Development Manager

Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas (GSNETX) offers amazing opportunities for talented, forward‑thinking individuals who share our vision of helping girls and young women change the world for the better. Here's your opportunity to enhance your career while making a difference in girls’ lives and in the world. At Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas, you can build a rewarding career in everything from working hands‑on with girls, to accounting, human resources and project management, to marketing, research—and more.

The Development Manager plays a key role in advancing the mission of Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas (GSNETX) by implementing and managing fundraising strategies that deepen donor engagement and expand philanthropic support. This position is responsible for driving individual giving campaigns—including North Texas Giving Day and Employee Giving—leading episodic volunteerism initiatives, coordinating peer‑to‑peer fundraising campaigns, and supporting donor stewardship and development communications.

The Development Manager works collaboratively across the Fund Development team and with colleagues throughout the council to inspire investment in Girl Scouts and ensure an exceptional donor experience. This role has the ability to exercise discretion and independent judgment.

• Lead planning, execution, and evaluation of campaigns such as North Texas Giving Day, East Texas Giving Day, end of year giving and more, including strategy development, donor segmentation, storytelling, internal coordination, and post‑campaign stewardship.
• Manage GSNETX Employee Giving campaign, including internal communication, giving opportunities, and council engagement.
• Develop and implement year‑round individual giving strategies to acquire, retain, and grow donors at all levels.
• Create and monitor timelines, budgets, and goals for each campaign to ensure success.
• Manage and solicit the annual Family Partnership Campaign, a peer‑to‑peer fundraising campaign for Girl Scout volunteers and families.
• Mobilize volunteers, alumnae, board members, and community ambassadors to launch personalized peer‑to‑peer fundraising campaigns.
• Provide training, toolkits, and support materials to empower fundraisers to effectively represent GSNETX.
• Track peer‑to‑peer progress and adjust strategies to maximize participation and revenue.

• Oversee corporate and individual episodic volunteer engagement that supports GSNETX’s priorities and enhances donor understanding of the GSNETX mission.
• Collaborate with internal staff and departments to coordinate meaningful short‑term volunteer experiences that align with donor interests.
• Develop communications and materials to promote volunteer events and recognize participant contributions.
• Ensure robust stewardship of episodic volunteers to feed the donor and long‑term volunteer pipeline.
• Attend or source volunteer expos and tabling events on behalf of GSNETX.
• Submit and oversee fulfillment and reporting of grants as it relates to episodic volunteers, the Junior League of Dallas grant and others as assigned.

• Support the development and execution of a comprehensive donor stewardship plan to ensure timely acknowledgements, personalized donor touchpoints, and mission‑centered gratitude.
• Draft compelling donor communications—including updates, impact stories, event invites, reports, and campaign messaging—that reinforce donor investment and highlight outcomes.
• Maintain accurate donor records and stewardship activity in the CRM (Salesforce/NPSP, Raisers Edge or council‑specific system).

• Monitor giving trends, donor engagement, and campaign performance to inform strategies and demonstrate impact.
• Collaborate with the Fund Development team to ensure accurate coding, entry, and analytics for all giving campaigns.
• Provide regular progress reports to supervisors and volunteer leadership.
• Serve as the backup for Donor Relations Manager as needed.
• Support the planning of and attend donor events and meetings included, but not limited to the Women of Distinction Luncheon and donor events.
• Be accountable to personal…