Development Manager (Temporary)

About the role

This position serves as a front-line fundraiser, relationship manager, and ambassador for NKF, working closely with volunteer leaders, corporate partners, donors, team captains, golfers, sponsors, and community stakeholders to achieve revenue goals and deliver high quality mission-centered events.

Responsibilities

• Peer-to-Peer Kidney Walk: Implement peer-to-peer fundraising strategies to achieve assigned Kidney Walk revenue goals
• Recruit, retain, and support corporate teams, family teams, community teams, individual participants, and team captains
• Coach participants and team captains on fundraising goals, online fundraising tools, donor outreach, and engagement strategies
• Recruit and support Walk committee members, corporate champions, volunteers, and mission ambassadors
• Track registration, fundraising activity, team recruitment, sponsorships, and revenue pacing
• Support Walk event planning and execution, including volunteers, signage, registration, route needs, mission moments, and participant experience
• Ensure timely stewardship and recognition for sponsors, donors, participants, volunteers, and team captains
• Fall Golf Classic: Manage planning, logistics, budgeting, execution, and post-event follow-up for assigned fall Golf Classic tournament
• Secure and steward sponsorships and tournament partnerships
• Coordinate golfer communications, sponsorship deliverables, vendor needs, signage, registration, auction/raffle support, and day-of-event logistics
• Maintain revenue, expenses, golfer participation, sponsorship commitments, and net revenue performance
• Deliver a high-quality, mission-centered experience for sponsors, golfers, volunteers, and donors
• Relationship Management, and Operations: Serve as a member of the development team influencing and driving relationships and best practices to accomplish market and region financial goals
• Oversee stewardship activities; ensure a high-touch response to partners and donors
• Work with high level volunteers to provide local leadership, resources, and partnerships
• Drive donor centric partnerships to support financial goals of market events, programs and prioritized initiatives
• Make presentations to businesses, organizations and community groups to secure sponsorship, recruit teams and committee volunteers and manage accounts on a year-round basis
• Deliver high customer service to all constituents
• Ensure compliance with NKF policies, including employment, risk management, event and cash handling, and financial controls
• Demonstrate integrity, collaboration and stewardship
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years demonstrated leadership with focus on peer-to-peer fundraising, recruitment and management of volunteers, relationship-building, networking, budget management, and volunteer mobilization
• Proven track record of multi-functional fundraising experience: special events, multiple walk events, corporate engagement and campaigns
• Ability to work independently to implement fundraising and volunteer development plans
• Outcome driven with ability to respond to changing circumstances and priorities
• Ability to prospect, recruit, manage and develop volunteers
• Database knowledge (Salesforce)

Skills/Experience

• Competencies: Accountability, Collaboration, Cultural Humility, Data-Driven Decision Making & Results Orientation, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion For All (DEI 4A), Financial Acumen, Operational Excellence, Patient and Community-Centered Focus, Resource Stewardship, Stakeholder Engagement
• Skills: Leadership, Fundraising, Volunteer Management, Event Planning, Budget Management, Communication, Multitasking, Project Management, Customer Service, Compliance, Integrity, Collaboration, Stewardship, Stakeholder Engagement