Individual Giving & Events Manager

The Individual Giving & Events Manager of Reach Out and Read of Greater New York plays a critical role in fundraising to support our critical programs. They will ensure the professional functioning of all fundraising events including our annual Benefit, Conference, and Race for Little Readers, as well as manage a growing individual giving donor base. The Individual Giving & Events Manager manages all areas of individual giving and events, is a key member of the team, and reports to the Executive Director.

Specific Responsibilities:

Events:

• Lead planning for all fundraising events and opportunities including annual conference, donor cultivation events, endurance events, and holiday/spring appeals. Meet and exceed fundraising goals and reach strategic plan fundraising benchmarks.
• Represent the organization externally, including finding marketing opportunities to raise organizational profile.

Individual Giving:

• Serve as board liaison on fundraising initiatives and engage the Development and Benefit Committee to reach their give/get goals.
• Conduct individual prospect research, providing tailored analysis to support Executive Director, Board, and IGEM portfolios. Manage an individual pipeline and portfolio and provide support to the Board and Executive Director for their portfolio. Recruit potential prospects for board and committee positions.
• Oversee and create development materials including annual report, annual appeal, emails, newsletters, website, toolkits, and more.
• Support the advancement and growth of individual giving-focused initiatives and continuously refine the ROR GNY individual giving program according to best practices in the field
• Manage and implement the department’s stewardship process, including acknowledgment letters, moves management, in-person cultivation events, and donor engagement activities.

Fund Development & Other:

• Manage Salesforce donor data and pull reports upon request for funders, board, and Executive Director. Manage and optimize Salesforce campaigns to track revenue streams.
• Oversee social media content creation and calendar planning with social media consultant.
• Monitor progress to goals on a monthly basis and prepare compelling and accurate reports for the Executive Director and Board.
• Execute other related duties and projects as assigned.

Who You Are:

• Comfortable leading meetings and events and rallying community members towards raising funds for ROR GNY
• Highly organized and excellent attention to detail, highly skilled at managing multiple, simultaneous priorities
• High energy, creative, self-starter and continuous learning approach to fundraising
• A goal-oriented, entrepreneurial spirit and systems thinker passionate about building development infrastructure with finite resources.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree required
• 3-5 years work experience within a non-profit Development department required.
• Individual giving or event-related fundraising experience required.
• Fundraising database experience required.
• Proactive attitude, creative thinking, sense of humor, and ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment
• Experience working within small, entrepreneurial teams

• Medical insurance covered at 80% for employee and family, plus vision and dental
• 20 vacation days and 10 paid holidays, plus sick & personal time, year-end office closure, and half day summer Fridays.
• Retirement Plan: ROR GNY matches contributions up to 5% after one year
• Professional development trainings funded by the organization
• A supportive, caring, hard-working team dedicated to early literacy
• An opportunity to meaningfully impact the lives of 250,000 children

Location: Remote, with regular commutes within Greater New York approximately 60% of the time.