Development Officer, Annual Giving and Events

Lifehouse Agency•San Rafael, CA

11d•$0 - $90,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Development Officer is responsible for driving unrestricted revenue through events, annual giving, and donor conversion. This role focuses on turning community engagement into ongoing financial support by managing event fundraising and building a strong base of annual donors. At Lifehouse, we focus on helping each person we support have the opportunity to lead a full life in their community. Our employees build relationships with the people we support ensuring they live full lives through assisting in day-to-day tasks, joining clubs, going out to eat, hiking, enjoying movies, going on vacations, and more.

Requirements

Minimum 3 to 6 years experience in fundraising, nonprofit development, events, or donor relations.
Demonstrated experience managing events with revenue goals
Strong communication and writing skills for donor audiences
Experience with donor engagement, sales, fundraising, or relationship management.
Ability to manage multiple deadlines and revenue targets.

Responsibilities

Support fundraising strategy and execution for organizational events.
Work with internal teams and vendors to ensure events achieve revenue goals.
Develop donor focused messaging and asks tied to events.
Ensure each event includes donor capture, follow up, and conversion strategy.
Track event performance including revenue, participation, and donor conversion.
Design and implement annual giving campaigns (mail, email, digital outreach).
Create donor appeal strategies aligned with organizational priorities.
Segment donor lists for targeted outreach and retention.
Support recurring giving and donor upgrade strategies.
Monitor and report on annual giving performance metrics.
Identify and engage event attendees and community supporters as prospective donors.
Implement follow up strategies to move supporters into giving pipelines.
Coordinate stewardship touchpoints with Development leadership.
Maintain donor engagement tracking in CRM system.
Partner with programs, leadership, and communications to align messaging.
Coordinate with Development leadership on fundraising priorities and goals.
Support broader fundraising initiatives as needed.