Full Time | Minneapolis, 2-3 days in office
Reports to Chief Marketing & Engagement Officer | May 2024
Hello Hello! So you’re interested in joining us? Welcome, we’re happy you’re here.
When you join Alight, you’ll find…
A team with deep experience in co-designing solutions that create new value around the world. We know we need to always be better, and we believe in the power and abundance of everyday people, everywhere, to change the world with us.
A culture of radical accountability to our customers – as we help build a meaningful life for and with the displaced, we ask them what they want and then deliver on it.
An organization that refuses to settle for anything less than delivering human-worthy services.
If you are looking to be part of a living, breathing, ever-changing organization full of disrupters and doers, then read on!
The Team
The Marketing and Engagement Team (MET) is comprised of the following departments: Annual Fund, Global Connections (Major Gifts), Partnerships & Government Affairs, Marketing & Communications, Donor Services, and Operations. This role will work closely across all MET teams and affiliate subsidiaries, while leading the Donor Services department.
The team is ambitiously advancing the work of Alight by actively engaging donors, supporters, and partners in a way that is meaningful to them and promotes Alight’s work worldwide. We raise Alight’s brand awareness and differentiate Alight in the eyes of our customers, partners, and funders so that we can further our impact with displaced people around the globe.
We strive to represent the diverse communities we serve. Applicants who contribute to this diversity and those who bring lived experience with displacement are strongly encouraged to apply.
The Role
The Manager, Donor Services & Insights leads private fundraising operations for Alight and three affiliate subsidiaries (Questscope, Eastern Congo Initiative, and Organization for Refuge, Asylum, & Migration). The successful candidate will be a strong people manager or demonstrate the promise of becoming one, as they lead a team of two full-time and three part-time colleagues. This role is responsible for managing fundraising processes and systems, leading the Donor Services team to receive and acknowledge private gifts, administering donor information systems, leading reporting to finance, and overseeing data analysis, reporting, and insights. The role provides training to all Raiser's Edge users, including fundraisers, and is responsible for all department financial reporting – including maintaining department dashboards.
Building a shared organization takes time and intention. We will always be becoming Alight, which means your work will evolve as well. As with all of our teammates, we anticipate an agile mindset and workstyle to take on other projects as assigned.
For now, here’s how you could anticipate spending your time:
Donor Services & Gift Processing
Database & Donor Information Systems Management
Financial Management & Compliance
Qualifications
These are “must-haves” when you join Alight:
Open heart and open mind. You start by listening. You believe another person’s truth and it changes you. It unlocks your way of thinking in that moment, it opens your world.
Curiosity. You are always learning. You ask why and why again. You know that change (big and small) is constant, which means your curiosity to learn is matched with adaptability to evolve.
Trust. You believe that people do their best, are disciplined, and care about this as much as you do. You take responsibility for your part and know how to step back and give others the space to shine.
We’re also looking for the following technical competencies:
Alight
We are on a journey to build Alight, a new platform of amazing people and organizations providing lifesaving services and creating breakthrough solutions for and with the displaced. WeAreAlight.org
Alight is an Equal Opportunity Employer offering employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, national origin, citizenship, physical or mental disability, or protected veteran status. Alight complies with all applicable laws governing nondiscrimination in employment.
Full Time | Minneapolis, 2-3 days in office
Reports to Chief Marketing & Engagement Officer | May 2024
Hello Hello! So you’re interested in joining us? Welcome, we’re happy you’re here.
When you join Alight, you’ll find…
A team with deep experience…
Benefits & Compensation
Benefits & Compensation
Application Process
A cover letter is required as part of the application so we can learn more about you beyond your resume. Within the online job application, you will also be asked to respond briefly to the following questions:
Interviews to be conducted on a rolling basis.
Application Process
A cover letter is required as part of the application so we can learn more about you beyond your resume. Within the online job application, you will also be asked…