Job Purpose: The Development Manager will be responsible for both direct solicitation and supporting the CEO, Vice President of Employment and Community Services, and CFI Board as they solicit annual and major donors. The successful candidate will be an engaging, creative development professional who is the consummate team player and has a demonstrated track record of success. The Development Manager will be responsible for donor stewardship, donor reporting and record keeping, administrative support for solicitation, donor stewardship events, communications and other tasks as needed to effectively support the growth of the Centers for Independence.

Essential Job Functions:
(Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.)
• Writes and prepares quality donor communications including proposals, PowerPoint pitch decks for donor meetings, correspondence and donor reports.
• Creates and maintains a calendar of donor stewardship activities and strategies.
• Collaborates with CFI marketing staff to plan and execute a coordinated development and communications plan.
• Leads and executes high-quality gift processing, timely gift acknowledgements, and maintains accurate donor data by completing routine updates to records in the customer relationship management system.
• Researches, develops and maintains prospective donor portfolios for the CEO and Vice President of Employment and Community Services, including individuals, corporations and foundations.
• Collaborates with CFI staff and board members to plan, coordinate and execute donor events and other stewardship activities.
• Coordinates and creatively implements expansion of CFI’s ambitious fundraising efforts.
• Monitors, tracks, and records outstanding pledges, recurring and matching gifts.
• Other duties as assigned