IMAGINATION STATION
Advancement Manager
Full Time
Description:
The Advancement Manager reports directly to the Director of Business Development. They will be responsible for the successful design and implementation of all activities to minimally secure $750,000 dollars in fundraising. The selected candidate should also be prepared to show a successful history of fundraising growth through donor and prospect research, acquisition and stewardship with emphasis on relationship building and sustenance. The strongest candidates will possess a passion for inquiry and demonstrate an enthusiastic interest in informal science education.
Responsibilities:
Development Practices
- Foster a donor-centric approach in all development work across the organization
- Gain familiarity and remain knowledgeable in Imagination Station programming and activities helping identification and alignment of donor interest and the science center’s work
- Exhibit a sincere desire and drive to see Imagination Station’s success through building financial resources
- Maintain a productive relationship cross-functionally with programs, experience, marketing and finance teams to advance development work
- Excel in all development activities including effective proposal and impact report writing and cultivation and acquisition plan development that broadens and deepens donor base
- Maintain active community relationships and networking opportunities during and outside work hours
- Maintain an active meeting schedule with new and existing donors
- Based on revenue budgets; set goals and objectives to achieve fundraising success
- Maintain all donor information and activity in donor software system
Annual Fund
- Successfully plan and execute all development strategies of the annual fund campaign (AF) including the planning and execution of a moves management plan for existing donors
- Increase AF giving by 20% annually through retention and acquisition
- Working with the membership manager, analyze members for prospective donors and develop a strategy and plan that creates a desire to support Imagination Station as a donor
Individual and Corporate Development
- Work closely with the Director of Business Development in the strategic cultivation, recruitment and retention of new individuals and corporate donors
- Identify and cultivate potential individual donors who exhibit an alignment with Imagination Station’s work with intent to build individual donor base
- Research and cultivate corporations/businesses new to Imagination Station, aligning their business interest with Imagination Station’s work culminating in increased revenue for events, programs and exhibits
Fundraising Events
- Plan and execute event sponsorship acquisition with increased revenue as primary goal while nurturing key relationships and event objectives
Grant Coordination
- Assist grant writers for 40-plus grants from government and foundation sources
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree. Two to four years in successfully demonstrated fundraising.
- Experience in membership-driven environments, cultural or educational institutions preferred.
- Proven exceptional skill at cultivating and sustaining authentic relationships with donors and other key constituents.
- Experience managing multiple projects.
- Confident, personable and comfortable representing the institution to a variety of individuals and corporate stakeholders.
- Proven track record in all facets of fundraising including annual campaigns, special events, data analysis and reporting, prospect research and cultivation and database management.
- Outstanding written and spoken communication skills, exceptional conversationalist.
- Positive, energetic big-picture individual with solid organization skills. Highly entrepreneurial, resourceful, flexible with a high degree of initiative.
- Overall strategic agility, ability both to conceptualize and execute, and the capacity to articulate a visionary approach to initiatives that will enhance the long-term financial integrity of the Imagination Station.
Imagination Station’s mission is to serve our community by providing informal science education and fun in order to spark a passion for the sciences by combining interactive exhibits and educational programming.
All applicants must apply on-line at imaginationstationtoledo.org and submit a detail resume outlining job history and experience. If you are unable to complete our on-line application due to a disability, contact us at 419-244-2674 to ask for an accommodation or alternative application process.
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