Development Manager

Development Manager

Reports to:

Executive Director

Location:

Hybrid (New York, NY)
FLSA Status:
Exempt

The City Bar Justice Center is the largest division of the New York City Bar Association’s charitable affiliate, the City Bar Fund. For nearly 50 years, it furthered access to justice by addressing the unmet civil legal needs of New Yorkers facing poverty and other systemic socioeconomic barriers. The Center mobilizes law firms, corporate legal departments, and other legal institutions to provide pro‑bono legal services, educates the public on legal issues, fosters community relationships, and shapes public policy.

Its dozen civil justice projects, including New York’s most comprehensive civil legal hotline, deliver high‑quality services through brief advice, referrals, and direct representation. In the past year, more than 3,300 pro‑bono attorneys partnered with the Center to provide free legal services to over 23,000 New Yorkers who could not afford private counsel.

The City Bar Justice Center seeks a mission‑driven Development Manager to lead fundraising operations and data management that sustain the Center’s work. Responsibilities include overseeing the donor database, leading fundraising campaigns and events, and supporting donor cultivation and communications. The role reports to the Executive Director and collaborates closely with senior leadership and the Senior Manager for Grants & Institutional Giving.

The ideal candidate brings a minimum of 4 years of nonprofit development, partnership support, or a related field, strong attention to detail, and a commitment to public‑interest work and equal access to justice.

• Serve as the primary administrator of the Justice Center’s donor database (Neon One), ensuring accuracy, integrity, accessibility, and utility of all donor, prospect, and fundraising records.
• Maintain data hygiene, including deduplication, field standards, and documentation of database processes to support consistent use across teams.
• Reconcile donor data with the finance team regularly to ensure accurate gift tracking.
• Process gifts, pledges, acknowledgment letters, and tax receipts in a timely and accurate manner across all giving channels.
• Build, segment, and maintain donor mailing lists based on giving history, engagement, and preferences, and help conceive and execute fundraising and stewardship communications.
• Support the development of fundraising calendars, work plans, and internal tracking systems to measure progress and success.
• Collaborate with the Senior Manager for Grants & Institutional Giving and organizational leadership to develop reports and dashboards that track fundraising performance, measure impact, and support strategic planning for internal and external messaging, including for board meetings, funder applications, and public‑facing materials.

• Lead the coordination and execution of fundraising campaigns, including year‑end appeals, pro‑bono solicitations, and giving days.
• Lead all fundraising event management duties, including creating and managing timelines, working with vendors, and directing the vision and coordinating logistics for the Justice Center’s annual gala, program‑specific fundraisers, and other donor events.

• Work closely with organizational leadership to support the cultivation and stewardship of current, lapsed, and prospective donors, ensuring timely, meaningful, and personalized engagement.
• Support the implementation of moves‑management protocols for major donors and prospects, including tracking cultivation and solicitation activities in Neon One.

• Support the preparation of fundraising proposals, solicitation requests, donor presentations, and related materials.
• Collaborate with communications staff to develop donor‑centric content, including impact stories and fundraising event collateral across digital and print channels.
• Help develop and execute solicitation strategies, assess campaign and event performance, and identify creative opportunities to deepen donor engagement…