Manager, Stewardship and Events

Job Description

The Manager of Stewardship and Events is responsible for shepherding donors (corporations, foundations, and individuals) through the funding relationship: maintaining a calendar of proposals and reports; drafting and editing donor communications; and producing events for donor engagement. This position will work closely with the front-line fundraisers to systematize and organize donor interactions. Among other events, this position will be responsible for the successful implementation of TWC’s annual gala (working with an external event producer).

Essential Functions

Donor Cultivation and Stewardship

Drafts and maintains donor relations documents, including proposals, reports, case statements, program descriptions, and solicitation materials for all donors (institutional and individual)
Serves as internal “owner” of fundraising calendar, managing timelines for advancement team
Liaises with internal teams as necessary to collect data and information for donor cultivation and stewardship documents
Recommends cultivations strategies for donors based on their giving profiles and histories, matching them with TWC’s programmatic priorities
Ensures that all pertinent information is recorded in institutional database
Works with database coordinator to develop meaningful reporting structures

Event Management

Serve as lead coordinator in planning the annual Gala: managing logistical coordination with consultant and volunteers; managing fundraising solicitation; supporting event promotion and public relations; managing budget and vendors
Manages the production of each event ensuring all appropriate sponsorships are achieved and all details are managed in a creative, timely and cost efficient manner
Manages other events involving donors and/or alumni

Education and Experience

An equivalent combination of education, training, and experience will be considered:

Bachelor’s Degree required
Two to four years’ experience in fundraising: stewardship, operations, fundraising communications, and/or event planning

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

These are not reflected in the competencies but are critical to the successful performance of the job. These may be representative but not all inclusive of those commonly associated with the position:

Attention to and respect for details is an absolute necessity
Proficiency in Excel is required; considerable skills using a CRM, specially Salesforce, is highly preferred
Knowledge of workforce development, experiential education, and higher education issues is preferable
Ability to work under pressure and to manage multiple tasks with competing deadlines in a self-directed, prioritized, and calm manner; flexibility to meet changing needs and priorities as they occur

Equipment

Used to perform the job and which may be representative but not all inclusive of those commonly associated with this position:

Standard office equipment including a facsimile machine, photocopier, and telephone system
Personal computer, job-related software and printer

Application Instructions

Please submit your resume and cover letter via our online application form [1].

Physical Abilities

Reasonable accommodation can be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform described essential functions of this job. These physical demands are representative of the physical requirements necessary for an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

The employee may frequently lift and/or move up to 25lbs. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, precise hand-eye coordination, and the ability to identify and distinguish colors. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, use repetitive wrist, hand, and/or finger movement, reach with hands and arms and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand and walk. The employee is occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch, and crawl.

About The Washington Center

The Washington Center is the largest independent, nonprofit academic internship program in the United States. It brings together exceptional and dedicated college students and civic, governmental and business leaders, hundreds of colleges and universities, scores of public and private employers, and more than 50,000 alumni. Founded over 35 years ago, today TWC is a unique educational center based on a fully integrated mix of professional experience, academic coursework and real-life challenges.

The Washington Center offers two types of programs:

Internships

Semester integrated academic and work experiences in government, corporations and nonprofit organizations. Each internship is tailored to provide meaningful work experiences that will enhance students’ resumes and help launch their careers. Most internships are in Washington, D.C., but there are also opportunities abroad in London, England and Sydney, Australia. Additionally, students take academic courses and attend special programming during their time at TWC.

Academic Seminars

These intensive learning experiences are focused on specific topics, such as National Security, the Presidency and the Middle East Peace Process. Past seminars have included visits to such locations as Capitol Hill, CNN, the Newseum, embassies and many others. Seminar events have featured such respected speakers as Ted Koppel, Discovery Channel; Andrea Mitchell, NBC News; Governor Howard Dean, Chairman of the Democratic National Committee; and others.

EEO / MFDV

This job description is no way states or implies that these are the only duties preformed by the employee occupying this position. Employees may be required to follow other job-related instructions and to perform other job-related duties as requested, subject to all applicable state and federal laws.

Certain job functions described herein may be subjected to possible modification in accordance with applicable state and federal laws.

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