Senior Manager, Climate Reality Project

Organization/Grantor: The Climate Reality Project

Position/Title/Fund: Advancement Senior Manager

Location: Washington, D.C.

Salary: $110,000 - $112,200 per year

Description:

The Climate Reality Project is a nonprofit organization founded by former US Vice President Al Gore. Our mission is to catalyze a global solution to the climate crisis by making urgent action a necessity across every sector of society. At Climate Reality, we recruit, train, and mobilize people of all ages and backgrounds to work for just climate solutions that speed the global transition from dirty fossil fuels to clean, renewable energy.

Through our 11 international branches and 100-plus US chapters, we drive change to stop rising temperatures and build a sustainable future through three mission areas:
Reducing Emissions, Financing A Just Transition, and Promoting International Cooperation. Climate Reality staff are a diverse group of passionate individuals who’ve come together to tackle the greatest challenge of our time. We are advocates, cultural leaders, organizers, scientists, storytellers, and non-profit professionals committed to building a sustainable future together.

The Climate Reality Project is seeking an experienced, passionate, entrepreneurial, and strategic fundraising professional to expand the organization’s fundraising efforts and provide critical support to the Advancement Department. As a member of the Advancement leadership team, the Advancement Senior Manager will be responsible for executing a major donor fundraising program and supervising the department’s operational functions. They will develop and manage a high-level portfolio of current and prospective major donors and family foundations, focusing on increasing revenue from 5-6 figure funding partners, and oversee and implement a prospect research strategy that identifies qualified new prospects for Climate Reality’s pipeline.

They will also manage personnel responsible for advancement operations, including prospect development, moves management, database management, and grants management, and midlevel giving key department verticals that are critical to a successful major gift program.

This is a full time, exempt, benefits-eligible, hybrid position. The Climate Reality Project offers a flexible hybrid schedule, with staff working from our office in downtown Washington, DC at least two days per week to enable and encourage collaboration within and among teams. The salary range for the role is $,200 USD. Currently reporting to the Advancement Vice President, the Senior Manager has two direct reports.

Responsibilities:

Major Donor Fundraising – 55%

• Develop and manage a portfolio of current and prospective major donors and family foundations ($15,000 - $100,000), executing multi-faceted strategies for cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship.
• Conduct donor contact meetings nationally and staff executive team in meetings when appropriate.
• Target and cultivate emerging donor constituencies, including next-gen and Donor-Advised-Funds.
• Work alongside Advancement Vice President on execution of select institutional foundation giving opportunities.
• Work alongside Advancement Vice President to develop and execute high-level event fundraising opportunities.

Leadership and Management – 25%

• Manage Advancement Operations Senior Associate, ensuring integrity of data entry, compliance of processes, grants management, stewardship, and administrative duties.
• Manage Charitable Giving Manager, overseeing a new mid-level giving program, ensuring increased revenue from 4-5 figure donors and a strong pipeline of donors into the major gifts program.
• In collaboration with Advancement Vice President and People Department, develops and ensures department staff have training and professional development opportunities.
• Contribute and actively lead in organization’s Supervisors team calls.

Other – 20%

• Oversee and execute the department’s prospect research strategy, culminating in a steady flow of prospects to major, institutional, and principal gift portfolios, as well as effective portfolio management and prospect analytics.
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