Donor Services & Cultivation Manager

Location:            Greensboro Corps - Greensboro, NC

Position Type:   Regular Full Time          

About this opportunity:

Under the direction of the immediate supervisor, creates and implements short-and-long term strategies to identify, cultivate, solicit and steward individual mid-level donors; oversees a variety of mid-level donor activities and communications to maximize the organization's resources effectively and efficiently while providing appropriate avenues for engaging and recruiting new donors; creates strategies to increase identified and potential donor support; prepares analysis of fundraising activities for development of cultivation and solicitation strategies; implements strategies to elevate midlevel donors where possible to major donor status, ensuring that all aspects of the donor database management system are used to maximize donor cultivation.

Key Responsibilities

• Implements stewardship and touch point strategies for a caseload of mid-level donors, as well as event attendees.
• Manages and implements donor recognition benefits and provides unique engagement and cultivation        opportunities for mid-level donors.
• Executes strategically by building audiences through the gathering of state from the donor database to assess prospects, create prospect lists, and coordinate prospect review; working closely with the immediate supervisor to implement strategies that support on-going mid-level donor work.
• Assists with and maintain Interchange (Territorial Donor Management System.  Coordinate constituent updates and additions in database, perform troubleshooting, merge duplicate records, correct data entry errors, and ensure accurate input of mid-level donor data.
• Conducts research on prospects including individuals, corporations, and foundations for use in mid-level donor identification and cultivation for supporting various projects as needed throughout the Area Command.
• Prepares monthly reports illustrating progress, maintains and manages accurate donor records in a timely and efficient manner.

What we are looking for in you:

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in business administration, marketing, communication, liberal arts, or related field, AND
• Three years progressively responsible experience demonstrating a record of accomplishment in donor development, donor support or related, with prior donor management and donor database experience. OR
• Any equivalent combination of education, training and experience, which provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities.

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:

Ability to meet attendance requirements.

Ability to read, write and communicate in the English language effectively. Ability to work under the pressure of deadlines and time constraints.

Ability and willingness to conduct all duties in accordance with the ministry of the organization and its Christian principles; conducts all communications and job duties with the highest level of professionalism.

Duties are usually performed seated. Sitting may be relieved by brief or occasional periods of standing or walking.

Limited amount of physical effort required associated with walking, standing, lifting, and carrying light objects (less than 25 lbs.) frequently

Work may be performed in an office environment where there are little or no physical discomforts associated with changes in weather or discomforts associated with noise, dust, dirt, and the like but not limited to the office environment due to travel requirements.

Employee Benefits:

• Health, Dental and Vision Insurance
• Vacation, Sick, Personal and Holiday Paid Time Off
• Retirement Plan
• Life Insurance and more!

Why work for us?

The Salvation Army offers a broad range of career opportunities, particularly targeted toward those motivated by our mission, to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and to meet human needs in His name without discrimination.

The Salvation Army strives to do the “Most Good” for its employees by offering a greater sense of purpose in the work performed, by training and mentoring employees and by offering competitive compensation and benefit plans.  Whether employed as a truck driver, administrative support team member or the director of a program, our employees understand at the core of their work is the opportunity to be an integral part of an organization that is Doing the Most Good.

Additional Information:

All employees recognize The Salvation Army is a church and agree they will do nothing as an employee of The Salvation Army to undermine its religious mission.

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Application Submittal Period:  3/26/2025 – 4/26/2025

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

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