Development Manager --MidSouth Territory

Key Responsibilities

• Plan and carry out fundraising strategies that grow revenue year over year across assigned communities.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with volunteers, donors, local businesses, sponsors, and community partners.
• Work closely with volunteer committees to plan and execute successful fundraising events and activities.
• Partner with the Regional Director and internal teams to set priorities, milestones, and measures of success for the territory.
• Recruit, support, and motivate volunteer leaders, helping them feel connected, effective, and appreciated over time.
• Serve as the Foundation’s primary representative in the community—sharing resources, building awareness, and communicating scientific progress in accessible, meaningful ways.
• Use the donor database to track engagement, understand giving potential, support outreach, and inform fundraising decisions.
• Tailor approaches to the unique strengths and needs of each community, offering guidance that helps chapters grow and succeed.
• Manage community materials and resources needed to support events and local engagement.
• Build enough scientific understanding to confidently explain the Foundation’s work and describe the impact it has on individuals and families.

Essential Qualifications Include:

• Must have 3-5+ years of experience in fundraising, community engagement, development, volunteer management or a related non-profit role.
• Demonstrated success meeting or growing revenue goals, including individual giving, corporate sponsorships, peer-to-peer fundraising, or event-based fundraising.
• Strong relationship-builder with the ability to engage and sustain authentic connections with volunteers, donors, community partners, and local businesses.
• Experience recruiting, supporting, and working effectively with volunteer leaders, including committees or chapter-based volunteers.
• Comfortable serving as a visible, public-facing representative within local communities.
• Well organized, with the ability to manage multiple priorities, stakeholders, and events across a defined territory.
• Experience using a donor database or CRM (such as Salesforce, Raiser’s Edge, or similar) to track engagement, run reports, and support fundraising efforts.
• Clear and compassionate communicator, able to explain complex information in ways that are accessible and meaningful.
• Able to work independently while collaborating closely with internal teams in a remote environment.
• Able to work with scientific or technical information at a high level to support education and engagement.
• Comfortable with regular regional travel and occasional evening or weekend work for events.
• Proficient with everyday technology tools, including Microsoft 365, Zoom, databases, and calendars.
• Experience working with chapter-based or volunteer-led networks is preferred.