Advancement Specialist
Advancement Specialist
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Yearly Salary
$ 65000 - 75000
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1 Vacancy
Posted on :
25-04-2025
Job Description
Job Title: Advancement Specialist Outreach and Engagement
Department: Strategy Advancement
Location: Oakland CA or Washington DC (Hybrid)
Remote options may also be considered.
This position requires an ability to travel.
Reports To: Advancement Director Conservation and Outdoors
Context: At the Sierra Club we believe in the power of interdependence. Together we remain committed to the fight for a healthy climate built on a foundation of environmental racial economic and gender justice a future where all people benefit from a healthy thriving planet and a direct connection to nature. As the climate crisis and deeply entrenched systemic racism all fuel injustice we will continue to fight for a bold transformational agenda that recognizes the interconnectedness between our planet our humanity and our future. By recognizing that our destinies are tied we continue to name that all things are fundamentally connected and the overlap between ecology race gender and representative government will move to either advance our collective humanity or to oppress it. Sierra Club has close to 800 staff across the country and a network of 64 local chapters that are led and fueled by thousands of volunteers. We are also proud to be a unionized employer with three labor unions representing more than half of our employees.
Scope: This position is a strategic and resultsdriven professional who helps drive donor engagement and major gift fundraising $25000 at the Sierra Club through a highimpact call time program. This role ensures that executives and Club leaders are equipped and empowered with targeted call lists datadriven insights and wellprepared outreach materials to maximize donor engagement. The Advancement Specialist Outreach and Engagement oversees call program operations including (but not limited to) daily call list creation donor research strategy development data input and analysis call script writing followup tracking and donor communication. Additionally this role staffs call time sessions tracks leader participation and ensures donor stewardship actions are completed efficiently.
This position collaborates with leadership across Sierra Club including Executives Board Members of the Sierra Club and Sierra Club Foundation Campaign leads Chapter staff and other key Advancement team members to support and deepen relationships with some of Sierra Clubs most impactful philanthropic partners. This position frequently takes on special strategic projects to optimize donor engagement and improve call time outcomes working closely with Advancement Finance IT Membership Growth Communications Chapters and other departments.
Job activities include but are not limited to:
- Strategic Support Expands Sierra Clubs major donor pool by assisting leaders in leveraging their networks. Broadly supports team activities including donor research; drafting and editing communications briefings and reports; coordinating meeting logistics (developing agendas taking notes); and maintaining database records. Works with the Advancement team to ensure donors are appropriately stewarded through the moves management process.
- Collaboration Collaborates with the Major Gifts team and conducts donor research to develop daily call lists create detailed call sheets build prospect lists for donor events and trips and provide timely updates on donor communications. Partners with program and communications teams to develop call scripts talking points and collateral materials for call time events and donor trips. Participates in donor strategy meetings and assists the Major Gifts and midlevel giving teams in developing a calendar of Executive and Leadership outreach and other touchpoints to donors. Works closely with the Engagement and Operations teams to manage donor trip logistics including confirming dates coordinating travel and compliance requirements and processing payments.
- Analysis and Planning Analyzes fundraising performance by tracking key metrics such as call time productivity donor response rates and revenue impact. Uses data insights to help identify new major donor prospects and support strategic portfolio growth. Develops outreach plans and timelines aligned with key calendar moments including Earth Month Climate Week Sierra Club National and Chapter events and endofyear donor engagement. Works closely with the Engagement team to maintain an events calendar and identify target locations hosts venues special guests and prospect lists.
- Engagement Support Maintains a working prospect universe for call time events and donor trips. Provides executive and leadership support for call time operations including drafting correspondence capturing notes updating contact records and actions in the database and supporting phone calls meetings (virtual and inperson) and related functions. Performs a broad range of event support functions including tracking pledges guest lists and RSVPs; managing event websites via Sierra Clubs event management software; updating tracking documents and materials; overseeing event logistics checkin and programming; and updating attendance records and contact information in the database.
The successful candidate must demonstrate the following skills experience and competencies:
- Skillfully manages up to support leaders for success and manages across to ensure crossteam projects function smoothly and is analytic and empatheticable to help senior leaders with varied backgrounds skill sets and communication styles
- Establishes priorities and balances multiple tasks and deadlines within a dynamic and fastpaced team environment; enthusiasm for working with colleagues and volunteers.
- Produces wellwritten professional communications and relays information understandably punctually and accurately.
- Techsavvy with proficiency in CRM systems (Salesforce preferred) Google Suite and project management tools.
- Analyzes large data sets and drives decision making from the results.
- Demonstrates strong project management organizational skills.
- Acts with professionalism tact and diplomacy in dealing with confidential and sensitive financial and personal information.
- Maintains a collaborative mindset and helps a diverse group of organization leaders donors and volunteers achieve shared goals.
- Demonstrates emotional intelligence self awareness and skills for working empathetically and effectively with colleagues across group identities backgrounds work styles and roles.
- A proactive problem solver who takes initiative and ensures key tasks are completed on time.
- Maintains a constructive approach cando attitude sense of humor and authentic kindness.
- Demonstrates values alignment with Sierra Clubs mission to explore enjoy and protect the planet.
- Committed to evolution. You are committed to continuously deepening and evolving your own understanding of systems of oppression through study openness and humility. And you easily recognize your own relationship to privilege and power examining and shifting your behaviors as appropriate.
- Uplifting and additive. You see mistakes as opportunities for growth; problems as catalysts for solutions and inspire others along the journey. You carry a constructive approach cando attitude a sense of humor and authentic kindness wherever you go.
The strongest candidates will also demonstrate the following skills experience and competencies:
- Demonstrates habitual performance as a trusted and reliable partner to a team or department leader whose support contributed to a leaders and entire teams success.
- Background in major donor fundraising with an understanding of moves management and relationshipbuilding and/or background in political or campaign adjacent fundraising.
- Experience managing highlevel fundraising call time for executives political candidates or senior leaders.
- A selfstarter exceptionally organized collaborative and strategic in managing highlevel donor outreach.
- Enjoys a fastpaced work environment and is comfortable managing shifting priorities.
- Salesforce proficiency
$65000 $75000 a year
Compensation and Benefits
The salary range for this position is $65000 $75000 annually.
This position is represented by a collective bargaining unit and is subject to the terms and conditions of the contract between Sierra Club and Progressive Workers Union or Sierra Employee Alliance depending on location.
The Sierra Club offers a competitive salary package commensurate with skills and experience plus excellent benefits that include medical dental and vision coverage and a retirement savings 401(k) plan.
This is a category 5 exempt represented position.
Sierra Club values the expertise and talents of foreign nationals. Sierra Club sponsors both nonimmigrant and immigrant visas when certain criteria are met based on immigration laws and organizational needs. Such sponsorship is at the discretion of the Department Head and Sierra Club People Department in consultation with the employees manager. The Sierra Club cannot guarantee the approval of a visa petition. The Sierra Club is an equal opportunity employer committed to workforce belonging.
To Apply
The Sierra Club provides equal employment and advancement opportunities to all staff members. Employment decisions are based on merit qualifications lived experience and skills. The Sierra Club does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race color creed religion national origin immigration status socioeconomic status ancestry age size sex sexual orientation gender gender identity familial status veteran status disability AIDS/HIV status medical condition prior conviction arrest history traits historically associated with race including but not limited to hair texture and protective hairstyles or any other characteristic protected by law.
The Sierra Club values applicants who are people that identify as Black Indigenous and other minoritized groups; women; queer transgender gender nonconforming and gender fluid people.
Explore enjoy and protect the planet.
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