Individual Giving Manager

PENCIL

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Job Summary

PENCIL’S VISION AND CORE COMMITTMENTS:

PENCIL exists to create a world where Metro Nashville Public School (MNPS) students and teachers have equitable access to resources and opportunities, empowering students to succeed now and in the future. We will do this by creating a community that respects the unique perspectives and experiences of all stakeholders through proactive listening, continuous learning, and tireless advocacy for every student.

Our work is guided by the needs of MNPS, is student centric, and is achieved through intentional partnerships and tangible engagements.

As the PENCIL team, we will:

• Be collaborative and inclusive —By encouraging conversations that amplify and uplift the voices of all students and communities, especially those marginalized by inequitable systems.
• Act with transparency and integrity — By striving to continually educate ourselves, intentionally recruit and retain diverse staff and stakeholders, and encourage everyone to share their authentic perspectives and experiences to our work.
• Demonstrate kindness and gratitude— By valuing the unique experiences that each student, staff, and community member bring to our work.

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Individual Giving Manager is responsible for donor acknowledgments, donor tracking, executing a multi-medium fundraising solicitation strategy including phone calls and mailings, benefit and recognition fulfillment, and CRM maintenance. They will communicate with all potential and confirmed guests to organization events via email, phone and in-person to create a healthy rapport. The Individual Giving Manager’s responsibilities are both detail and timeline-oriented as well as require donor centric, customer service demeanor to build successful and lasting donor relationships.

A successful person in this role will bring knowledge of nonprofit fundraising in a related capacity, display tact and gravitas with donors and stakeholders, contribute meaningfully to the team’s strategic approach to donor stewardship and acquisition, and take ownership of shaping this new position and focus within PENCIL.

Job Responsibilities

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

The Individual Giving Manager will gain a proficient understanding of our donor database, Salesforce, to utilize as an essential tool to successfully execute the donor acquisition and retention strategies. They will also oversee internal portfolio management systems related to key individual asks, including maintaining moves management records, developing and integrating key fundraising messages within fundraising collateral, supervising prospect strategies and timelines, coordinating deliverables, ensuring a robust stewardship tracking process and participate in revenue projection and budgeting based on known and potential opportunities.

Perform other functions as assigned, outside of the list below:

Donor Data Management

• Maintain accurate constituent records in Salesforce (merge duplicates, contact info changes, job changes, deleting inactive records, address updates, update salutations, etc.) with the assistance of the Tech and Data Engagement Coordinator
• Assist Tech and Data Engagement Coordinator with any additional data management needs
• Ensure volunteer, guest and donor email newsletter list segments are updated & accurate
• Ensure data integrity is maintained between Salesforce and OneCause (event management software) 

Solicitations

• Manage timely and successful execution of a multi-faceted Annual Fund plan
• Request or create contact lists and prepare all mass fundraising appeals: postal mail, email, phone call, text message, push notification, etc.
• Focused campaign attention to different donor and prospect donor segments:  Gift Renewals and Upgrades, Recurring Donors, LYBUNTY, SYBUNTY, Never-given, and New Donors from existing prospects
• Build/identify donor acquisition lists from NEW prospect sources
• Generate and regularly distribute fundraising metric/tracking reports to the Executive Team
• Assist Development Team to pull lists of donors as needed for their portfolio donor calls for renewal and other stewardship correspondence
• Build online donation forms for unique campaigns through the software Classy
• Manage campaigns, track donations and event attendance, and pull related reports from CRM
• Prepare annual donation summary tax letters at the beginning of the calendar year for all relevant donors including renewal options for those not on auto-recurring donation program
• Specific focus on Alumni Board giving and retention of board members as major donors
• Assist the relationship managers for the Board of Directors, Alumni Board, and Emerging Leaders Board with their respective pledge accounts receivable

Gift Entry & Acknowledgements

• Enter and code all donations, pledges, and grants (incl. soft/hard credits) into Salesforce according to the revenue budget (with the supervision of the Chief Philanthropy Officer and Chief Operating Officer) with descriptive donation notes ensuring all donor data/contact roles are collected and tracked accurately
• Record all in-kind donations to special events in Salesforce
• Reconcile supporter information between Classy & Salesforce
• Reconcile all revenue sources with Salesforce (Benevity, United Way, YourCause, Network for Good, etc.) and event management software
• Reconciliation with accounting records
• Maintain donor acknowledgement letter protocols (tribute, stock, in kind gifts)
• Create and mail all donation/grant thank you/tax letters within 24-48 hours of gift receipt
• Assign and maintain Board Thank You Notes, keep a log of which board members send to whom

Donor Service & Stewardship

• Assist donors with Classy account updates, gift processing AND solicit upgrades, make sure we have all their info right, etc.
• Initiate reports for donor stewardship tasks for assigned owners
• Support Executive Assistant in sending emails to donors on behalf of the CEO, through Outlook and mass emails through Salesforce
• Assist in the management of Stewardship Tasks through CRM platform
• Serve as the primary point of contact for and manage all the board financial investments (pledges, payments, accounts receivable) by generating invoices and online payment tracking throughout the year, with more focus during May-August; communicate with board members to obtain and answer questions about financial investments; works collaboratively with the Executive Assistant to align communications with existing board member stewardship
• We view guest communications and customer relations as an important step in the cultivation and maintenance process within the donor pipeline. With that in mind:
  • Assist Events and Marketing Manager by owning all outbound and inbound communications with constituents as related to special events and experiences. This includes but is not limited to:
    • Sending invitations, collecting RSVPs, answering questions by phone and email, trouble shooting, on-site support during events and experiences

Qualifications

QUALIFICATIONS:

• EDUCATION – Bachelor’s Degree is preferred; Associate’s Degree at a minimum
• SKILLS –
  • Excellent donor centric/customer service skills and relationship management skills
  • Success with mastering technology and using it to gain efficiencies
  • Ability to prioritize multiple tasks and hit deadlines
  • Able to work independently and proactively without daily instruction is critical, but must display teamwork and conflict resolution skills
  • Organized and able to keep accurate and detailed documentation
  • Ability to write in a clear, concise voice
  • Tact, sense of humor, confidential, diplomatic, discreet, exceptional listening skills, grace under pressure
• EXPERIENCE – Minimum of 2 years of experience in a similar role with successful donor acquisition, retention and upgraded donations. Must be prepared to share specific examples of fundraising success in which candidate had a direct role.
• CONFIDENTIALITY – ability to manage sensitive information in a professional and confidential manner as outlined in PENCIL’s Confidentiality Policy

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS & PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

• Moderate physical activity performing somewhat strenuous daily activities of a primarily administrative nature.
• Manual dexterity sufficient to reach/handle items, works with the fingers, and perceives attributes of objects and materials.
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. 
• The employee is required to stand, walk, climb and balance. 

 

Additional Information

Benefits

How to Apply

HOW TO APPLY:
Qualified candidates should apply using the following link by Friday, August 26^th: https://pencil.bamboohr.com/jobs/view.php?id=25&source=aWQ9MjM%3D

A complete application will include:

• Resume
• Cover letter
• Written, relevant sample of work (not to exceed 3 pages).
  • Work samples could include (but are not limited to): appeal letter, donor acknowledgement letter, sample campaign plan, or marketing plan.

Successful candidates will be interviewed through a phone screen, in-person interview, and be asked to complete a performance task on-site as part of the hiring process.

Please email hr@pencil615.org, if you have any questions about this position. Please no phone inquiries.

Details

• Date Posted: September 2, 2022
• Type: Full-Time
• Job Function: Fundraising / Revenue Development
• Service Area: Children / Youth
• Start Date: 09/19/2022
• Salary Range: 52,500-57,500
• Working Hours: 40 hrs/wk