Manager, Major Giving East

Background/IRC Summary:

The International Rescue Committee's (IRC) External Relations (ER) department enables the organization to respond to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. Within ER, the USA Philanthropy team leads the organization’s work with USA-based High-Net-Worth Individuals. We're seeking an ambitious Major Giving East Manager to join our team!

Job Overview/Summary:

The Manager, Major Giving East will play a meaningful role in supporting the USA Philanthropy East team, helping to handle distinct portfolios of high-net-worth donors and prospects and acting in very close collaboration with Officers and leadership to supervise progress on and implement the strategy for some of our most significant donor relationships. They will support the cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship of a defined portfolio of IRC prospects and donors for assigned Officers. They will also coordinate stewardship reporting requirements, ongoing communications, information management, and donor database updates. The Manager will closely collaborate across ER to coordinate donor engagement, stewardship, and recognition consistent with donor stewardship plans and to maintain up-to-date portfolios for assigned Officer(s). This position offers a wide-ranging growth opportunity for someone eager to advance to front-line fundraising.

Highlights of Major Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with assigned Officer(s) to carry out strategies for high-net-worth individuals within each's portfolio, bringing in critical revenue for the organization.
• Draft correspondence that supports the Officer’s interactions with the portfolio, including general and targeted communications such as letters and contact reports.
• Support the payments for bank transactions. Ensure completeness of payment documents in compliance with IRC and Donor policies and procedures.
• Assist in creating materials, agendas, and briefings for external prospect and donor meetings and for internal strategy meetings.
• With the Officer(s), supervise and manage expectations and objectives for each donor and prospect within the portfolio, including adhering to stewardship reporting requirements and timeframes.
• Alongside the Officer(s), act as the liaison between donors or prospects and field staff, ensuring both parties receive the most critical information and that it is communicated clearly and strategically reflective of its audience.
• Collaborate with other teams, including Prospect Research and Management, Analytics, and Operations, to supervise the entire donor cycle for Major Giving East.
• Update the donor database (Salesforce) to maintain portfolio assignments, build and update giving proposals, request prospect research, review report requirements and submissions, supervise ongoing donor communication and activity, as well as additional relationship management duties.
• Manage information flows between donors and prospects, program staff, and Officer(s).
• Supervise internal drafting and approval processes vital for proposals, reports, and budgets.
• Develop and maintain excellent working relationships with colleagues and IRC program/support staff globally.
• Undertake special projects and administrative tasks as advised.

Minimum Job Requirements:

Work Experience: Minimum 2-3 years previous work experience, preferably gained in a development or fundraising team, non-profit, marketing, or sales team.

Proven Skills and Proficiencies:

• Ability to meet deadlines with quality products.
• Strong interpersonal skills; oral, written and presentation skills.
• Experience with and knowledge of relevant technologies and tools. with excellent analytical skills combined with the substantiated ability to multi-task, prioritize duties, and handle time effectively.
• Understanding of the role of written communications in building and maintaining individual and institutional relationships.
• Ability to identify, build, and implement processes vital to support effective donor relationships.
• Strong ability to establish and maintain lasting professional relationships both internally and externally.
• Highly computer literate, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, as well as familiarity with CRM databases, including Salesforce.
• Ability to respond quickly to changes in short-term work priorities.
• Ability to analyze and interpret financial data.
• Dedication to fundraising for international development, humanitarian, human rights, social justice, and US immigrant communities.
• Understanding of the US fundraising marketplace.

Working Environment: This role requires working remotely full-time (i.e., telecommuting). Applicants must have a home or alternate workspace where they can effectively complete their work during regularly scheduled hours.

Compensation: (Pay Rate: $67,000-$75,000/yr). Ranges are based on various factors including the labor market, job type, internal equity, and budget. Exact offers are calibrated by work location, individual candidate experience and skills relative to the defined job requirements.

Equal Opportunity Employer: IRC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. IRC considers all applicants on the basis of merit without regard to race, sex, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Professional Standards: All International Rescue Committee workers must adhere to the core values and principles outlined in IRC Way - Standards for Professional Conduct. Our Standards are Integrity, Service, Equality and Accountability. In accordance with these values, the IRC operates and enforces policies on Safeguarding, Conflicts of Interest, Fiscal Integrity, and Reporting Wrongdoing and Protection from Retaliation. IRC is committed to take all necessary preventive measures and create an environment where people feel safe, and to take all necessary actions and corrective measures when harm occurs. IRC builds teams of professionals who promote critical reflection, power sharing, debate, and objectivity to deliver the best possible services to our clients.

US Benefits: We offer a comprehensive and highly competitive set of benefits. In the US, these include: 10 sick days, 10 US holidays, 20-25 paid time off days depending on role and tenure, medical insurance starting at $163 per month, dental starting at $6.50 per month, and vision starting at $5 per month, FSA for healthcare and commuter costs, a 403b retirement savings plans with immediately vested matching, disability & life insurance, and an Employee Assistance Program which is available to our staff and their families to support counseling and care in times of crisis and mental health struggles.