Development Manager

Passionate about making a difference? We’re hiring! Join JA of North Central Ohio’s development team and help bring our mission to life for even more students.

Title: Development Manager

Area: JA of North Central Ohio

Reports to: President

Status: Full-Time, Salaried

Salary: $50,000 - $60,000

Primary Responsibilities:

- Responsible for community development, prospecting, and outreach to engage new organizations in support of JANCO’s mission and secure donations to fully fund programming in the western district.
- Responsible for managing a book of existing JA partnerships based on an assigned territory by providing the highest level of customer service and identify and cultivate relationships with individuals to grow the amount of individual donations received.
- Create and execute a community development plan within your personal assigned territory.
- Work collaboratively across the development and program team at Junior Achievement to further the mission of the organization through connecting opportunities across JANCO’s footprint with the needs of corporate partnerships.
- Collaborate and work closely with two JA program managers also assigned to coordinate JA programing in the Western District.
- Responsible for ownership of all special event and programmatic event implementation in the Western District including setting the vision for the event experience, recruiting community and corporate partners to participate (volunteer or sponsor), soliciting sponsorships/raising money to achieve event fundraising goals, coordinating with the program team to design and execute a high level student experience at all programmatic events, managing team members to execute all event logistics, and oversee execution of all other functions of current and future events in the western district. This currently includes two JA Inspire events in Richland and Ashland Counties and one golf outing in Richland County.
- Enter all stewardship, donor, and partnership data into JANCO’s CRM databases and trackers on a regular basis and utilize interactions in BCRM to track all meetings and outreach efforts.
- Develop and maintain relationships with assigned legislators to increase awareness of Junior Achievement’s work in your district. Conduct at least two meetings per year with each assigned legislator or their staff.
- Participate in the annual Advocacy Day at the state capital, including legislative meeting preparation, coordinating with colleagues, and engaging in meetings with public officials and lawmakers.
- Maintain awareness of policy developments that may impact Junior Achievement’s mission. Provide regular updates to leadership and contribute to the organization’s advocacy strategy as needed.
- Western District office space is provided by Gorman Rupp in Mansfield.
- Other duties as defined by supervisor.

Qualifications (required)

- Bachelor’s degree required
- 3 or more years of non-profit fundraising or sales experience
- 2 or more years of special event planning experience
- Experience in one or more of the following: sales, development, event management, and marketing
- Competitive and results-driven
- Strong relationship management skills with the ability to work with a variety of constituents, including C-Suite executives, corporate sponsors, special event committee members, vendors, volunteers, and participants
- Demonstrated ability to create and execute strategy to achieve desired results
- Excellent organization, presentation and written and oral communication skills
- Ability to work independently and in a team environment
- Ability to multi-task and adapt in a fast paced frequently changing environment