Specific Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with the IST leadership team and board of directors to implement the current year IST development plan, while developing out-year plans.
• Manage fundraising campaigns, initiatives, and special events.
• Generate development materials such as grant proposals and case statements.
• Use sales and spending cycles to guide fundraising campaign decisions.
• Work with IST staff and leadership to identify, research, and develop strategies for new donor partnerships.
• Identify, build, and maintain positive relationships with individual donors, corporate and foundation partners, and key stakeholders.
• Assist with moves management process to aid in increased engagement with donors.
• Maintain relationships with existing sponsors, including through managing the donor deliverable requirements process. 
• Support the implementation of ongoing fundraising efforts including end-of-year giving, fundraising/friend-raising events, grant writing and reporting, and other specific requests for funding.
• Continue to build out the organization’s donor database by creating accurate and thorough constituent records, including individuals and organizations
• Establish and execute policies and best practices to maintain the integrity of the database.
• Perform the day-to-day operations of database management, including updates to donor accounts, gift/pledge processing, gift/pledge acknowledgements, and relationship mapping.
• Monitor and report regularly on the progress of development efforts.
• Manage the prospects pipeline, including forecasting, scheduling, and task management. 
• Assist in writing/updating acknowledgment and thank you letters, pledge reminder copy, and other development communications, as needed.
• Other responsibilities as assigned.

Experience Required:

• Minimum of five years’ experience in non-profit or public agency management.
• Proven work experience as a Development Director or similar role.
• Superb written, interpersonal, and verbal communication skills to speak with donors, partners, and other stakeholders across the organization.
• Work with fundraising software and tools to track progress throughout the year / experience in CRM/database management. Experience in Hubspot preferred. 
• Good organizational and time management skills to help keep projects on track.
• Ability to manage and prioritize multiple projects of varying size, scale, and importance with competing deadlines.
• Ability to build and maintain relationships with a variety of internal and external constituents.
• Excellent work ethic, positive attitude, flexibility, and willingness to perform a variety of work assignments.
• Must be able to handle confidential information, prioritize responsibilities, meet deadlines, and work independently.
• High attention to detail with desire to contribute to the overall success of the organization.

Salary range is $90,000-$125,000