Development Manager

Number of Positions: 1 Work Location: Hybrid On-Site/Remote

Position Overview

The Development Manager provides administrative, event, and project support, and assists with the operations, database management, donor stewardship, communications and marketing efforts of the Development Department. This is the perfect position for a detail-oriented individual who thrives in a fast-paced environment and wants the challenge and the many personal rewards of working in a highly entrepreneurial, mission-driven organization. This position reports to the Director of Development.

Job Description Responsibilities

Development/Database Operations Support

• Process gifts and record pledges.
• Assist with database updates, clean-up, and other efforts as needed.
• Generate monthly pledge reminders as necessary.
• Process development-related mailings.
• Support the fidelity of development data in Salesforce through regular data updates.
• Prepare correspondence, and other administrative services as assigned.

Marketing and Communications Support

• Support communications efforts including but not limited to reviewing e-news content, newsletters, and other marketing content.
• Lead social media efforts.
• Gather, prepare, and archive photos, video, and interviews for outreach materials.
• Design collateral materials such as brochures, programs, invitations, and flyers (Canva, Microsoft Publisher, InDesign).
• Manage website updates.

Events Support

• Support all Development events including annual gala.
• Support event sponsorship planning, outreach, and follow-up for all events.
• Manage the events calendar including national and local events and external partnerships.
• Manage event spreadsheets including revenue stages, attendance, benefits, and historical.
• Ensure accurate event campaign data in Salesforce.
• Manage event email and direct mail communication.
• Secure necessary vendors, obtain quotes, secure contracts, and monitor vendor performance.
• Manage staffing plans and train AmeriCorps members, staff, and volunteers on roles as necessary.
• Maintain record of materials, plans, and documents for future reference.
• Support post event management including thank you letters, database update with donor notes, event notes, vendors paid, gifts/sponsorships collected.

Cross-functional development support

• Assist with shared goals of City Year Rhode Island.
• Participate in all staff support for site-wide programming.
• Serve on a site-wide committee.

Basic Qualifications

• 1-3 years database software experience required (Experience with Salesforce or similar platforms)
• Strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple workstreams at once
• Administrative and event management experience in a professional environment utilizing Microsoft Word, Excel, Publisher, and Outlook. (Knowledge of Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Canva is a plus.)
• Excellent written and oral communication skills with a demonstrated ability to engage a wide range of audiences
• Demonstrated ability to build strong internal and external relationships

Benefits

• Full-time employees will be eligible for all benefits including vacation, sick days and organization holidays.
• You may participate in all benefit programs that City Year establishes and makes available to eligible employees, under (and subject to all provisions of) the plan documents that govern those programs.
• Currently, City Year offers medical, dental, vision, life, accidental death and dismemberment and disability coverage, Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA), and other benefits including 401(k) plan(s) pursuant to the terms and conditions of company policy and the 401(k) plan document.
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• Employment at City Year is at-will.
• City Year does not sponsor work authorization visas.

City Year’s dual mission is to expand educational opportunity for all students and develop the next generation of leaders through national service. Trained teams of City Year AmeriCorps members provide support to students, classrooms and the whole school. Schools that partner with City Year are up to two to three times more likely to improve in English and math assessments, and the more time students spend with AmeriCorps members, the more they improve on academic, cognitive and interpersonal skills—skills that help students thrive in school, college and career. City Year’s 900 staff and 2,000+ AmeriCorps members work and serve in 29 communities across the U.S., including Boston (where City Year was founded in 1988 and is headquartered), Baton Rouge, Buffalo, Chicago, Cleveland, Columbia, Columbus, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Jacksonville, Kansas City, Little Rock, Los Angeles, Memphis, Miami, Milwaukee, New Hampshire, New Orleans, New York, Orlando, Philadelphia, Providence, Sacramento, San Antonio, San José/Silicon Valley, Seattle/King County, Tulsa and Washington, D.C. City Year also has international affiliates in the U.K. and South Africa. A proud member of the AmeriCorps national service network, City Year is supported by AmeriCorps, local school districts and private philanthropy. City Year has been designated a 4-star charity by Charity Navigator since 2003, putting City Year in the top 1% of non-profits nationwide for accountability, transparency and responsible fiscal management, and among the most trustworthy nonprofits in America. At City Year, we sometimes say we work not only “at” City Year, but also “on” City Year, recognizing that the organization, like our world, is constantly evolving and changing. Two things that have never changed: our steadfast belief in the power of young people to change our world for the better; and our aspiration to create positive school and work environments where everyone feels a sense of connection, is supported to do their best work, and is able to learn, contribute, lead and create to their fullest potential.

As an equal opportunity employer, City Year is committed to providing employment opportunities to all qualified individuals and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy, parental status, genetic information or characteristics, or any other basis prohibited by applicable law.

Learn more at City Year’s Facebook page, on X (formerly Twitter), and LinkedIn.