Individual Donation + Major Gifts Manager

Location:  Portland, Oregon

Reports to: Director of Development

Salary: $63,869 - $83,030

*IMPORTANT: To be considered for this position, please follow the Application Instructions at the end of this job posting*

Job Summary: 

This position is responsible for managing individual donations and major gifts including stewarding donations, meeting with and maintaining relationships with donors, working with executive leadership to track and support individual and major gifts, supporting donor events, as well as performing the following duties:

Job Duties

• Manages and grows a portfolio of major donors and funders utilizing effective moves management practices for cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship.

• Increases donor engagement and commitment to the organization through an active calendar of moves management including phone calls, personalized email communications, ongoing written contact, face-to-face visits and more.

• Acknowledges and tracks gifts from donors and coordinates additional donor recognition from the leadership when warranted.

• Collaborates with other development team members to develop and implement long-term fundraising strategies to increase and grow revenue streams.

• Works in partnership with members of the fiscal team to complete monthly reconciliations of all gifts entered into the donor and accounting database.

• Assists with logistics for fundraising and donor events including but not limited to the annual gala, 4K4Charity Run, and Work Connections event.

• Supports the Board of Directors in fundraising efforts and leads board development related to individual donor fundraising.

• Maintains the donor database so it is up to date at all times.

• Maintains punctual, regular, and predictable attendance.

• Respectfully takes direction from supervisor(s).

• A variety of other development- and fundraising-related tasks as needed.

• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Ability to perform essential job duties with or without reasonable accommodation and without posing a direct threat to the safety or health of employees or others. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential duties.

Experience/Education:

• Bachelor's degree from a four-year college or university or 2-4 years related experience and/or training, or equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Knowledge of moves management strategy, major gifts, corporate and foundation giving, events, individual donor stewardship, and in-kind giving.

• Experience utilizing Give Lively, Auctria Little Green Light, or other similar CRM programs
  

Application Instructions:

To be considered for this opportunity, please submit:

1. Personal Statement that includes:

   1. Why you are interested in working for POIC + RAHS

   2. How your skills and experience relate to this position

   3. What you can contribute to our organization and the youth we serve

2. Resume

Please send your Personal Statement and Resume to jobs@portlandoic.org with the job title in the subject line. 

Applicants who do not submit a Personal Statement that includes the requested information may be disqualified from consideration for the position.