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Concord, MA Brief Description Mission

The mission of The Guild for Human Services is to educate, encourage and empower individuals with intellectual disabilities so they may achieve their full potential to lead high-quality lives and participate meaningfully in the community.

The Development Manager is a newly created, individual contributor role within The Guild's Advancement & Fundraising division. Reporting directly to the Chief Operating Officer, this position serves as the operational engine of The Guild's fund development program — managing the donor database, stewarding grant relationships, coordinating corporate and foundation research, and supporting the launch of signature fundraising initiatives.

• Serve as the primary administrator of The Guild's donor database (e.g., Little Green Light), ensuring accurate and timely entry of gifts, pledges, contact records, and donor interactions.
• Develop and maintain data standards, reporting protocols, and database integrity practices.
• Generate donor stewardship reports, giving histories, dashboards, and fundraising performance metrics.
• Prepare gift acknowledgments, donor correspondence, and development reports.
• Support forecasting, campaign tracking, and fundraising analytics.
• Produce reports and materials for leadership, board committees, and fundraising discussions.

• Maintain a comprehensive grants calendar, tracking Final date to receive applicationss, award periods, reporting requirements, and submission schedules.
• Coordinate grant application and reporting processes in partnership with program leaders, finance staff, and executive leadership.
• Monitor grant compliance requirements and ensure timely submission of reports and supporting documentation.
• Serve as the central repository manager for grant files, correspondence, agreements, and award documentation.
• Work closely with Finance to coordinate financial reporting and reimbursement requests when required by funders.
• Maintain relationships with foundation and corporate funders through timely communication and stewardship.

• Conduct ongoing research to identify prospective individual, corporate, foundation, and government funding opportunities.
• Develop donor and prospect profiles to support cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship strategies.
• Research corporate sponsorship opportunities and community partnerships aligned with The Guild's strategic priorities.
• Maintain prospect tracking systems and support movement management activities.
• Monitor philanthropic, disability services, workforce development, and nonprofit trends that may present funding opportunities.
• Prepare briefing materials and research summaries for executive leadership and board volunteers.

• Coordinate donor acknowledgment, stewardship, and engagement activities.
• Track cultivation plans, follow up actions and relationship management activities.
• Support donor visits, tours, meetings, and cultivation events.
• Partner with the Communications Manager to ensure donor impact stories and stewardship communications are timely and meaningful.
• Support the Development Committee and other volunteer leadership groups through meeting preparation, reporting and follow-up.

• Coordinate logistics and administrative support for fundraising events, donor gatherings, and community engagement activities.
• Manage registration systems, sponsorship tracking, volunteer coordination, and event reporting.
• Maintain event timelines, vendor coordination, recognition plans, and post-event evaluations.
• Ensure donors, sponsor, and participant information is accurately captured and integrated into the donor database.
• Support efforts to strengthen community visibility and engagement through fundraising and relationship-building activities.

• Support fundraising and partnership activities related to organizational strategic priorities, new programs, capital improvements, employment initiatives, and other mission-driven ventures.
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