Manager, Special Events, Ms. Foundation for Women, New York, NY

Manager, Special Events

Posted on: October 17, 2013
Posted by: Ms. Foundation for Women

OVERVIEW
 
The Ms. Foundation for Women fights to eliminate barriers for all women. We fight to keep lawmakers and public figures in check, to protect and fortify our fragile successes, and to secure the same opportunities for all women in the U.S. We strategically target and tear down obstacles that stand in the way of each and every woman's health, safety and economic well-being, with a particular commitment to building the power of low-income communities and women of color. Our fundamental belief is that when even one woman is held back, it diminishes us all.

How do we accomplish all we do? By speaking out and demanding change on the most pressing issues facing women today. By investing funds — and more importantly — time, expertise and training in over 100 trailblazing organizations nationwide. By connecting these groups so they can magnify their impact. By possessing deep knowledge of women's experiences on the ground and advocating for policy solutions on the national stage.

There's more to do — and with your help, we're doing it. Because to secure a better future for ourselves, our families, our communities, this is a fight we can't afford to lose.

POSITION SUMMARY

The Manager, Special Events reports to the Director, Major Gifts and Events and manages special fundraising events for the Ms. Foundation for Women to raise revenue and brand awareness. This includes the largest annual fundraising event, the "Gloria Awards," as well as fundraising and donor cultivation events of various sizes and scope in cities across the country.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Works with the Director, Major Gifts and Events, to manage all facets of the successful execution and growth of the Gloria Awards, the Foundation's annual fundraising event in New York City, including event leadership identification, management of the event planner and venue, work with honorees and guests, and budget management
• Manages the production of all donor events including all print collateral development including invitations, menus, journals, programs and decorative elements including centerpieces and displays for all events.
• Manages the promotion for all donor events, including interactive evites, website content, videos, photo distribution and display, and social media opportunities
• Manages all auction, text to pledge, and raffle opportunities for donor events
• Creates and manages timelines for all events and review with staff and management on a regular basis
• Develops persuasive sponsorship, honoree, and table/ ticket sales letters
• Helps develop benefits that will appeal to potential sponsors
• Manages regional cultivation and fundraising events, including the identification of leadership and support structures, regional consultants, budget and revenue projections and successful implementation strategies
• Manages and recruits volunteer staff for special events
• Manages the maintenance of strong donor database records for events including seating charts and other lists

QUALIFICATIONS

• Minimum of two years of experience in non-profit fundraising special events at a Manager level
• Experience in a national organization preferred but not required
• College degree required
• A strong track record in all facets of special events including fundraising
• Superior communications and organizational skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Strong creativity and ideas with a proven event portfolio
• Outstanding writing skills; the ability to develop and edit persuasive letters and materials that compellingly communicate giving opportunities
• Intellectual curiosity and the ability to learn quickly, ask probing questions, and synthesize information from an array of sources
• Ability to successfully execute multiple, simultaneous projects on time and with quality results
• An ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and to work collaboratively
• A commitment to the mission and values of the Ms. Foundation for Women

Additional information on the Ms. Foundation can be found at forwomen.org.

HOW TO APPLY

Please submit a cover letter and résumé in confidence to Human Resources:

http://forwomen.org/content/5/en/

Please no follow-up phone calls or faxes. We regret it will not to possible to communicate with candidates except those who most closely match our requirements. Thank you.

The Ms. Foundation for Women is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, marital or veteran status, sexual orientation, or any other legally protected status.

Manager, Donor Operations, Ms. Foundation for Women, Brooklyn, NY

Manager, Donor Operations

Posted on: September 18, 2013
Posted by: Ms. Foundation for Women

OVERVIEW
 
The Ms. Foundation for Women fights to eliminate barriers for all women. We fight to keep lawmakers and public figures in check, to protect and fortify our fragile successes, and to secure the same opportunities for all women in the U.S. We strategically target and tear down obstacles that stand in the way of each and every woman's health, safety and economic well-being, with a particular commitment to building the power of low-income communities and women of color. Our fundamental belief is that when even one woman is held back, it diminishes us all.

How do we accomplish all we do? By speaking out and demanding change on the most pressing issues facing women today. By investing funds — and more importantly — time, expertise and training in over 100 trailblazing organizations nationwide. By connecting these groups so they can magnify their impact. By possessing deep knowledge of women's experiences on the ground and advocating for policy solutions on the national stage.

There's more to do — and with your help, we're doing it. Because to secure a better future for ourselves, our families, our communities, this is a fight we can't afford to lose.

POSITION SUMMARY

The Manager, Donor Operations is responsible for managing all donor operations including database, research and reporting, departmental budget, constituent tracking and reporting systems.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Manages the daily operation of the Raiser's Edge database
• Implements data entry strategy to produce customized reports for Development staff
• Performs quality control of the database by ensuring the standardization of data and coding and by developing systems and processes
• Ensures the accuracy and integrity of Raiser's Edge through regular cleanup of the data, including National Change of Address (NCOA) quarterly requirements
• Handles all daily data entry, including gift entry, capturing donor relationships, actions and notes when needed
• Processes all gifts, including all received donations from phone-in, recurring gifts, online donations and pledges
• Produces acknowledgments for all individual donors and all events donations
• Conducts ongoing staff training support and knowledge sharing to maximize the use of Raiser's Edge
• Troubleshoots relevant issues with Finance, Information Technology and Communications staff (for Convio), including regularly reconciling financial records and synching Convio with Raiser's Edge
• Anticipates and coordinates software upgrades as needed
• Provides support for Direct Mail solicitations for the consultant and internal stakeholders
• Creates segmented lists and some production supervision for multiple direct mail solicitations annually, which includes ensuring that all deadlines for deliverables are met
• Provides monthly revenue reports, as well as ad hoc stats, and analysis reports
• Manages the filing of state charitable registrations for solicitations in direct mail
• Provides weekly and monthly reports for revenue including the management of the route-to-revenue budgetary goals
• Meets with the Development Directors monthly to ensure they are on target to revenue budgetary goals
• Develops and manages monthly expense reporting for the department
• Reconciles revenue and expenses with Finance on a weekly and monthly basis
• Provides directors with timely donor research on major donors, foundations, and event donors
• Manages the upkeep and subscriptions of research tools
• Ensures effective and efficient daily updates on major donors and board members
• Provides CEO with timely background information and research before donor or foundation visits, events or trips
• Supervises the Development and Special Projects Assistant and Research Assistant to provide support to all departments, manage the entry of data, and assure quality donor service through timely acknowledgments and replies
• Provides support to Giving Circles, including but not limited to gift data entry, acknowledgments and monthly reports
• Ad-hoc work on Convio ranging from troubleshooting Convio/Raiser's Edge sync, retrieving stats reports, cleaning up duplicate records, and updating behind-the- hood coding for online donation pages
• Fulfills donor requests ranging from questions about the Foundation, how to make a donation, acknowledgment letter re-issue, and updating mailing list opt outs
• May supervise interns as needed
• Other special projects as needed

QUALIFICATIONS & REQUIREMENTS

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in non-profit fundraising donor database management with a minimum of three years of experience managing Raiser's Edge
• College degree required
• Three years of experience in developing business rules and documentation for donor databases
• Tremendous organizational skills
• Extremely detail oriented
• Understanding of financial reporting in a non-profit environment and the methods for balancing Development and Finance records
• Two years of experience with donor research
• Two years of experience with customer/donor service and retention
• Two years of experience working with website database donor tools
• Knowledge of Convio's database and how to manage data output to Raiser's Edge
• Outstanding Excel skills
• Three years of budget management and development experience
• A commitment to the mission and values of the Ms. Foundation for Women

HOW TO APPLY

Please submit a cover letter and résumé in confidence to Human Resources:

http://forwomen.org/content/5/en/

Please no follow-up phone calls or faxes. We regret it will not to possible to communicate with candidates except those who most closely match our requirements. Thank you.

Manager of Online Advocacy & Engagement, Center for Reproductive Rights, New York, NY

Manager of Online Advocacy & Engagement

Posted on: April 8, 2013
Application deadline: May 3, 2013
Posted by: Center for Reproductive Rights

CENTER BACKGROUND

Founded in 1992, the Center for Reproductive Rights is a non-profit organization that promotes women's equality worldwide by securing reproductive rights in constitutional and international human rights law. Its mission is straightforward and ambitious: to advance reproductive freedom as a fundamental right that all governments are legally obligated to protect, respect and fulfill. The Center is unmatched as a reproductive rights organization in its expertise on US constitutional law, comparative law and international human rights law.

The Center works across the globe on issues including access to life-saving obstetrics care, contraception, abortion services and comprehensive sexuality information, as well as the prevention of forced sterilization and child marriage. It has brought groundbreaking cases before national courts, UN committees and regional human rights bodies. It has built the legal capacity of women's rights advocates in more than 50 countries.

In addition to a headquarters in New York City, the Center has offices in: Washington D.C.; Bogotá, Colombia; Kathmandu, Nepal; Nairobi, Kenya; and Geneva, Switzerland. It employs more than 100 professionals from Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Kenya, Korea, Nepal, Nigeria, the Philippines, Slovakia, Sweden and the US.

DESCRIPTION

The Center for Reproductive Rights' Manager of Online Advocacy and Engagement is a dynamic, self-motivated individual with a passion for global human rights working as a key member of an ambitious and enterprising Communications Department that has recently expanded its reach significantly online and in the media through the launch of a major national engagement and public awareness campaign called Draw the Line. The Manager of Online Advocacy and Engagement is the lead individual in developing and executing a highly effective and data-driven online advocacy program designed to increase the number of supporters on the Center's email list, expand the size of the Center's online community through social media, and to ultimately, convert online users into Center advocates, and in collaboration with the Development team, into donors. S/he reports directly to the Director of Communications Operations; works closely with Senior Digital Producer and Project Manager, Senior Writer/Editor, and the Senior Creative and Designer on the team; and shares management of the online communications assistant with the Senior Digital Producer and Project Manager. S/he is also a crucial partner to the Center's Manager of Direct Response, a member of the Development Department reporting to the Director of Individual Gifts.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Create effective online communications strategies that utilize web, email, and social media channels to expand the Center's online community; promote the Center's profile and work; drive email list growth; increase the number of supporters on social media.
• Identify potential online advocacy opportunities within the Draw the Line campaign, Center litigation and federal and state advocacy, current legislative issues, and news developments, and write and edit email alerts and social media posts, obtaining approvals when necessary from content stakeholders and collaborating with the Communications team to ensure an integrated approach that connects online content and media placements.
• Support the Manager of Direct Response in meeting monthly and annual online fundraising goals through the development of effective fundraising emails and strategic use of the Center's supporter data. (Performance evaluation will be directly tied to the strength of the Manager of Online Advocacy and Engagement's support in achieving these goals.)
• In close partnership with the Center's direct response consultants and the Manager of Direct Response, write all fundraising emails (excluding renewals and year-end messaging, content development for which will be led by the Manager of Direct Response).
• In cooperation with the Manager of Direct Response, collaborate with the Center's direct response consultants on ensuring effective, coordinated strategies for supporter engagement and conversion.
• Collaborate with the Manager of Direct Response to design and implement online strategies for donor/activist acquisition.
• Work closely with the Manager of Direct Response and the Development Department to develop the narrative arc for the Center's integrated, multi-channel campaigns, including audience engagement plans, content creation, and timelines with ultimate goal of converting activists into donors and cultivating individual activists with the potential to become contributors to the Center.
• Develop and produce a monthly e-newsletter, ReproWrites.
• Implement and monitor test plans, campaign metrics, and analysis of online email engagement and website to report outcomes to supervisor and make recommendations to advance strategies and bolster the impact of the Center's work.
• Manage and maintain the Center's Customer Relationship Management system (Convio), including tracking data; ensuring the integrity of groups within Convio, that Convio and the Center's fundraising software, Raiser's Edge, are properly synced, and that the Center develops maximum flexibility and sophistication in using Convio as an engagement and fundraising tool (through development of segmentation strategies, etc.)
• Analyze current events and political environments to ensure that the Center is keeping up with rapidly shifting online discussions and traditional news and political cycles.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES

• 5-7 years' experience working in online fundraising, advocacy, marketing, communications, and strategy, including: developing written content for email and the web; technical skills in web publishing and advanced knowledge of online content management systems (CRM and CMS) and HTML; and experience with producing web analytics.
• A clear grasp of donor and activist engagement strategies and their relationship to building a robust resource for online giving and advocacy; demonstrated experience in strategic online communications, positioning, problem-solving, and creative thinking.
• Strong writing, editing and proofreading skills; demonstrated ability to research, write, fact-check and edit a variety of communication pieces for target audiences with a minimal amount of supervision.
• Demonstrated ability to meet tight deadlines, work under pressure, handle simultaneous assignments and work within a team setting; and a strong commitment to reproductive rights and human rights.
• Commitment to the Center's mission, purpose, and values. Experience need not be in reproductive rights specifically although a background in health and/or legal advocacy is helpful.
• A bachelor's degree is required; an advanced degree in communications, journalism, or new media is highly desirable.

COMPENSATION

The Center offers a competitive salary commensurate with experience and a comprehensive benefits program.

HOW TO APPLY

Send cover letter, résumé, one writing sample and contact information for three references to (email preferred) 

resumes@reprorights.org

Note: Applicants must indicate "Manager of Online Advocacy and Engagement, their last name, and code 174" as the subject of emailed applications. Cover letter, résumé and writing samples should be sent as attachments. Please mention in your cover letter, where you saw this opportunity.

Mailing address:

Center for Reproductive Rights

Attn.: Manager of Online Advocacy and Engagement Code 174

120 Wall Street, 14th Floor

New York, NY 10005

The Center for Reproductive Rights is an equal opportunity employer, committed to inclusive hiring and dedicated to diversity in our work and staff. We strongly encourage candidates from all groups and communities to apply.