Donor Development Specialist (Remote in Northern Kentucky)

March of Dimes•,

5d•Remote

About The Position

March of Dimes leads the fight for the health of all moms and babies by advocating for policies, improving healthcare, pioneering research, empowering families with programs and knowledge, and building communities for a brighter future. We are dedicated to hiring a diverse workforce that fosters opportunities for personal and professional development in a collaborative and supportive environment. The Donor Development Specialist is experienced in developing and stewarding donor relationships to drive mission impact and increase overall market revenue growth. This role is responsible for achieving revenue goals through developing and stewarding donor/prospective donor relationships and DIY events. The Specialist collaborates with market leadership to execute event core tactics through effective leadership, engagement, empowerment, and mobilization of volunteers. The Donor Development Specialist will maintain a donor portfolio, contribute to overall market success, maintain data integrity, influence donor retention rates, and ensure best-in-class fundraising events that drive impact and increase revenue.

Requirements

Detail-oriented with strong written and verbal communication skills.
Proven ability to plan and execute successful events.
Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills.
At least 2 years of experience.

Nice To Haves

Four year college degree

Responsibilities

Place mission at the forefront of all work.
Demonstrate mission knowledge by communicating our work in ways that deliver impact and leverage support.
Execute market event strategy in a manner that identifies connections between donor interests and March of Dimes mission impact agenda.
Maintains and grows a donor revenue portfolio by carrying-out developing donor relationship principles, identifying philanthropic interests, and moving donors through the donor continuum in a manner that retains existing donors and increases donor giving.
Executes mid-level donor stewardship practices that result in donor retention, donor continuum movement and increase year-over-year revenue.
Secures DIY events in a manner that increases revenue.
Provides a tailored experience for donors throughout the year and creates mission lead activations for all donors in stewardship plans.
Provide activation and stewardship opportunities throughout the year for assigned family teams.
Manages event B&C level teams in a manner that increases overall revenue growth.
Maintain a year-round revenue pipeline that results in newly secured revenue for market events.
Collaborate with market leadership to identify candidates for volunteer roles.
Execute event(s) core tactics to ensure best in class fundraising events that drive impact, acquire new donors and increase revenue.
Identify candidates for volunteer roles for all event committees for assigned event(s).
Coordinate with Centralized Logistics to ensure events/programs/meetings, both virtual and in-person, are successful.
Maintain CRM/FRED data integrity that allows leadership to make appropriate budget forecasts.
Ensure the organization has a clear 360-degree view of market donors/prospects by logging all interactions in CRM.
Collaborate with Centralized Logistics and Finance to ensure appropriate invoicing, collection and sponsorship allocation.