Development Manager

Title: Development Manager

Department: External Affairs Department

Reports to: Chief Development Officer (CDO)

Status: Fulltime 40 hrs/week MonFri) occasional evenings and weekends

Classification: Exempt

Hours: MF 40 hours/week occasional evenings and weekends

Location: Based in Overland Park; JFS also has a site in Brookside in Kansas City

MO; works throughout Kansas City

Organization: Jewish Family Services (www.jfskc) Since 1901 Jewish Family Services (JFS) www.jfskc has supported and strengthened lives throughout Greater Kansas City. We provide essential human services for people of all faiths ages cultures and identities who are facing challenges in everyday life or times of crisis. Our highly skilled and compassionate staff are dedicated to furthering the wellbeing stability and dignity of the community members we serve. As a 501(c)3 public charity JFS offers a breadth of connected services including Social Work Older Adult Services Food Pantry Mental Health and Education and Jewish Life. JFS was founded on the Jewish value of tikkun olam repairing the world one person one family at a time.

Position Summary: The Development Manager position plays a critical role in managing and ensuring the effective of all JFS fundraising and donor cultivation events as a core member of JFSs External Affairs Team. Events may include donor prospect and cultivation experiences open houses tours campaign kickoff and gala/major fundraising activities for ten to 700 attendees. The purpose of such events is to cultivate steward thank and solicit donors to support JFSs mission. This position is responsible for managing all aspects of these events from the minor details to the overall in close coordination with JFSs External Affairs Team Senior Leadership and other relevant team members.

The Development Manager will also be responsible for a portfolio of corporate sponsors and entrylevel major donors $. With help from the External Affairs team the Development Manager will identify cultivate and personally solicit prospects to bring in support for JFS events and programs. This includes regular goal planning and strategic updates to the Chief Development Officer.

This position will assist the CDO fundraising team and fundraising volunteers to followup with donors and prospects through emails and phone calls especially when seeking rsvps for cultivation events. The Development Manager is responsible for arranging and managing donor meetings tours and other donor engagement opportunities including the drafting of gift proposals.

Reporting to and primarily working with JFSs CDO the Development Manager must be a be a selfstarter selfconfident professional who is able to take the initiative. This position requires an experienced professional with pleasant administrative aptitude who can balance many tasks and personalities. This position interacts with all levels of staff within the agency as well as outside the organization including high level community leaders dignitaries and funders.

Essential Duties:

Schedule plan execute and manage all aspects for cultivation events donor visits projects etc. for the External Affairs Team or as assigned.

Manage budgets for all events.

Responsible for identifying cultivating soliciting and stewarding corporate partners and entrylevel major donors (individual and some foundations).

Manage a portfolio of current and prospective major donors.

Work closely with Senior Development Associate to maintain accurate sponsor and donor information in Raisers Edge; document and disseminate all signed agreements and relevant materials to appropriate staff and departments. The Development Manage also serves as the database backup for the Senior Development Associate.

Provide administrative assistance to include scheduling Outlook calendars coordinating details agendas minutes etc. for planning meetings and similar events.

Provide strong customer service interpersonal and positive attitude skills. Creatively resolve issues or complaints remain calm under pressure work through issues and handle situations and events.

Other duties as assigned.

Essential Education Knowledge and Experience:

Bachelors degree is strongly preferred.

Nonprofit and/or fundraising experience is strongly preferred.

Exceptional attention to detail and followup.

Strong verbal communication and writing skills.

Pleasant and highly professional demeanor able to work with community and business leaders.

Able to manage several projects simultaneously some will be deadline driven.

Strong creative thinking/problem solving skills.

Proficient in Microsoft Office products and database products.

Prior customerfacing service experience.

Strong organizational skills able to work with internal and external contacts to resolve problems or concerns.

Positive/calm disposition experience with handling stressful fastpaced situations and dealing effectively with conflict.

Commitment to diversity equity and inclusion.

Environmental/Physical Requirements:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job:

Frequently required to sit stand talk and hear.

Able to work in a communal work environment.

Able to effectively use office equipment such as video conferencing digital phone system Windows/Office printer copier and fax machine.

Must frequently lift and/or move up to 15 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision distance vision color vision peripheral vision depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Key Competencies:

Cultural Humility: Engage in the regular practice of selfreflection on how ones own background and the background of others impact workplace experiences.

Organizational Leader: Must have an innovative mindset and create and maintain a strong reputation as a strategic doer demonstrating agility and collaboration throughout the organization.

Emotional Intelligence: Empathy and strong interpersonal skills are essential. Must be compassionate selfaware and able to skillfully manage their emotions and those of others.

Adaptability: Must have a strong sense of urgency and ability to work efficiently under sometimes rapidly changing circumstances.

Integrity: Must utilize effective judgement and problemsolving skills while maintaining the highest ethical and professional standards.

Guiding Principles:

JFS is guided by five principles that inform how we engage with each other and the community we serve. The right candidate will be in alignment with these principles:

1. BYachad Stronger Together: We are stronger as an agency and a community when we think work and serve together.
2. Being Human Centered: We put the human experience and perspective at the center of our thinking programming services and interactions.
3. Collaboration: We actively seek partnering opportunities within JFS and throughout our community.
4. Innovation & Entrepreneurship: We respond and continually adapt to ongoing needs and changes in the Greater Kansas City area.
5. Open Communication: We communicate openly honestly and in a solutionoriented manner.

Remote Work Environment: This position will require both inperson and remote work. The hired candidate will need to affirm that he or she will be able to successfully work offsite when needed.

EEO: Jewish Family Services is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. Employment decisions are based on qualifications merit and organizational need. All applicants will be considered for employment with dignity and respect free of all discrimination including that which is based on race color religion gender language national origin ancestry age disability marital status sexual orientation and gender identity or expression.