Development Officer, Individual Giving

Job Description

Job Description

Salary : $75,000 - $85,000

The Bowery Mission is a Christian, faith-based organization committed since the 1870s to serving people experiencing homelessness, hunger, and poverty. The Bowery Mission meets essential needs and creates transformative communities with men, women, children, and families in New York so that we can together overcome homelessness and poverty and flourish.

As a key member of the Major Gifts Team within the Development Team, the Development Officer, Individual Giving helps to raise critical funds necessary to transform lives at The Bowery Mission. The Development Officer, Individual Giving collaborates with a passionate team of fundraisers to inspire a wide range of people to support The Bowery Mission, growing the network of support and engagement. The Development Officer, Individual Giving will be trained in the Taking Donors Seriously approach to plan and execute fundraising strategy for donors who give $500-$10,000, in support of midlevel and major gifts goals, while developing a pipeline for the Major Gifts Team. The Development Officer, Individual Giving will also help build and execute a strategy for monthly donors.

Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to :

• Cultivate, solicit, and steward gifts of $500-$10,000, using a high-touch donor approach for an assigned donor caseload, while optimizing large-scale midlevel program strategies and analysis for a larger group of midlevel donors.
• Build and optimize a communication strategy, maximizing direct contact with donors by telephone, Zoom, and written communications (using not only email, but also handwritten notes and printed materials).
• Collaborate with the Major Gifts Team on both midlevel and major gift strategy and donor relationships, actively sharing resources and supporting team goals.
• Participate and receive coaching in weekly meetings with an assigned coach to apply Taking Donors Seriously approach to donor and pipeline development.
• Become an expert in telling The Bowery Mission story, getting to know key staff members, programs, and guests and clients in order to articulate our mission, impact and fundraising needs.
• Manage a caseload of midlevel and major donors, tracking interactions, giving history, interests, and communication preferences in CRM database.
• Attend Bowery Mission events as an ambassador for the Mission, making new contacts and deepening engagement after the event.
• As part of a team, help evaluate, develop, and execute monthly giving strategy (in year two) to optimize communication, maximizing direct contact with monthly donors by telephone, in person, and in written communications.

Requirements :

Preferred :

Salary commensurate with relevant education & experience : $75,000 - $85,000 annually.

Due to the number of applications, we receive, we are only able to respond to qualified candidates who are selected for interviews. We sincerely appreciate all candidates for their interest in The Bowery Mission.