Development Manager

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Manage a portfolio of gift prospects ($1,000+), and design and implement appropriate cultivation, solicitation and stewardship activities for each with an emphasis on face-to-face visits and tours of VOA programs sites.
• Prepare a comprehensive annual fundraising plan that includes strategies, goals, and a budget for major gift activities.
• Arrange for gift prospects to meet with the appropriate VOA Colorado leadership, programs and services leaders, and Board members.
• Monitor gift solicitation pipeline activity to achieve annual commitment goals, providing monthly and quarterly reports to Director of Major Gifts.
• Track and report moves-management activity using VOA Colorado’s CRM system (Salesforce).
• Develop and execute strategic cultivation and stewardship events as appropriate.
• Manage all giving stewardship related initiatives, including donor recognition/naming opportunities, and annual fundraising impact reports for donors.
• Develop giving materials, including briefing memos, proposals, and fundraising collateral, often in collaboration with the Marketing team.
• Utilize and leverage VOA Colorado fundraising events for donor cultivation and engagement, including strategic follow-up efforts and outreach with event attendees and sponsors.
• Solicit corporate sponsorships and underwriting as needed in support of VOA Colorado fundraising events.

Stewardship and Donor Relations

• Develop and execute strategic cultivation and stewardship events as appropriate.
• Manage all giving stewardship related initiatives, including donor recognition/naming opportunities, and annual fundraising impact reports for donors.
• Develop giving materials, including briefing memos, proposals, and fundraising collateral, often in collaboration with the Marketing team.

Events

• Utilize and leverage VOA Colorado fundraising events for donor cultivation and engagement, including strategic follow-up efforts and outreach with event attendees and sponsors.
• Solicit corporate sponsorships and underwriting as needed in support of VOA Colorado fundraising events.

Working Conditions And Physical Requirements

• Bending, Climbing, Stooping, Kneeling, Reaching, Crouching, Squatting, Lifting (30 to 50 pounds), Balancing, Standing, Sitting, Hand/Foot motions, Walking, Seeing (Close and distant vision, Detect, Determine, Perceive, Identify, Recognize, Judge, Observe, Inspect, Assess, Estimate), Depth Perception, Hearing/Listening, Speaking/Shouting (Communicate, Discern, Convey, Express, Exchange), Use of Hands/Fingers (Grasping, Holding, Touching), Thinking, Calculating, Memory/Recall, Exposure to Indoor and Outdoor environments

Position Type And Expected Hours Of Work

• Full time, 40 hours a week plus occasional evenings and weekends.

Location

Grand Junction, CO

Salary

$63,000-$68,000 annual exempt

Benefits

• Vacation Time
• Separate Sick Time
• Paid Holidays
• Floating Holidays
• Personal Days
• Volunteer/Wellness Day
• Tuition Assistance
• Pension Plan 403b Retirement Plan with Agency Match
• Health, Dental, Vision, Pet Insurances
• Life Insurance
• Accident Insurance
• Employee Assistance/Work Life Balance Program
• Employee Discount Program
• LifeLock with Norton Public Service Loan Forgiveness

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or relevant experience
• 3+ years of experience in a fundraising position.
• Strong writing, editing, verbal communication and interpersonal skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Ability to respond with urgency to the needs and requests of others (both internal and external), ensuring a high degree of responsiveness to all donors without regard to their giving level.
• Willingness and ability to adjust to changing conditions or priorities.
• Demonstrated ability to: manage numerous complex tasks simultaneously; anticipate and meet deadlines; use time effectively; problem-solve independently in a small staff atmosphere; and function in an often stressful and quick turn-around environment.
• Goal-oriented, self-motivated, reliable, detail-oriented, articulate and poised.
• Personal integrity, sound judgment and a sense of humor.
• Willingness to work nights and weekends as situations warrant, including donor meetings, events, etc.
• Deep and abiding commitment to a high level of donor constituent satisfaction.
• Ability to maintain a high level of confidentiality.
• Ability to work individually and as part of a team.
• Must possess a Colorado’s driver’s license and state-mandated automobile insurance.
• Demonstrated proficiency with widely used business management software programs (e.g. Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint) as well as donor database programs); Salesforce experience preferred.
• Knowledge And Skills
• Demonstrates compassion for helping those that are the most vulnerable in our community.
• Demonstrates knowledge of or a strong willingness to learn about poverty, human service government programs, Volunteers of America Colorado’s solutions and services, homelessness, aging, veterans, at-risk youth, and helping those most vulnerable in our society.
• Models core culture attributes of VOA Colorado that include “AIRS” (Accountability, Integrity, Respect and Service).
• Also, models and pursues with vigor VOA Colorado’s three strategic critical virtues of HHS (Hungry, Humble, People Smart).