Development Manager

Pay: $45,000.00 - $57,875.00 per year

Job description:

Required Skills and Experience:

• Ability to write fluently in an academic or formal register.
• Fluency with justice oriented terminology and practices.
• Experience raising funds for a project or program.
• Commitment to presenting marginalized people with a culturally affirming and asset based lens.
• At least one year of full time work experience in an office environment.

Preferred skills and experience

• Bilingual Fluency in Spanish and English
• Grant Writing
• Event planning
• Donor solicitation and stewardship
• Creating marketing emails.
• Social media communication
• Experience using Little Green Light or other donor database
• Experience using Mailchimp or other similar email marketing

Job Description:

• Organize 3 key fundraising events per year including logistics, volunteer recruitment, identifying sponsors, publicity.
• Create and disseminate a monthly newsletter for LEAP supporters.
• Oversee communications and publicity calendar including social media, email, flyers and mailings.
• Research and identify grant opportunities and manage grant submission calendar.
• Create initial grant applications and complete demographic, descriptive and statistical questions as well as proofread final applications.
• Coordinate with the Executive Director to complete and submit applications.
• Organize submitted proposals as well as statistics and standard question responses.
• Support Executive Director to create and disseminate program reports, funding requests and giving campaigns.
• Support Executive Director and other staff with copywriting and copy editing when relevant.
• Support LEAP’s overall programming including providing office coverage twice a week.

In-office 3 days per week (8am-2pm Mon-Thur) to support office coverage. Remaining hours can be completed in-office or remotely

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• Paid time off

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Durham, NC 27705

Paid time off

Health Insurance Stipend

Bilingual Fluency in Written and Spoken Spanish and English is highly prefered but not required.

Fluency in formal academic English is required.