Girls Run Worcester County: Development Manager

Girls on the Run Worcester County:
Development Manager

Final date to receive applications: 10 October 2026

Department: Fundraising & Development

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Girls on the Run Worcester County

Reporting To: Karen Spencer, Executive Director

Compensation: $43,680 - $49,920 / year

Girls on the Run Worcester County is a local nonprofit organization dedicated to creating a world where every girl knows and activates her limitless potential and is free to boldly pursue her dreams. We inspire participants to be joyful, healthy and confident using a fun, experience-based curriculum which creatively integrates running. As a physical activity-based positive youth development program, our evidence-based curriculum is designed to enhance girls’ social, psychological and physical skills and behaviors to successfully navigate life experiences.

Girls on the Run Worcester County believes that all girls and communities should have access to our programs. We commit to eliminate barriers to participation, to continue creating programming that engages all communities, to be intentional about staff and volunteer diversity and to promote a culture of inclusion across the organization.

Girls on the Run Worcester County serves more than 1,500 girls across Worcester County MA annually. To learn more about our program and impact, visit www.gotrworcester.org.

Position Summary:

The Girls on the Run Worcester County Development Manager is a strategic and relationship-focused fundraising professional responsible for strengthening and diversifying the organization’s contributed revenue. In partnership with the Executive Director and other organizational leaders, this position develops and implements fund development strategies across areas such as individual giving, corporate partnerships, grants, fundraising campaigns, and special events. The Development Manager cultivates meaningful relationships with donors and community partners, maintains effective fundraising systems and data, and helps build sustainable resources that advance the Girls on the Run mission and long-term organizational goals.

• Fund Development Strategy + Revenue Growth - Activate and implement an annual fund development plan aligned with the organization’s strategic and financial goals.
• Manage and support a diversified portfolio of fundraising activities, which may include individual giving, corporate sponsor ships, grants, annual campaigns, peer-to-peer fundraising, and special events.
• Identify opportunities to expand contributed revenue, strengthen existing funding sources, and cultivate new donor audiences and community partnerships.
• Establish and monitor fundraising goals, timelines, budgets, and performance indicators, using data to evaluate progress and inform strategy.
• Collaborate with staff, board members, volunteers, and committees to advance organizational fundraising priorities.
• Donor + Community Engagement - Cultivate, solicit, and steward relationships with individual donors, corporate partners, sponsors, funders, and other community stakeholders.
• Develop thoughtful donor engagement, recognition, and retention strategies that deepen connection to the Girls on the Run mission.
• Identify prospective donors and create meaningful pathways for increased or continued investment in the organization.
• Engage program alumni, volunteers, families, and other mission-connected audiences in fundraising and stewardship opportunities.
• Represent Girls on the Run Council at community events, fundraising activities, meetings, and speaking engagements.
• Grants + Fundraising Operations - Manage the organization’s grant calendar, including researching funding opportunities, preparing proposals and applications, tracking…