Development Manager, Western Region

Overview

NRDC is a non-profit environmental advocacy organization. We use law, science, and the support of 3.1 million members and online activists to protect the planet's wildlife and wild places and to ensure the rights of all people to clean air, clean water, and healthy communities. NRDC was founded in 1970 and our people helped write some of America's bedrock environmental laws, including the Clean Water Act and many of the implementing regulations. Today, our team of more than 700 lawyers, scientists, economists, policy advocates, communications experts, and others work across the United States and the globe from our offices in Beijing; Bozeman, Montana; Chicago; New Delhi; New York; San Francisco; Santa Monica; and Washington, D.C.

NRDC is seeking a Development Manager to work with the Western Region Major Gifts team in our San Francisco or Santa Monica offices.

Position Summary

The full-time Development Manager position will report to the Senior Director of National Major Gifts and support the Western Major Gifts team at NRDC. The position can be located near NRDC’s Santa Monica or San Francisco offices where our Western Region team members are based. NRDC currently supports a hybrid remote and in-office work environment.

The Manager will assist the Major Gifts team in a wide variety of projects and fundraising initiatives. These tasks will include the strategic development and execution of high-end donor salons including on-site support, project management of the team’s moves management system, ensuring data integrity in database entries, development of external donor communications such as emails, drafting donor correspondence for senior major gifts staff, and the creation of internal planning documents such as talking points, memos, donor research and briefings. The Manager will work closely with Development colleagues in Donor Relations, Special Events, Prospect Research, Donor Systems, and the NRDC Action Fund

It will be critical for the Development Manager to exercise effective project management throughout their work, ensuring successful outcomes and maintaining collegial relationships in a fast-paced environment. They will build strong working relationships with coworkers across the institution, identifying and fostering relationships with decision makers and their support staff to advance shared objectives. NRDC is looking for a proactive and self-motivated Manager who is capable of tracking and supporting actions with a broader strategy and timeline in mind. The ideal person for this role also has a personal interest in or working knowledge of major gifts fundraising and environmental and policy issues.

Responsibilities

• Work with the Senior Manager and Regional Director on materials relating to top donors, including correspondence, briefing materials, and call reports.
• Under the leadership of the Regional Director, develop the agenda for the team meetings, take notes and project manage follow-ups and action items identified during the discussion.
• Responsible for the strategic planning and logistical coordination for small, high-level in person major donor salons and engagement events, in collaboration with the major gifts and special events team.
• Coordinates and leads technological logistics for interactive donor webinars.
• Delivers critical project management support for the Eastern Teams moves management system.
• Collaborates with the Major Gifts and Donor Systems teams on Salesforce data entry, reporting and data integrity. Devises methods to increase efficiency. Tracks all relevant information in Salesforce in a timely manner.
• Produces a variety of written materials including cover letters, thank you notes, donor emails, event invitations, briefing drafts, occasionally grant proposals, and other documents as needed.
• Conducts research as needed to identify major gifts donors and prospects for NRDC and the NRDC Action Fund.
• Employs a project management approach—managing up, down, and across to colleagues—ensuring effective completion of events, communications, and the like.
• Other tasks as needed.

Qualifications

Required

• Commitment to NRDC’s mission and values.
• Bachelor's degree, or equivalent experience
• Minimum of five years of relevant professional experience
• Strong project management skills
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Experience managing and executing small-scale gatherings and events
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Ability to make decisions based upon sound judgment, analysis, wisdom, and experience
• Utilizes discretion and maintains donor confidentiality
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with demonstrated ability to handle multiple tasks and perform well under deadlines
• Ability to work independently and be proactive
• Strong, collaborative team member
• Knowledge of major donor fundraising best practices
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
• Ability to work occasional evenings or weekends for special functions or community events.
• Ability to travel required.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, and Salesforce database experience a plus
• Experience working in or personal passion for the environmental sector a plus

NRDC is committed to advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion, both in our work and in our workplace. We believe that celebrating and actively welcoming diverse voices and perspectives is essential to solving the planet's most pressing environmental problems, and we encourage applications from candidates whose identities have been historically under-represented in the environmental movement.

We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

We offer competitive salaries, excellent benefits, and a supportive working environment. Salary is based on a nonprofit scale and is commensurate with skills and experience. Internal equity will be reviewed and considered to determine a final offer. For this position, the salary range is $100,000 to $107,000.

Our offices are open and we are operating in a hybrid model. We offer NRDCers flexibility, and we ask them to come into the office and spend meaningful time there in collaboration with their colleagues. We call this purposeful presence.

As a science-based organization, NRDC aims to do our part to help contain the COVID-19 public health crisis. For the sake of health, safety, and equity, we ask that people be vaccinated unless they have an approved medical or religious accommodation or other exemption in accordance with state and local law. We consider a person to be vaccinated two weeks after receiving one full course of a CDC-approved vaccine. In accordance with state or local law, new hires will be asked to attest to vaccination, those wishing to do so may request medical or religious accommodations or other exemptions via NRDC Employee Relations. NRDC treats all vaccine-related data confidentially, in keeping with local, state, and federal laws.

To apply, visit www.nrdc.org/careers and upload your résumé and cover letter. Please mention where you saw this posting and upload any additional materials that showcase your abilities. Due to the high volume of applications, we will contact only those candidates we would like to interview. Please no phone calls, emails, or in-person résumé drop-offs.

If you experience technical problems while applying or if you are a person with a disability and need assistance applying online, please reach out to iCIMS Customer Care at 1-800-889-4422.

For more about NRDC, visit www.nrdc.org.

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