Development Manager

For 46 years, Avenues for Justice (AFJ) has diverted thousands of justice impacted young people, ages 13 – 24, across New York City from a punitive criminal justice system to our community-based support program designed to help them lead successful lives. In addition to our core program of court advocacy, we provide our HIRE Up enrichment services on a hybrid platform at our Harlem and Lower East Side Community Centers for workforce training, education, mental health wellness and mentoring. AFJ works with 600+ Participants each year who are justice impacted. On average, 94% of our Court-involved Participants are not reconvicted within three years of enrollment to our program.

Overview of the Position: The Development Manager will support the Executive Director and AFJ’s Development Consultants in implementing corporate, foundation, government, special events and individual funding strategies. They will be responsible for writing high-quality and compelling correspondence, letters of inquiry, proposals, and grant reports for institutional funders,managing the proposalwriting process, maintaining a comprehensive monthlyfoundation tracker and identifying new mission-aligned prospects. Additionally, the Development Manager will support the Executive Director in evolving Avenues for Justice’s approach to raising $3.5 millionthrough a combination of major gifts, individual donations, corporate sponsorships, foundation and government grants, and specialevents. The Development Manager will manage a small fundraising team charged with increasing revenue and in-kind support to fulfill the organization’s mission.

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Researches, identifies, and cultivates new donor prospects, performs high-quality and strategic prospectresearch
• Gathers grant information internally and throughmarket research. Preparesdraft and finalproposals, letters of inquiry, reports, correspondence, and other accompanying materials, including budgets and financial attachments.
• Works with the Executive Director, development consultants and programstaff to developpersuasive proposal strategies, narratives, and language for new programs and initiatives.
• Creates and maintainsa robust and accurate grant proposal templateto streamline the grant writingprocess at Avenues for Justice.
• Maintains an accurategrants calendar, trackingall grant deliverables and timelines. Ensuresthat all institutional gifts and activities are properly entered in the AFJ tracker and database.
• Interacts with fundersvia email, phone, and in-person(as needed) to develop and deepen relationships through formal and informal touchpoints and stewardship.
• Works with the Executive Director and development consultants to enhance fundraising operations and specialevents.
• Assists the Executive Director and the development team in the development and creation of all pressmaterials, publications, including press releases, publications, annual report, and weekly newsletter/blog.
• Works with Communications and Data Specialist in generating visibility for the organization's messaging initiatives through AFJ’s website, weekly newsletter/blog and social media platform.
• Promotes visibility and support throughongoing networking with funding sources,government agencies, and other potential corporate partners as assigned by the Executive Director.
• Writes and maintains all donor reports,monthly and quarterly fundraising reports, and budget modifications--- reconciling with bookkeeper.
• Assist the Executive Director and development consultants in supporting all Board of Director, Board committee and Advisory Council activities, including sending out meeting notices,developing agendas, development and program reports; monthly board correspondence updates and preparing supporting materials.
• Works with development team and event planner in all fundraising initiatives, including grant writing, special events, holiday/end-of-year appeal,planned individual givingcampaign, donor cultivation and acknowledgement.

• Supports the JuniorBoard’s efforts, such as cultivation events, fundraisers, and other initiatives that help to raise the organization’s profile.
• Arranges and preparing for visits from individual donorsand institutional funders.

This list of dutiesand responsibilities is not to be all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties or responsibilities that management may deem necessary from time to time.

QUALIFICATIONS

1. Commitment to our hashtags of #ServicesNotCells and #JobsNotJails. Our goal is to keep youth and young adults out of prison through a three-fold mission to: 1. Intervene to divert and reclaim young people from lives of crime.
2. Providean overloaded courtsystem a reliablealternative to incarceration.

Make New YorkCity a safer place for everyone.

• 5-8 years of nonprofit fundraising, development and programexperience is highlydesirable.
• Bachelor's degree required. Master’s degree preferred.
• Donor database experience is required.
• Excellent prioritization and organization skillsand a proven ability to manage multipleprojects under tight deadlines.
• Excellent written communication skills with the ability to connect to a varietyof audiences and key stakeholders.
• Superior interpersonal skills,engaging professionally with colleagues, donors,and community members.
• Respect for confidentiality of donor information and a strongsense for donor ethics.
• Proven strength in administration, financialmanagement, program development, board support, specialevents, public relations, social marketing, technology and fundraising is required.
• Is passionate aboutand committed to working in the nonprofitsector.
• Strong computer literacyin Word, Excel,Salesforce, QuickBooks, etc. Knowledge of Word Press is strongly preferred.
• Spanish fluency is a plus.

Full time, Monday-Friday schedule;with virtual/remote work flexibility, some occasional eveningwork and weekendwork will be required.

Salary range is $75,000-$80,000 and is negotiable depending on candidate’s experience. All full-time employeesreceive an excellent benefits package including health and dental insurance, a 401k retirement plan, sick and paid vacation time per year.

All interested candidates should email a 1) cover letter; 2) resume; and 3) one to two samples of grant proposals and/or development fundraising reports: efrederick@avenuesforjustice.org

Avenues for Justice welcomes diversity in all its forms and believes that its mission can only be achieved when diversity is leveraged across all areas, including race, gender, gender expression, age, and life experience. Avenues for Justice is committed to building a diverse and inclusive team and strongly encourages applications from individuals of all backgrounds. We provide equal opportunity for all applicants and employees.

All full-time employees receive an excellent benefits package including health and dental insurance, a 401k retirement plan, sick and paid vacation time per year.

• Spanish fluency is a plus.