Individual Giving Manager

Individual Giving Manager

Position Type Full-time, Exempt Job Shift Monday through Friday Category Nonprofit - Social Services

Description

Why Join Us? Mission-Driven Career Opportunity

One of the leading affordable housing nonprofits in the area, Habitat Charlotte Region partners with hundreds of families each year through affordable homeownership, home preservation and financial literacy training. As a Grants and Compliance Manager, you'll play an integral role in our vision of a world where everyone has a safe and affordable place to live.

Why Join Habitat?

• Competitive salary and benefits
• Industry-leading healthcare, dental, vision, flexible spending accounts (healthcare and dependent care)
• Work/life balance supported by generous PTO
• Career development and promotion opportunities
• Casual working environment
• Retirement planning – a 403(b) with 3% organizational match

Position Purpose:

The Individual Giving Manager advances Habitat's individual giving strategy by leading the growth and management of the Builders Circle ($1,000+ annual donors) and monthly giving program (The Crew). This role is responsible for acquiring, retaining, upgrading, and stewarding donors through personalized engagement strategies that increase donor loyalty, lifetime value, and sustainable philanthropic support.

Working closely with the Director of Leadership Giving, the Individual Giving Manager manages a portfolio of donors and prospects with responsibility for achieving annual fundraising goals. The position also supports the organization's major gifts pipeline by identifying and qualifying donors with the capacity and inclination for deeper investment. Through relationship building, data-informed decision making, and strategic stewardship, this role strengthens the donor experience and contributes to Habitat's long-term fundraising growth.

Essential Functions

• Mid-Level Giving Portfolio Management & Fundraising
• Major Gifts Pipeline Support
• Donor Stewardship & Engagement
• Strategy, Data & Project Management

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• 3-5 years of progressive fundraising or development experience, including success in annual, mid-level, leadership giving, or donor relationship management.
• Demonstrated ability to cultivate, solicit, steward, and grow a donor portfolio, with a track record of increasing donor engagement, retention, and philanthropic investment.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to build meaningful, donor-centered relationships.
• Experience using donor databases and CRM systems to manage portfolios, track donor activity, analyze giving trends, and inform fundraising strategies; Salesforce experience preferred.
• Strong project management, organizational, and analytical skills, with the ability to balance multiple priorities and translate data into action.
• Collaborative, detail-oriented, and mission-driven, with experience working across teams to support fundraising initiatives, events, and donor engagement opportunities.
• Bachelor's degree preferred, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant fundraising experience.

Qualifications

Work Environment

• This position requires working primarily indoors in an office setting, with occasional driving between locations within the affiliate's service area as needed.
• Ability to work in an office environment, which requires the ability to speak, hear, with the visual and manual dexterity to manage papers, reports, and typing/ten-key. Must embody the capacity to maintain the following for several hours at a time: use of a personal computer or similar technology, phone, sitting as required
• Ability to read documents and correspondence
• Ability to communicate in person, over the phone and/or via computer
• Lift, move and set up onboarding materials or other special employee events materials, which include but is not limited to lifting up to 20lbs unassisted, stooping, kneeling, bending with the visual and manual dexterity to manage cords, connections, and other equipment

Habitat for Humanity of the Charlotte Region is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a drug-free workplace. A pre-employment drug screen and background check is required.

Habitat for Humanity of the Charlotte Region program funding often includes federal funding and this role may support federally funded activities. People qualifying as Section 3 residents per Section 3 of the HUD Act of 1968 (12 U.S.C § 1701u) and its associated regulations (24 C.F.R. Part 75) are encouraged to apply. Information on Section 3 qualifications and certification material available upon request.