Senior Manager of Development

This position is an exempt, full-time, union-eligible position, represented by Communication Workers of America Local 1180, reporting to the Senior Director of Development.

About Caring Across Generations:

Caring Across Generations is a national organization of family caregivers, care workers, disabled people, and aging adults working to transform the way we care in this country so that care is accessible, affordable, and equitable— and our systems of care enable everyone to live, work, and age with dignity. To achieve our vision, we transform cultural norms and narratives about aging, disability, and care; win federal and state-level policies; and build power amongst the people touched by care.

Founded in 2011 by Sarita Gupta and Ai-jen Poo, we take an explicitly intersectional approach to our work, connecting the dots between the urgent need to build a strong care infrastructure and the need for bold action on immigration reform, gender, racial, economic, and disability justice, and addressing the growing needs of our aging population.

Caring Across’ work is focused on creating change in three ways:

• Fighting for groundbreaking policy at the state and federal levels
• Changing hearts and minds through storytelling and cultural organizing, and
• Building a powerful constituency for care through online organizing and convening a powerful coalition of state and national care organizations and advocates to transform our nation’s care infrastructure.

Position Summary:

The Senior Manager of Development will play a critical role in supporting the growth and sustainability of Caring Across Generations by implementing key external (aka “frontline”) strategies and tactics. They will drive, manage, and execute fundraising initiatives, prospecting and cultivating donor relationships, and crafting proposals. This position requires a strategic thinker with excellent communication and organizational skills who can work collaboratively with the development team, finance, and cross-teams.

Roles & Responsibilities:

Proposal Development

• Serve as team lead for crafting concepts and proposals for programmatic, general operating, and innovative/new initiatives for both institutional, corporate, and major donor audiences.
• Prepare and submit high-quality grant proposals, ensuring alignment with Caring Across’ current programmatic priorities and funder areas of interests.
• Manage prospecting and cultivation activities, ensuring dynamic and engaging outreach with funding partners.

Outreach & Cultivation

• Develop and implement donor engagement strategies to expand funding.
• Identify and pursue new funding opportunities, including grants, corporate sponsorships, and individual donations.
• Build and maintain relationships with existing and prospective donors through personalized outreach and engagement.
• Design and drive prospecting/outreach, cultivation, recognition, and appreciation activities, including events, communications, and reports.

Strategy & Fundraising Expertise

• Work collaboratively with the Senior Director of Development and other team members to achieve organizational goals.
• Contribute expertise in developing and implementing comprehensive fundraising plans to meet annual and long-term revenue goals. Support understanding of Caring Across’s resource mobilization/ fundraising strategies within and across teams.
• Foster a positive and productive team environment.
• Support the Senior Director of Development and the Associate Director of Development on key strategies and projects.
• Other duties as assigned.

Caring Across Responsibilities

• Participate in staff retreats, staff meetings, and staff learning opportunities.
• Attend supervision and team meetings.
• Demonstrate growth in policy knowledge on care issues.
• Complete work plans and reports in a timely manner.
• Engage in ongoing training and professional development

What great qualities do you possess?

The Senior Manager of Development is a key role in supporting the growth and sustainability of Caring Across Generations through nimble, equity-driven, mission-aligned resource mobilization. You should have:

• 5+ years of experience resource mobilization/ fundraising experience, preferably nationally
• Commitment to and deep interest in developing knowledge of core Caring Across care pillars: aging and disability, paid leave, child care; support for caregivers; and good jobs for care workers.
• A demonstrated commitment to racial equity, disability and gender justice, and to empowering low- and moderate-income communities, communities of color, and immigrant communities.
• Experience implementing multi-year diverse fundraising/ resource mobilization strategies that support both programmatic and organization-wide goals.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to lead and collaborate in helping to build sustainable, long term resource mobilization/ fundraising strategies for the organization.
• Proven ability to work in a fast-paced environment and manage competing priorities
• A demonstrated commitment to racial equity, gender justice, disability justice, and to organizing alongside low- and moderate-income communities, especially within Black, Brown, and immigrant communities.
• A commitment to building a multicultural, anti-racist organization.
• Acts with high integrity, professionalism, low ego, and camaraderie

What we offer you in return, and why you would love being a part of our team!

• We are 100% virtual (with occasional travel for events & retreats).
• Care is in our name; it is deeply embedded in our culture, and our team consists of mostly current or former caregivers. We are fully supportive of your well-being, and offer a flexible work schedule to account for your care needs.
• We offer a virtual office budget which includes home office setup and a cell phone and Internet stipend.
• Generous paid time off, including 15 paid holidays, 12 days of PTO, and 12 days of sick leave, Paid Family Leave, in addition to a full-org vacation of one week in the summer and two weeks at the end of year.
• 401k Match.
• 100% paid Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, and Short-Term Disability Insurance. Long-Term Disability Insurance is paid by the employee at a very minimal cost.
• Work with a world-class team that looks and is like you (older adults, Black people, people of color, LGBTQIA+, disabled people, and more are all fully represented here).
• We offer learning and growth opportunities, including an annual allowance for professional development.
• You have an opportunity to live a values-aligned work-life.
• Employee discounts for select stores, travel packages, and restaurants.
• A fun team environment, even while we are busy changing the world.

How to Apply:

Candidates will be considered on a rolling basis until the position is filled, but preference will be given to those who apply by September 29th, 2025.

Please apply at the following link: https://caringacross.bamboohr.com/careers/48

Applications should include:

• A resumé
• Answers to the following questions:
  • What motivates you to apply to this position at Caring Across Generations? (suggested word limit: 200)
  • Please describe your process of identifying and cultivating funders. (200 words max)
  • Describe your biggest fundraising win, how much was it and did you follow the life cycle of the gift through its entirety. (suggested word limit: 200)

Interview Process:

Each interview process may vary slightly depending on the hiring manager’s needs. The following outlines our general process and standard timeline, which may be adjusted as necessary, particularly for internal postings:

• Rolling review of applications (2–3 weeks): Candidates are contacted if moving forward.
• Week 1: Phone screen interview
  • A 30 minute phone call with the Director of Operations
• Week 2: Panel Interview via Zoom call
  • Panel interview consisting of the team that will work with the incoming position
• Week 3: Paid work assignment
  • For candidates moving forward, this assignment will use skills that are required for the incoming position
• Week 4: Final panel interview via Zoom call

Caring Across Generations is committed to fostering and maintaining a work environment where diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) are fully integrated into everything we do. As such, we strongly prioritize and embrace Black, Indigenous, and people of color; a multigenerational workforce; LGBTQ+; those across religious and spiritual affiliations; and people with disabilities to join our representative and highly talented team.

• We are 100% virtual (with occasional travel for events & retreats).
• Care is in our name; it is deeply embedded in our culture, and our team consists of mostly current or former caregivers. We are fully supportive of your well-being, and offer a flexible work schedule to account for your care needs.
• We offer a virtual office budget which includes home office setup and a cell phone and Internet stipend.
• Generous paid time off, including 15 paid holidays, 12 days of PTO, and 12 days of sick leave, Paid Family Leave, in addition to a full-org vacation of one week in the summer and two weeks at the end of year.
• 401k Match.
• 100% paid Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, and Short-Term Disability Insurance. Long-Term Disability Insurance is paid by the employee at a very minimal cost.
• Work with a world-class team that looks and is like you (older adults, Black people, people of color, LGBTQIA+, disabled people, and more are all fully represented here).
• We offer learning and growth opportunities, including an annual allowance for professional development.
• You have an opportunity to live a values-aligned work-life.
• A fun team environment, even while we are busy changing the world.