages, donation forms, and campaign materials.
- Plan and implement giving day campaigns and other small-dollar fundraising initiatives.
- Monitor and analyze campaign performance to optimize donor acquisition, retention, and renewal.
- Test and implement new approaches to digital fundraising and audience engagement.
- Maintain a coordinated digital fundraising calendar aligned with organizational priorities.
Department Management:
- Serve as a strategic thought partner to executive leadership, translating organizational priorities into clear, achievable fundraising goals and plans
- In collaboration with the Development Director, design, implement, and continuously refine a comprehensive development strategy encompassing individual giving, grants, corporate partnerships, events, and campaigns
- In collaboration with the Development Director, manage operations infrastructure, including CRM/database management, gift processing, acknowledgements, reporting, and compliance
- Analyze fundraising performance and donor data to inform decision-making, forecast revenue, and identify growth opportunities
- Support the Development Director’s interdepartmental collaboration to align fundraising initiatives with programmatic impact, communications, and organizational capacity
- Develop and manage project budgets, timelines, and workflows, ensuring accuracy, accountability, and efficiency
- Ensure all development activities meet ethical standards, funder requirements, and organizational policies
- Proactively identify risks, capacity gaps, and process inefficiencies and recommend practical solutions
Other Development Activities:
- Consult with communications team on the marketing campaign and social media fundraising elements as needed
Universal Responsibilities:
- Maintain all relevant professional standards, including ethics, confidentiality, and applicable certifications and licenses.
- Represent Autism New Jersey in the community where appropriate.
- Participate in agency events and any other activities as directed by your supervisor.
- Collaborate with other departments on various projects to support the mission and vision of Autism New Jersey.
- Provide superior customer service by phone, email, and in person.
- Additional duties as assigned by the Development Director, Operations Director, or Executive Director
Now Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience
- Minimum of 3 years of experience in nonprofit development, fundraising operations, or project management
- Demonstrated experience managing donor databases, prospect pipelines, and fundraising systems
- Strong organizational and project management skills with attention to detail
- Ability to analyze data, track KPIs, and manage multiple priorities simultaneously
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Proficiency with CRM systems (e.g., Bloomerang), donation platforms, financial tracking, and standard office software
Desired Qualifications:
- Experience managing mid-level donor programs and prospect strategy
- Familiarity with nonprofit financial processes, acknowledgements, and reconciliation
- Experience leading peer-to-peer or ambassador-style fundraising programs
- Experience coordinating fundraising events and committees
- Background working collaboratively across development, finance, communications, and program teams
We could combine Required and Desired under Requirements section, maybe separate subheadings? But we only allowed headings from list; we could still have subheadings inside? Probably not needed; we can just list all qualifications as list items, maybe differentiate with text? But we must preserve all info; we can include both required and desired as list items, maybe preceded by a short paragraph indicating which are required vs desired. That's okay.
Benefits:
- Hybrid work opportunity
- Medical/dental insurance
- Generous paid time off and holidays
- SIMPLE IRA with up to a 3% match
- An inspiring and passionate team that values compassion, collaboration, and impact
Schedule:
- This is a 40-hour per week position that is exempt from overtime rules.
- The work week is typically Monday – Friday 8am-5pm and subject to approval by the Executive Director.
- The schedule may occasionally include weekends and evenings and vary depending on the needs of the agency.
We need to output only HTML fragment, no /. Use
for each section heading. Let's craft:
About the role
Position Development Manager Summary Reporting to the Development Director, the Development Manager oversees fundraising operations to ensure strong stewardship, effective execution, and data-informed decision-making to achieve the team’s fundraising and stewardship goals.
Responsibilities
-
... list items ...
Requirements
Required Qualifications:
- ...
Desired Qualifications:
- ...
maybe. But we must not create extra headings not allowed? The instruction says use
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). It doesn't forbid other headings inside? It says use
for section headings (list). Likely they expect only those headings. So we should not add other headings like "Required Qualifications". Instead we can embed that info in a
preceding the list. That's fine. Thus:
Requirements
Required Qualifications:
- ...
Desired Qualifications:
- ...
Benefits
- ...
Schedule
- ...
About the role
Position Development Manager Summary Reporting to the Development Director, the Development Manager oversees fundraising operations to ensure strong stewardship, effective execution, and data-informed decision-making to achieve the team’s fundraising and stewardship goals.
Responsibilities
- Lead the execution of an annual giving program to engage donors, increasing philanthropic participation, and strengthening the annual giving pipeline (with focus on donors of $1-999).
- Manage community fundraising event program including supporting community fundraisers, attending events, and developing volunteer resources.
- Manage all fundraising aspects of the golf event including committee meetings and communications, sponsorship fundraising, benefits fulfillment, and other fundraising activities
- In collaboration with the Development Director, support grant development, applications, and deliverables.
- In collaboration with the Communications team, develop strategic fundraising communications including impact stories.
- Design and execute multi-channel fundraising campaigns across email, web, social, and print.
- Develop digital fundraising assets including emails, landing pages, donation forms, and campaign materials.
- Plan and implement giving day campaigns and other small-dollar fundraising initiatives.
- Monitor and analyze campaign performance to optimize donor acquisition, retention, and renewal.
- Test and implement new approaches to digital fundraising and audience engagement.
- Maintain a coordinated digital fundraising calendar aligned with organizational priorities.
- Serve as a strategic thought partner to executive leadership, translating organizational priorities into clear, achievable fundraising goals and plans
- In collaboration with the Development Director, design, implement, and continuously refine a comprehensive development strategy encompassing individual giving, grants, corporate partnerships, events, and campaigns
- In collaboration with the Development Director, manage operations infrastructure, including CRM/database management, gift processing, acknowledgements, reporting, and compliance
- Analyze fundraising performance and donor data to inform decision-making, forecast revenue, and identify growth opportunities
- Support the Development Director’s interdepartmental collaboration to align fundraising initiatives with programmatic impact, communications, and organizational capacity
- Develop and manage project budgets, timelines, and workflows, ensuring accuracy, accountability, and efficiency
- Ensure all development activities meet ethical standards, funder requirements, and organizational policies
- Proactively identify risks, capacity gaps, and process inefficiencies and recommend practical solutions
- Consult with communications team on the marketing campaign and social media fundraising elements as needed
- Maintain all relevant professional standards, including ethics, confidentiality, and applicable certifications and licenses.
- Represent Autism New Jersey in the community where appropriate.
- Participate in agency events and any other activities as directed by your supervisor.
- Collaborate with other departments on various projects to support the mission and vision of Autism New Jersey.
- Provide superior customer service by phone, email, and in person.
- Additional duties as assigned by the Development Director, Operations Director, or Executive Director
Requirements
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience
- Minimum of 3 years of experience in nonprofit development, fundraising operations, or project management
- Demonstrated experience managing donor databases, prospect pipelines, and fundraising systems
- Strong organizational and project management skills with attention to detail
- Ability to analyze data, track KPIs, and manage multiple priorities simultaneously
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills