National Braille Press is an internationally recognized and growing nonprofit braille publisher and printer with $5 million from publications sales, charitable donations, and job shop revenues.
Strong benefits include: compelling literacy mission, great colleagues, down-to-earth working environment, location near Symphony Hall with parking lot, and good compensation package.
Available positions:
Director of Major Gifts and Planned Giving
Development Coordinator
Salaried, Exempt
Full Time, Permanent Position
PURPOSE
To increase financial support from and involvement of a portfolio of high capacity individual Major Donor prospects for major gifts and planned giving opportunities. This position will be a member of the Development Department which raises over $1.3m annually and will work closely with the President to expand both the number and loyalty of potential major donors through networking, cultivation and stewardship.
PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Prepare and implement a strategic plan for the cultivation and solicitation of Major Donor prospects for NBP with the potential to make $10,000+ annual gifts and/or multi-year pledges.
- Achieve annual revenue goal and assist in meeting departmental goals. Increase the number and quality of Major Donor prospects through research, networking and cultivation. Allocate and prioritize time and travel resources for greatest return on investment.
- Conduct visits and other high-level interactions with prospects, documenting actions as appropriate. Prepare correspondence and proposals. Ensure annual requests of all prospects, and that all requests are closed on schedule and acknowledged accordingly.
- Responsible for the growth and development of the Braille for Life Alliance, NBP's new planned giving program. Listen for and act upon opportunities for gifts of assets or other gift structures beyond outright cash by engaging and collaborating with potential donors and our investment management banking team.
- Participate actively with the Development Department in prospect review meetings to share and request ideas for cultivation and solicitation strategies for both campaign and annual gifts. Support interactive learning by all team members.
- Strategize and work with the Development Department to create and manage a co-chair and major donor prospect plan for annual gala.
- Engage and support the President, Trustees, and NBP leadership in the fundraising process. Recommend timing for visits by leaders, and prepare background reports, strategies, scripts and talking points and manage briefing sessions. Accompany on visits as appropriate, debrief and manage follow up activity.
- Identify, recruit, and support hosts for cultivation and fundraising events in Massachusetts and key locations in the US.
- Collaborate with Development Departmental as a team member, sharing responsibility for the timely and accurate completion of routine projects such as gift acknowledgements, mailings, invitations, and database coding of gifts.
- Build relationships with NBP program staff, marketing, and senior management to acquire the information needed to solicit gifts and build donor relationships effectively; to determine investment opportunities for donors who wish to restrict their gift to a specific program area; and to create follow-up reports for donors who request them.
- Understand and comply with all OA gift-related policies and procedures and ensures ethical compliance, as defined by the Association of Fundraising Professionals.
- Perform related duties as required.
EXPECTATIONS OF THE POSITION
- The incumbent will stay abreast of professional standards, trends and issues affecting this set of responsibilities, demonstrating continuous learning of the field.
- S/he will work effectively in support of a team-based work culture, will perform all duties appropriate to a multi-cultural environment, treating all persons with dignity and respect, and will be familiar with and committed to NBP's mission and goals.
- Must be able to travel domestically and possibly internationally on occasion.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Required Education: Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience.
Experience & core competencies
- 5-7 years of Development experience with 2-3 years focus in direct personal major donor solicitation at the $10,000+ level and using major gifts tracking tools.
- Commitment to goal attainment, high degree of initiative, and ability to motivate and engage high level volunteers and donors.
- Demonstrated ability to work with high degree of autonomy and accountability and to be a team player.
- Superior oral and written communication, as well as interpersonal and motivational skills including specific experience writing funding proposals.
- Ability to develop and follow through on creative and effective solicitation strategies and to generate enthusiasm for them among team members.
- Highly organized and proficient in word-processing, ability to access database information, and strong investigative skills. Excellent time management and prioritization skills.
PREFERRED
- Experience in project management and/or implementation of cultivation events.
- Experience working with executive staff, board members and major gifts volunteers.
- Public speaking experience.
- Knowledge of basic finance or accounting principles.
- Experience in the field of international development or related issues.
Send resumes to:
esamohvalov@nbp.org
Elena Samohvalov
National Braille Press, Inc.
88 St. St.Stephen Street
Boston, MA 02115
FAX: 617-437-0456
Hourly
30-hours a week, Permanent
The Development Coordinator will work in a small, dynamic development office, within a five-person development team and report directly to the Director of Development Operations & Annual Giving. He/she will play an important role in a department that raises over $1,300,000 a year, and will need to enjoy working hard in a down-to-earth, open environment. The Development Coordinator must be able to work independently, manage multiple projects simultaneously, and handle administrative tasks with ease. He/she must be proficient in computer programs such as Microsoft Word and Excel, and should have some experience with relational databases.
PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Database Integrity
- Design, in accordance with specifications, write, and then implement all reports from database for development dept.
- Update database with addresses and other contact information
- Searching for, correcting and merging duplicate records
- Regular database cleanup
Financial Reporting
Gift processing in database
- Entering donations and reconciling with accounting dept. on daily basis
- Make copies of report for FY10 trans report records
- Copy any gifts of $500 or more
- Daily transaction reports
- Generating daily gift receipts - thank you letters
- Monthly progress reports
- Monthly reconciliation of Development dept. numbers with Accounting
Administrative Coordination
Book sponsorship program
- Attend weekly meetings with Jeff for updates and update development team
- Maintain and update book sponsorship spreadsheet
- Generate sponsor wording and communicate with other staff and departments in process as needed
- Mail one copy of all sponsored books to donors
Mailings (newsletter, annual campaign, development mailings as needed)
- Coordinate all in-house mailings for development department
- create lists from database and be responsible for cleaning lists and de-duplicating lists
- Mail prep
- Cycle for braille & coordinate with proofreaders
Administrative support for events
- create lists for event mailings, clean and de-duplicate lists
- coordinate pieces for sponsorship packages as needed
- update solicitation spreadsheets
- Cycle any braille letters & coordinate with proofreaders
- Mail prep for save-the-date and invitation mailings
- Process all invoices
- Coordinate live auction details
- Organize day-of print materials (table cards, bid cards, FAB cards, signage, etc.)
- Print name tags
- Coordinate registration bins
- Coordinate book sponsor plaques for annual meeting
Miscellaneous
- Front office clean-up and space organization
- Give tours when needed
- Support staff for volunteer projects when needed
- Generate Development Holiday Card mailing list from CG
- Ordering & tracking inventory of Development supplies
- Front desk/receptionist duties
- Filing
Send resumes to:
esamohvalov@nbp.org
Elena Samohvalov
National Braille Press, Inc.
88 St. St.Stephen Street
Boston, MA 02115
FAX: 617-437-0456
