Key RESPONSIBILITIES

Individual Giving

• With the leadership team, maintain relationships with prospective and current donors by serving as a point of contact and ensuring regular positive touch points
• Oversee donor research and prospecting
• Conceive, implement, and help manage individual giving strategies, moves management, and communications, collaborating with leadership as appropriate
• Conceive and execute annual appeal campaigns, including year-end appeal, spring appeal, back to school appeal, and production fundraising campaigns
• Coordinate invitations, seating, ticketing, and prospect lists for productions

Institutional Giving

• Maintain and manage institutional giving pipeline and calendar
• Collaborate with the leadership to complete grant proposals and reports, including managing grant portal access, project managing the writing process, and, over time, begin preparing initial drafts and/or polish final drafts for submission

Board Liaison

• Act as lead support for Board of Directors’ fundraising activities, including soliciting Board Member’s prospects for their support
• Assist Managing Director in preparing agendas and materials for Board meetings
• Work closely with Managing Director to manage and maintain correspondence with board members regarding donor prospects, meetings, calendar, fundraising events, production related events, and education events
• Help manage and liaise with the newly formed Board Fundraising Committee
  • Prepare materials
  • Oversee execution of board-planned events
  • Schedule committee meetings, plan agendas, prepare materials Fundraising & Cultivation Events

• Assist Managing Director and other leadership staff with planning and execution of all donor events
• Manage event timelines, invitation process, and other logistical details

Fundraising Operations

• Develop campaign projections and monitor budget goals, including preparation of regular reports for leadership
• Handle all gift entry and donor record maintenance in the CRM database, Funraise
• Prepare and send gift acknowledgement letters and pledge agreements
• Serve as project manager of fundraising activity across the team to ensure all initiatives are completed well and on time

Key QUALIFICATIONS

• 1+ years of individual giving experience
• Excellent communicator with strong writing skills
• Working knowledge of G Suite and Microsoft Office Suite
• Experience working in a fundraising CRM database is a plus
• A self-starter with the ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities and deadlines at once

• A commitment to continual self-education about Anti-Racism, including how to apply it in actionable ways, and a committment to contribute to Waterwell’s culture of inclusiveness;
• Dedication to the performing arts as a means of personal and social change and/or a passion for Waterwell’s distinct vision and values;
• High energy, positive attitude, assertiveness, creativity, humor and patience.

SCHEDULE & WORK LOCATION

Target start date of December 1, 2021.

Typical working hours are Monday – Friday, 10a-6p, with some flexibility as needed. Occasional evenings and weekends required, particularly during production.

Waterwell is currently conducting administrative work remotely and production and education work in person. In the short-term, we expect this position to work primarily remotely, with some in-person meetings and program visits. Support for home office needs is available. In the long term, the Development Manager will participate in company plans for the transition to a new way of working in person.

COMPENSATION

Salary of $50,000/year with paid time off, generous company holidays, and reimbursement for medical/vision/dental insurance premiums and expenses.

To apply, please send an email with your resume and cover letter to jobs@waterwell.org with “Development Manager” in the subject line.