Development Manager

Job Description

Job Description

Community College Preparatory Academy

Development Manager

Department:  Advocacy And Engagement

Reports to:  Chief Advocacy Officer

Status:  Full-time; exempt

Location:  Washington, DC / campus based

Salary band: $70,000–$100,000 annually

Supervisory responsibilities:  No standing direct reports. May direct grant writers, consultants, interns, vendors, or cross-functional project teams assigned to development initiatives.

Our mission

Community College Preparatory Academy (CCPrep) creates an innovative and rigorous learning environment for adults who are under-credited or have aged out of traditional K–12 pathways. We respond to each learner’s strengths and barriers while preparing students for employment, postsecondary education, industry credentials, and lifelong learning.

The opportunity

Build a disciplined fundraising program that connects donors and partners to the tangible impact of CCPrep students and programs.

Why this role matters for students

New and renewed resources expand the learning, credential, transition, and support opportunities available to adult learners.

Cognia connections Culture of Learning, Leadership for Learning, Engagement of Learning, and Growth in Learning | Standards 2–3, 5, 9, 11, 15, 17, 19–20, 24, 26–28. These responsibilities apply within this position’s assigned authority.

Essential responsibilities

• Develop an annual fundraising plan across foundations, corporations, individuals, events, and public-private opportunities.
• Maintain a qualified prospect pipeline, cultivation plans, proposal calendar, and stewardship schedule.
• Write persuasive, accurate cases for support, proposals, reports, and donor communications.
• Partner with Finance and program leaders on budgets, restrictions, deliverables, and outcome evidence.
• Maintain accurate constituent and gift records, acknowledgments, and relationship history.
• Prepare fundraising dashboards and ethical recommendations for leadership.
• Develop funding cases from verified learner needs and program evidence, prioritizing access, engagement, effective interventions, and pathways to individual education and career goals.
• Include learner perspectives through voluntary, informed participation in fundraising stories and program planning; protect dignity, privacy, and freedom to decline.
• Agree with academic and data leaders on appropriate learning and service measures for proposals and reports; distinguish demonstrated academic growth from participation and credential outcomes.
• Engage learners, staff, funders, and community partners around priorities that advance academic growth and well-being; develop shared leadership for approved partnership initiatives.
• Align resource-development recommendations with documented learner needs and equitable access to human, material, digital, and fiscal supports.
• Maintain institutional registrations, submission access, calendars, and records for SAM.gov, Grants.gov, EGMS, and other funder portals; coordinate program, finance, compliance, and executive inputs and retain final applications, awards, reports, and confirmation records.

What strong performance looks like

• Pipeline activity, submissions, awards, renewals, and stewardship milestones are current and visible.
• Proposals and reports are accurate, timely, compliant, and aligned to documented program capacity.
• Donor records and gift acknowledgments are complete and timely.
• Revenue performance and forecast risks are communicated early.
• Specific annual targets and milestones will be established in the employee’s performance plan and aligned with the approved school operating plan.
• Funding proposals connect resources to documented needs, feasible program actions, and appropriate measures agreed with program owners.
• Donor reporting accurately represents learning evidence and learner stories, with documented consent and data limitations.
• Partnership and funding records show authentic stakeholder participation, respectful learner representation, shared accountability, and resources directed to verified needs.
• Grant registrations remain active, portal access is appropriately assigned, submissions and reports meet deadlines, and the institutional file contains the approved narrative, budget, attachments, and confirmation.

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field or an equivalent combination of education and directly related experience.
• At least five years of progressively responsible experience, including project, program, or staff leadership.
• Demonstrated skill with data, documentation, cross-functional communication, and service-oriented problem solving.

Preferred qualifications

• Experience preparing and submitting government or foundation applications through grants-management systems such as SAM.gov, Grants.gov, EGMS, or comparable portals.
• Graduate degree or recognized professional certification related to the function.
• Experience in adult education, workforce development, public charter education, or a nonprofit setting.
• Experience establishing practical controls, dashboards, and continuous-improvement routines.

Core ways of working

• Centers adult learners, values their backgrounds and abilities, and respects their voice and choices.
• Communicates clearly, follows through, and raises risks early.
• Uses evidence, protects confidentiality, and documents work so others can rely on it.
• Collaborates across units and uses resources responsibly.
• Uses feedback and role-appropriate evidence to test improvements, apply professional learning, and review results.

Work environment and essential capabilities

Primarily campus and office based, with sustained computer use and frequent interaction with staff, students, vendors, or partners. Some evening, weekend, or off-site work may be required. Essential duties must be performed with or without reasonable accommodation.

Application and employment conditions

To learn more and apply, visit ccprep- academy.org/careers/. Questions or accommodation requests may be directed to View phone number on ziprecruiter.com.

CCPrep provides equal employment opportunity without regard to any characteristic protected by federal or District of Columbia law. Qualified applicants and employees may request reasonable accommodation for the application process or to perform essential job functions. Any required background, credential, driving-record, or employment-history review will occur in accordance with applicable law and at the appropriate stage of the hiring process. Employment may be contingent on satisfactory completion of job-related screening.

This description identifies the role’s principal responsibilities and essential functions. It does not create an employment contract and may be revised to reflect lawful, mission-related organizational needs. Related duties may be assigned when consistent with the role’s purpose and qualifications.