Senior Manager, Individual Giving

Campaign Legal Center Inc•Washington, DC

About The Position

The Senior Manager, Individual Giving will be responsible for advancing CLC’s individual giving program by ensuring that individual donors and prospects are thoughtfully engaged and moved toward deeper investment in CLC’s mission. The Senior Manager will manage a portfolio of mid-level donors and prospects ($10k-$99.9k), ensuring consistent cultivation and stewardship. The Senior Manager will assume primary responsibility for qualifying, cultivating, and stewarding new and existing individual prospects generated through events and outreach efforts. The Senior Manager will work closely with the Vice President of Development; Senior Manager, Donor Relations and Events; and Senior Manager, Data and Analytics to build and maintain a sustainable and diverse funding portfolio. The Vice President of Development has responsibility for principal gifts of $100,000 and above.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree or higher.
Minimum of 5 years of progressive fundraising experience, preferably within a mission-driven organization, including conducting face-to-face solicitations
Proven success in securing five and six-figure gifts from individuals and family foundations
Demonstrated donor cultivation and stewardship skills
Familiarity with donor databases (Raiser's Edge preferred}
Strong communication, organizational and leadership skills
Ability to work collaboratively across teams and with senior leadership
A deep commitment to CLC's mission of advancing democracy through legal reform

Responsibilities

Conduct regular reviews of existing individual fundraisers’ portfolios and the annual fund portfolio to assess donor readiness and giving potential. Develop and implement strategies to appropriately segment and move donors through the stewardship continuum from annual fund to mid-level gifts, and from mid-level to principal gifts.
Recommend and facilitate the reassignment of donors into the appropriate portfolios, including elevating high-capacity prospects to the Vice President of Development for principal gift cultivation.
Ensure clear ownership, coordinated strategy, and consistent movement of donors across all stages of engagement.
Review attendee lists from past and current donor events to identify, qualify, and strategically assign new donors and prospects. Assess engagement, capacity, and alignment with CLC’s mission to determine appropriate portfolio placement.
Partnering directly with Senior Manager, Events and Donor Relations and VP Development, ensure timely follow-up and coordinated outreach for all event-generated donors and prospects.
Build and maintain strong relationships with a portfolio of mid-level ($10k-$99.9k) individual donors and family/community foundation funders and prospects, cultivating and stewarding them to maintain and increase gifts. Identify prospects for larger gifts.

Benefits

Generous health, dental, and vision insurance with low employee premiums
A 401(k) retirement plan with a dollar-for-dollar match up to 6%, with immediate vesting
20 vacation days, 12 sick days, and 3 floating holidays annually
12 weeks of fully paid parental leave, 10 days of bereavement leave, and 8 weeks of sabbatical leave for those who qualify
Office closures for all federal holidays, plus typically a week in late summer, and a week in the winter.
Flexible Spending and Dependent Care Accounts
A $1,000 annual professional development stipend and bar membership reimbursement
A $300 annual technology allowance
Pre-tax metro smart benefits
New family and family planning support, including reimbursement for travel to access legal reproductive healthcare
An Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with free, confidential support for personal, financial, and family matters.