Development Manager at Jane Doe Inc.

Can you update a donor record on Tuesday morning and welcome a first-time sponsor to our community event later that night? Jane Doe Inc. is looking for a Development Manager who wants to do both.

River walker Talent has been retained by Jane Doe Inc. to lead this search.

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Full-Time (35 hours/week), Exempt | Hybrid, based in Boston, MA | 5-8 in-person days per month | $83,000-$87,000 annually + benefits

Jane Doe Inc. (JDI) is the Massachusetts Coalition Against Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence, a statewide social justice coalition working to create a safer, healthier, and freer Massachusetts beyond abuse. With our 67 member programs, other state and territorial sexual and domestic violence coalitions, and key local and national partners, we address the root causes of violence and promote justice, safety, and healing for survivors.

Our work includes public policy and systems advocacy, prevention and movement building, messaging and communications, membership services, training, and education. Our member programs provide advocacy and support to tens of thousands of survivors each year, and we are guided by the voices of survivors.

JDI seeks a Development Manager to support the expansion and sustainability of our work. This is a new, full-time role on a small team of nine, reporting to the Deputy Director, who holds the vision for development  Executive Director is enthusiastic about fundraising as part of the coalition's mission, and we need a partner to carry the day-to-day.

This role is both outward-facing and operational. You will tend to the details that make fundraising work (the donor database, stewardship, follow-ups, emails) and help run our events. You will also be a warm face for JDI in the community, able to give the JDI pitch, make smaller asks such as in-kind donations and sponsor ships, and follow up with committed sponsors.

You will support and take part in major gift and strategy work, but you are not expected to close major gifts or lead strategy.

About 70-75% of JDI's budget comes from public funding, so growing and diversifying private support is a major goal. Our private revenue includes member dues, grants, our annual appeal, and our signature spring event, Spring Into Action. Our individual donor base is small (about 500 people) with a small but generous group of major donors, and we are working with a consultant on a major giving pipeline.

This role is a fit for someone who is both introverted and extroverted: comfortable in the back-end details one day and in a room full of new people the next. There is room to grow into development writing and, over time, a more senior role.

Development Operations

• Work with the Deputy Director and Executive Director to set and carry out JDI's annual fundraising plan and calendar: the annual appeal, small events, our signature spring event, corporate sponsor ships, and direct solicitations of donors and prospects.

• Support the Deputy Director in diversifying our funding base and cultivating new support.

• Keep fundraising information current in Little Green Light, our donor CRM.

• Maintain email distribution lists in Constant Contact for donor communications.

• Help create print and digital materials for fundraising (newsletters, the annual appeal, event outreach, solicitation and pledge cards) with JDI staff and communications consultants, including working with vendors to keep deadlines and budgets.

• Work with the Deputy Director and Finance team on gift receiving, processing, and acknowledgment.

• Research prospects and help prioritize potential donors for engagement.

Event Coordination

• Partner with the Deputy Director, Executive Director, the Board's development committee, and JDI staff.

• Support Spring Into Action, our signature event: event logistics, staffing the host committee, tracking sponsor outreach and stewardship, soliciting and stewarding in-kind auction donors, acknowledgments, and follow-up.

Membership Support

• Support membership capacity building in fundraising, communications, event management, and external relations by joining or co-facilitating the bimonthly Hot Topics convening.

Communications and External Relations

• Be a warm, welcoming ambassador for JDI at our events, third-party fundraising events, and other community events, to expand our visibility and build new relationships.

• Work with JDI's communications and program teams on clear, consistent messaging and partnerships that…