Senior Development Manager

Full Time
Posted
1 year ago

Key Responsibilities

Grant research, writing & reporting for institutional donors (approx 60%)

  • Working closely with Founding Director & Leadership Team, co-design and execute a comprehensive, multi-year fundraising plan that supports El Tímpano’s strategic goals and includes government, foundation and corporate donors
  • Conduct research on foundation, corporate and government funding opportunities, build a robust pipeline of top prospects, craft pitches, grant proposals, and nurture and manage those relationships
  • Maintain and improve El Tímpano’s systems and processes for tracking donor cultivation and stewardship, potential grants, funders, and donor cultivation, and maintain up-to-date records of prospects, applications, and grant reports
  • Significantly increase El Tímpano’s portfolio of institutional donors through research and donor cultivation to increase our operating budget over the next 3 years to meet strategic goals  

Communications activities (approx 15-20%)

  • Develop and/or oversee production of funder and partner communications material and reports, including annual impact reports, a monthly newsletter, funder updates, and other collateral 

Individual donor cultivation, event planning and implementation (approx 10-15%)

  • Develop and implement new strategies and relationship cultivation events to build awareness of and excitement for El Tímpano’s work and impact among prospective individual donors 
  • Strategize and manage individual giving campaigns at key points throughout the year
  • Generate and experiment with new ideas to grow El Tímpano’s revenue

Professional development, conferences, administration, and other duties that arise (approx 10%)

  • Leverage opportunities to build skills and expand El Tímpano’s fundraising capacity through workshops, conferences, and trainings with industry associations and peers

You are a great fit if you…  

  • Have a minimum of 3+ years of related development and communications experience, including responsibility for grant-writing and funder research and relations for organizations with a $1 million or larger annual budget
  • Have experience writing successful grant proposals from a variety of institutional funders, including securing grants of at least $200,000 
  • Have strong people and project management skills, including the ability to manage multiple projects and competing deadlines while maintaining rigorous attention to detail
  • Are a strategic thinker, a problem-solver, and an ambitious and persistent fundraiser. For you, a challenge is an opportunity. You are unafraid to try new approaches, and will learn and grow from what others might consider a failure 
  • Are a creative and compelling storyteller who can weave research and data with strong narratives to communicate organizational impact and objectives
  • Have excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication, including the ability to communicate in diverse environments with colleagues, community members, and external peers through active listening, empathy, and respect 
  • Demonstrate initiative and a spirit of learning and innovation. This is the first dedicated fundraising position for the organization, which means you will be building some materials and systems from scratch, learning and iterating as you go, collaborating with a team, and adapting as the organization grows and evolves.
  • While not required, we prefer candidates who have experience in fundraising for either journalism/civic engagement or immigrant communities, and who are familiar with the Bay Area’s philanthropic ecosystem. 

Some great candidates may not check all the boxes above, and may have valuable skills not included here. If that’s you, please don’t hesitate to apply and tell us why you would thrive in this role. If you have any questions in advance of applying for this position, we encourage you to reach out to Madeleine Bair, mbair@eltimpano.org to address your questions via email or a brief call. 

Compensation & Values

The annual salary is $95,000-$110,000, depending on experience. El Tímpano, as a fiscally sponsored project of Independent Arts & Media, offers generous benefits, including 13 paid holidays, a one-week paid office closure, and 13 additional days PTO in the first year, 100% paid medical insurance premiums as well as vision and dental care, a Roth IRA, flexible work hours, and professional development opportunities. We are committed to supporting the personal and professional development of staff and caring for the holistic wellbeing of our team. 

El Tímpano is committed to addressing inequities and dismantling the various ways white supremacy shows up in journalism as well as organizational culture. While we’re imperfect, we are actively building a team that reflects the diverse life experiences of the communities we serve and that fosters equity, belonging, trust, and respect. We strongly encourage applications from immigrants, Latinos, and Indigenous candidates, people of color, women, people with disabilities, formerly incarcerated people, and LGBTQIA+ individuals.