Development Manager

Job Type

Full-time

Description

Development Manager ALBANY, NEW YORK

Employment Status: Full-Time

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

Practice Group/Team: Operations

Organization Information

Empire Justice Center, a diverse and highly respected statewide legal services organization, seeks a Development Manager for our Operations team. This is an opportunity to join and grow in one of the most influential organizations serving marginalized low-income individuals and families in New York State.

Empire Justice Center attracts and employs a diverse team of dedicated, determined, and passionate advocates who significantly impact the lives of low-income New Yorkers. We succeed through direct legal representation, high-impact litigation, and legislative and administrative advocacy. As an organization, we provide top-notch training and technical assistance to other advocates to ensure fairness and justice for New Yorkers. We thrive on our commitment to supporting justice for populations that have historically experienced severe oppression.

These populations include racially diverse individuals and families experiencing poverty, housing insecurity, immigration issues, and domestic violence. Additionally, the organization advocates for people with disabilities, members of the LGBTQ community, and school-age children facing discrimination and violations of their civil rights in schools.

Our offices in Rochester, Albany, Westchester County, and Long Island offer staff an exciting, dynamic, inclusive working environment with a solid commitment to work/life balance, teamwork, diversity, wellness, and personal/professional development.

Position Summary

Empire Justice Center is pleased to announce an opening for a Development Manager. The Development Manager will support the implementation of Empire Justice Center's fundraising strategy around unrestricted donations and grant funding. They will split their time between foundation work/grant writing, individual donors, and fundraising campaigns and appeals. The Development Manager will be responsible for identifying, cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding major gifts, leadership donors, annual donors, corporate sponsor ships, and private foundations supporting the organization's funding priorities in New York State, outside Monroe County.

Salary

The referenced pay range/scale represents this job's estimated minimum and maximum compensation. Individual annual salaries/hourly rates will be set within the job's compensation range and determined by factors including, but not limited to, education, experience, qualifications, the individual's expertise, market data, and internal equity considerations.

The salary for a Development Manager with 3 years of experience is $62,619, and for a Development Manager with 5 years of experience, it is $70,000.

Benefits

We are an organization that supports and promotes a healthy work-life balance. Empire Justice Center offers a generous benefit package, including:

• 35-hour full-time work week.

• Comprehensive health insurance plan.

• 403(b) eligibility - immediately eligible to begin contributing from your paycheck.

• Immediate vesting upon hire - ALL contributions (both employee and employer).

o 1% employer match is eligible after 12 months of employment.

o 3% non-elective annual contribution made by employer after 12 months of employment.

• Generous vacation, sick, personal, and holiday time

o 14 Paid Holidays

o Vacation: 10.5 hours/month;
Sick: 7 hours/month;
Personal: 35 hours/year

• Loan Repayment Assistance Program for qualifying employees.

• Bilingual salary enhancement for qualifying employees.

• Generous Bereavement Leave.

• Employee Wellness Activities.

• Voluntary Supplemental Disability.

• Dental Insurance (employee paid).

• Vision Insurance (employee paid).

• $150K Group Term Life Insurance.

• NYS Short-Term Disability.

• FSA Eligibility.

Empire Justice Center is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and strongly desires a diverse and inclusive workforce. Empire Justice Center provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants. It prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type, specifically - race, color, religion, age,…