Data and Development Manager

Reports To: Executive Director

Department: Development

FLSA Status: Exempt

Summary:

The Data & Development Manager is a results-driven professional with a proven track record in nonprofit fundraising and donor relations. This role involves creating and implementing strategic fundraising plans to support organizational goals and enhance community engagement. The ideal candidate will be a strong communicator with experience in grant writing, corporate sponsorships, and individual giving campaigns. Proficiency in building and maintaining relationships with stakeholders, including donors and volunteers, is essential. The Data & Development Manager will also oversee the organization’s database management, ensuring data integrity, developing procedures, and handling hardware and software upgrades.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Previous success in meeting fundraising goals through diverse funding streams. Grant writing experience is preferred. However, the candidate should have experience securing individual major gifts (of at least $5,000) and donations/sponsorships via events
• Ability to stick to a budget; collaborate with the executive director to create an annual budget with a demonstrated experience managing budgets of $1M+ dollars
• Establish and lead a Fundraising Strategy Committee to enhance donor and foundation prospecting and cultivation processes.
• Coordinate outreach and engagement strategies for new and existing donors, including direct mail campaigns and solicitations, while fostering a culture of philanthropy among staff, board members, and volunteers.
• Organize and manage annual fundraising events, including securing sponsorships, developing programs, and overseeing logistics and guest registration.
• Develop and prepare various donor communications such as solicitation letters, donor updates, and acknowledgment letters to ensure effective stewardship.
• Oversee database management, including creating reports to inform fundraising efforts, ensuring data integrity, and performing maintenance and upgrades on the database system.
• Cultivate and train volunteers and storytellers to engage in advocacy and programs that support the organization's mission, while providing training and support to staff and volunteers.
• Collaborate with the executive director on fundraising goals and participate in annual planning retreats.
• Demonstrate excellent computer skills (MS Office, data collection systems, Asana, Canva, Slack, Harvest) and experience in change management within the organization.
• Contribute to budget management in collaboration with the program and finance teams while maintaining a commitment to diversity, inclusivity, and effective responses to community needs.
• Successfully secure individual significant gifts and sponsorships through diverse funding streams, bringing prior grant writing experience as an asset.
• Adapt to short deadlines and 
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Non-Essential Responsibilities:

• Light housekeeping, including taking out trash.
• Provides occasional transportation support to participants, including driving a vehicle.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• No supervisory responsibilities.

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to satisfactorily perform each essential duty. The requirements listed below represent the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Mathematical Skills:

Intermediate Skills - Ability to calculate prominent figures and amounts. Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

Language Ability:

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.

Reasoning Ability:

Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Computer Skills:

To perform this job successfully, an individual should know about Word Processing Software, Spreadsheet Software, Internet Software, Human Resource Systems, Project Management Software, Database Software, and Contact Management Systems.

Education/Experience:

High school diploma or general education degree (GED); and four years minimum related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Certificates and Licenses:

• Valid driver's license

Knowledge, Skills, and Other Abilities:

• Time, project, & people management
• Oral and written communication skills
• Detail oriented
• Commitment to further understanding of ongoing injustices
• Sensitivity to cultural and socioeconomic characteristics of the population served
• Empathy, compassion, and commitment to empowering others to solve their own problems
• Ability to work collaboratively in high-pressure environments, both independently as well as within a team
• Relationship building, interpersonal skills
• Problem-solving

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, use hands, talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand, walk. The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, ability to adjust focus, and ability to see color. 

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to outdoor weather conditions. 

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.