Donor Relations Manager - Life Impact International
Location
Broken Arrow, OK | United States
Job description
Donor Relations Manager - Life Impact International
The Donor Relations Manager is responsible for cultivating, promoting and stewarding relationships with donors. Primary activities include personal contacts, grant writing, fundraising events, planned giving, solicitation of corporate gifts, as well as donor acknowledgment and the management of donor records. This position reports to the US Operations Director.
Life Impact International is a Christian child anti-trafficking 501(c)3 non-profit organization whose mission is to reach, rescue, and raise up vulnerable and at-risk children in Thailand, Burma (Myanmar), and Brazil. The organization fights against exploitation in all forms, from trafficking, abuse, and abandonment to slavery and prostitution.
Qualifications:
- Minimum of 3 years experience in development, donor relations, public relations or a related client/customer focus position
- Strong interpersonal skills to interact proactively and professionally with a variety of internal and external constituents
- Demonstrated ability to work independently and effectively as a member of a team, and communicate in a cross functional environment
- Strong project management and analytical skills
- Strong oral and written communication skills
- Ability to maintain a high standards of confidentiality
- Experience in ministry development and customer relationship management
Job Description:
- Develop a strategic approach to donor care that honors and effectively communicates the mission and vision of Life impact International
- Oversees the fundraising process and maintains records of receipts and disbursements of funds
- Manage all aspects of Life Impact International’s donor relations program, including securing and fostering new donor relationships and maintaining existing donor relationships
- Researches potential sources of and applies for grants, public funding, and development opportunities
- Manages donor portfolios, including updating partner/donor records, data entry, and interactions in donor database.
- Oversees donor stewardship, including monthly receipts and acknowledgment, thank you cards, donor appreciation gifts, and other communications via phone, text, and email
- Plans fundraising events that effectively communicate the purposes of the organization
- Works with the Finance Department to reconcile donor gifts and finance reconciliations
- Provide regular updates and reports and metrics
- Performs other related duties as assigned
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