Senior Manager, Fundraising & Marketing-Cedar Rapids

Four Oaks Family & Children Services•Cedar Rapids, IA

About The Position

Four Oaks is hiring a Senior Manager, Fundraising & Marketing who will assist with fundraising campaigns, including business partnerships, fundraising proposals and the Four Oaks Golf Classic as well as manage internal and external marketing materials and communication. This position is responsible for developing, cultivating, and expanding relationships with potential and existing business and individual donors.

Requirements

You need a Bachelor's Degree in business, communications, public relations or business-related field with a minimum of 2-3 years of experience in non-profit fundraising or corporate partnerships.

Responsibilities

Adopt the organization and department strategies to increase annual giving and corporate partnerships.
Coordinate with the Senior Fund Development Director to align fundraising activities within the Community Engagement Department.
Facilitate a strategic approach to fundraising to ensure effective execution of donor wishes and increase results.
Cultivates relationships within the business communities of Four Oaks' sites that result in the ongoing donation of their employee's time, service, and/or money.
Maintain detailed and up-to-date records in the company CRM of all interactions including event details and reporting data for the organization.
Follows the strategic process in the organization giving model to create yearly requests.
Supports the community engagement team in securing and fulfilling special event sponsorships and clearly communicates all fulfilled sponsorships to community engagement team.
Maintains documentation of all elements of event sponsorships and partnerships and executes proof of performance in a timely manner.
Maintains a high level of calls, connections, and constituent outreach on a weekly basis.
Develops and maintains close relationships with constituencies in the community and get involved with the community at large as well as appropriate professional organizations as encouraged by the management team.
Manages written and digital communications for all Four Oaks Enterprise entities, including Four Oaks and the Affordable Housing Network, Inc.
Oversee internal communications for the enterprise through the intranet (agency portal) and other agency internal communications avenues.
Overseas and maintains the Four Oaks, Iowafosterandadoption.org and the Affordable Housing Network Inc. websites, including design, copywriting, and basic analytics knowledge.
Approves and oversees the social media presence for Four Oaks and the Affordable Housing Network, Inc. working with the Senior Fund Development Director to create a communications plan for each platform.
Works with the Communications Manager to design community/public relations materials: The Annual Report, fund raising appeals, brochures, newsletters, reports, power points, press releases and advertisements with guidance from the Senior Fund Development Director.
Follows the agency standard for documentation completion.
Create a marketing plan for the department and oversee designs of digital and print communications for the enterprise and present to department head.
Oversee the development and cultivation of media relationships.
Assists with and provides support for special events and fundraisers.
Actively participates in agency initiatives and Community Engagement meetings, demonstrating teamwork and a collaborative workplace philosophy that supports staff in achieving organizational and fundraising goals while delivering a high level of customer service.
Follows agency policies, including personnel and programming.
Develops professional and personal growth through opportunities and involvement.
Supports and carries out the mission of Four Oaks and the Affordable Housing Network,Inc.
At times, staff will be required to perform additional duties beyond those specified. Management retains the discretion to add or to change the duties of the position at any time