Development Manager

CareerSource Palm Beach County • palm beach, fl, us • 3m ago

Make a difference and make an impact in Palm Beach County! Our community partner, a dedicated 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, is seeking a Development Manager to support their transformative mission. This role requires a creative, organized, and driven professional who will play a key part in advancing the organization’s growth. The Development Manager will oversee grant management, corporate sponsorships, and fundraising events, including securing silent auction items. You will be responsible for growing grant funding, expanding corporate partnerships, and helping ensure revenue targets are met across multiple fundraising initiatives.

Responsibilities:

 Plan, administer, and coordinate fundraising events including sponsorships, grant writing, annual campaign, and donor relationships

 Build and maintain long-term relationships with key donors and foundations

 Ensure event volunteer’s activities are accurately tracked and reported

 Organize profile-raising events to attract new supporters, attend community events, and promote fundraising efforts

 Maintain website and social media content

 Ensure timely acknowledgement of contributions

 Monitor and evaluate fundraising activities and prepare written reports for funders and board

 Update and maintain records to reflect donations received and overall impact

 Support and lead the implementation of corporate sponsorship and events

 Discover donor companies’ corporate social responsibility and/or workplace giving objectives

 Identify opportunities that align with the mission and work with staff to create engagement initiatives and opportunities

 Create a Corporate Sponsorship Program for the organization

 Actively solicit and engage past, current, and potential donor and corporate sponsors

 Work with the grants team to conduct research on current and potential grants funders within Palm Beach County to help drive the organizations goals

 Lead, create, and execute all special events and signature events with a team of dedicated volunteers to include logistics and event support

 Coordinate vendors and volunteers for various events that support the mission of the company

 Organize and maintain development files and records of all events and activities

 Other duties that may be assigned signed by the CEO

Qualifications and Experience:

 Ability to convey a high degree of commitment and passion for mission of the company

 Excellent communication skills with the ability to communicate information verbally confidently and clear and in writing that are effective with a diverse range of audiences including board members, volunteers, staff, donors, executives, potential funding partners and all constituencies

 High level of attention to detail

 Imaginative, creative, and responsive attitude toward campaign management

 Ability to maintain a high level of confidentiality

 Knowledge of grants management, research, proposal creation and reporting

 Knowledge of event management standards and trends, safety protocols and vendors

 Exceptional understanding of philanthropy as it relates to the non-profit organization’s and with a wide and deep scope

 Knowledge of fundamental disciplines of resource development

 The ability to work independently and as part of a team; detail oriented, well organized, focused and goal-oriented, with a high level of initiative and energy, as well as problem solving skills.

 Exceptional customer/donor service skills

 Self-motivated, good organizational, and strong interpersonal skills, detail-oriented, ability to multitask, prioritize, and meet deadlines

Required Experience and Skills:

 Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Marketing or Non-Profit Management

 Minimum of (5) years of fundraising, campaign management, and/or sales

 Minimum of (5) years of event planning/management

 Minimum of (5) years of grant writing, management, proposal creation

 Proficient in Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint

 Detail oriented and solution focused in executing projects/assignments

 Strong relationship building skills and capable of cultivating strong relationships with diverse audiences

 Exceptional organizational and communication skills, both written and oral

 Can work independently with little to no supervision