Development Manager

Classification: Class Code 1717 / Level 3 / Exempt / Full-Time / Contract / Benefited / Non-Represented

Anticipated hiring range: $97,000-$102,000 (commensurate with experience)

Location: Hybrid/onsite in San Francisco, California (3 days in office)

The Center for Gender & Refugee Studies (CGRS) defends the human rights of people seeking asylum in the United States. With strategic focus and unparalleled legal expertise, for over 25 years CGRS has championed the most challenging cases, fought for due process, and promoted policies that deliver safety and justice for refugees. We are the trusted partner and proven resource for legal services providers and human rights organizations and bring invaluable data and compelling personal stories to shape the public narrative.

Through technical assistance and training, we empower advocates to take on complex asylum cases, providing them with the tools they need to craft winning arguments and secure protections for their clients. We use strategic litigation to advance sound asylum laws and protect due process rights. And our policy advocacy and education work provide critical expertise to policymakers at all levels of government, leading the movement to honor our commitments to refugees and asylum seekers under U.S. and international law.

CGRS is committed to building an anti-racist and anti-oppression organization that lives its values internally and externally.

CGRS seeks a highly motivated individual passionate about refugee rights and ready to lead CGRS’s fundraising efforts with foundations, law firms, individual donors, corporations, government agencies, and other funding sources. This position will strengthen CGRS’s relationship with our community of supporters and expand and diversify our funding base.

Typical duties and responsibilities consist of, but are not limited to, the following:

• Develop and execute CGRS’s annual and long-term institutional fundraising plan to meet organizational and programmatic goals;
• Understand CGRS’s mission, programs, and goals to effectively explore and pursue new funding opportunities from a broad range of institutional prospects;
• Lead the drafting of compelling letters of inquiry, concept papers, grant proposals, and other requests for institutional funding;
• Work with program staff to synthesize achievements and capture CGRS’s impact for inclusion in reports to funders and other communications;
• Manage the grants’ calendar and ensure the timely submission of all proposals and reports;
• Perform relevant research to identify grant opportunities and cultivation plans for prospective funders;
• Identify and develop strategies to optimize the grants administration process and streamline cultivation and stewardship of institutional funders;
• Coordinate with the finance team to prepare necessary budgets and financial statements for funders;
  Execute an annual foundation cultivation strategy which includes updates, phone calls, meetings, and other events to achieve and maintain foundation support and advance funder relationships.

• Establish goals, develop activities, and create programming to maintain and grow CGRS’s individual giving program, including major gifts.
• Manage and implement data-driven strategies for annual giving, major giving, monthly giving, and planned giving.
• Organize and direct “moves management” plans to manage and grow each relationship with existing and prospective donors, with an emphasis on upgrading donors and securing multi-year commitments.
• Collaborate with CGRS communications team on a messaging and…