Annual Giving Manager |
| Location: | Baltimore, MD |
| Exempt/Non-Exempt: | Exempt |
| Benefits: | An excellent benefit package is offered. |
| Employment Type: | Full Time |
| Office: | Baltimore |
| Description: | If you are passionate about transforming communities for migrants and refugees through development and fundraising efforts with a mission-driven organization, then we have the opportunity for you!
Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (LIRS), is seeking an Annual Giving Manager to join its Development team. The Annual Giving Manager will support LIRS's ongoing mission of transforming communities into those of welcome for migrants and refugees by designing, implementing, and evaluating a comprehensive strategy for the identification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship of annual contributors. |
| Duties: | • Develop an annual giving plan through the establishment of goals, objectives, and action steps that will result in increased annual contributions to LIRS from a variety of donors, both within and outside the organization's traditional funder base.
• Serve as the lead contact for the direct mail program, working closely with LIRS's vendor to develop, implement, and coordinate strategies for donor retention, new donor acquisition, and increased average gift size.
• Work with Development and Outreach staff to spearhead strategies that engage and steward both congregational and mid-level ($250 - $999) donors.
• Manage a variety of other annual giving campaigns.
• Design and test cultivation and stewardship vehicles designed to keep the organization's contributors informed and engaged.
• Develop and manage a financial budget for the annual giving program. |
| Qualifications: | • Undergraduate degree required; graduate degree preferred.
• Minimum of three to five years of experience in nonprofit fundraising with a focus on annual giving.
• Demonstrated experience with donor management database. (Raiser's Edge preferred)
• Proficiency in Excel, Word, Power Point and other Microsoft software is essential.
• Demonstrated experience executing a variety of messaging strategies.
• Experience and demonstrated comfort level working with churches and congregations.
• Excellent attention to detail with strong organizational, analytical and planning skills.
• Willingness and ability to learn new systems and technologies.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Deep commitment to LIRS's core values and ability to model those values in relationships with colleagues and partners.
Organization Summary:
Headquartered in Baltimore's beautiful Inner Harbor, with offices in Washington, DC, Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (LIRS) is a national faith-based organization with a 77-year history, a budget of approximately $58 million per year, and over 100 headquarters staff. LIRS is widely-recognized for its expertise in implementing federal programs on behalf of refugees and migrants living within the borders of the United States. Working with and through partners across the country, LIRS resettles refugees, reunites children with their families or provides loving homes for them, conducts policy advocacy, and pursues humanitarian alternatives to the immigration detention system. Application Instructions: To be considered, please submit a resume and cover letter by close of business Friday, August 19, 2016, via http://lirs.iapplicants.com/ViewJob-740337.html. For more information about LIRS, please visit www.lirs.org. Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service provides equal employment opportunities to all, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. |
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