Philanthropy Officer
Philanthropy Officer
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Philanthropy Officer
APA! BACKGROUND: Austin Pets Alive! (APA!) is one of Austins most dynamic and best-loved nonprofits. The organization is the leader in the no kill movement nationally and is considered a national thought leader in animal welfare. APA! locally rescues treats and adopts out 10000 homeless dogs and cats each year providing the safety net for Austins most at-risk shelter pets which helps Austin to be a no-kill city while also assisting other communities in saving homeless animals. The organization is distinguished by the scrappiness of its grassroots non-traditional community-based animal rescue work.
The organization continues to innovate best practices to save lives and teaches its renowned lifesaving model through American Pets Alive! APA!s national division. In 2020 AmPA! began the Human Animal Support Services (HASS) project a collaborative movement of more than 10000 animal welfare professionals working in nearly 1900 organizations. HASS is the first-of-its-kind collective of shelters and animal welfare professionals coming together to build community-focused animal services that better meet the needs of people and pets by keeping human-animal families together and keeping pets unnecessarily out of shelters.
SUMMARY
The Philanthropy Officer at Austin Pets Alive! (APA!) is a fundraiser with a passion for connecting with donors and a flair for donor research and stewardship. This role focuses on identifying and cultivating donors with high capacity and affinity for our lifesaving work. This position will enhance existing major donor portfolios recognize new opportunities in our donor pipeline and create a new portfolio of their own through the development of donor research and cultivation processes and materials in collaboration with the Director of Individual Giving. The Philanthropy Officer will serve as a point of contact for midlevel donors to the organization and provide segment level stewardship and impact reporting.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
APA! BACKGROUND: Austin Pets Alive! (APA!) is one of Austins most dynamic and best-loved nonprofits. The organization is the leader in the no kill movement nationally and is considered a national thought leader in animal welfare. APA! locally rescues treats and adopts out 10000 homeless dogs and cats each year providing the safety net for Austins most at-risk shelter pets which helps Austin to be a no-kill city while also assisting other communities in saving homeless animals. The organization is distinguished by the scrappiness of its grassroots non-traditional community-based animal rescue work.
The organization continues to innovate best practices to save lives and teaches its renowned lifesaving model through American Pets Alive! APA!s national division. In 2020 AmPA! began the Human Animal Support Services (HASS) project a collaborative movement of more than 10000 animal welfare professionals working in nearly 1900 organizations. HASS is the first-of-its-kind collective of shelters and animal welfare professionals coming together to build community-focused animal services that better meet the needs of people and pets by keeping human-animal families together and keeping pets unnecessarily out of shelters.
SUMMARY
The Philanthropy Officer at Austin Pets Alive! (APA!) is a fundraiser with a passion for connecting with donors and a flair for donor research and stewardship. This role focuses on identifying and cultivating donors with high capacity and affinity for our lifesaving work. This position will enhance existing major donor portfolios recognize new opportunities in our donor pipeline and create a new portfolio of their own through the development of donor research and cultivation processes and materials in collaboration with the Director of Individual Giving. The Philanthropy Officer will serve as a point of contact for midlevel donors to the organization and provide segment level stewardship and impact reporting.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Lead in collaboration with the Director of Individual Giving the design and implementation of a comprehensive donor identification research and cultivation strategy that engages donors and moves them into portfolios for active stewardship with the goal of increasing the percentage of active and engaged donors in portfolios and growing revenue from portfolios
- Actively manage a portfolio of 40-50 donors building meaningful relationships with them by creating engagement and a deep sense of community around our mission with an aim to growing this portfolio over time
- Provide exemplary customer service and act as the point of contact for midlevel donors to the organization ensuring they feel connected with the mission and animals and understand the impact of midlevel ($1000-$4999.99) gifts; work with MarCom/Philanthropy team members to develop supplemental stewardship/engagement pieces for this segment as needed
- Maintain timely contact reports and update the Director of Individual Giving and Senior Director of Philanthropy and Communications on research and cultivation activities monthly
- Frequently create personalized content using varied media to develop meaningful relationships with active and prospective donors
- Lead shelter tours and experiences for all donors giving at least $1000 and meetings with donors who are major donor prospects
- Co-host quarterly events for mid-level donors and Constant Companions in collaboration with the Philanthropy Officer Corporate & Recurring Giving
- Complete additional research and cultivation activities as needed
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and levels of work to be performed and are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties.
OTHER FUNCTIONS:
OTHER FUNCTIONS:
- Attend and participate in all required training sessions and meetings
- Maintain open and consistent communication with Program Manager or designee supervisor and other colleagues
- Able to work in a high-volume fast-paced high-stress environment
- Able to react to change productively and perform other duties as assigned.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Two or more years experience in philanthropy sales or other client facing roles including experience developing donor or client engagement materials providing effective donor or client engagement and stewardship and soliciting charitable gifts or making sales
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills and a flair for meeting new people and inspiring engagement
- A positive attitude and ability to demonstrate presence self-confidence common sense and good listening ability
- Proactive in balancing multiple tasks concurrently establish priorities and follow through to complete tasks under own initiative
- Experience in working with systems such as Excel CRMs or other donor or client management systems and proficiency in Google Suite
- An authentic passion for animals and animal welfare as well as a commitment to our mission
PHYSICAL JOB REQUIREMENTS
- Must be able to routinely lift 40-50 pounds
- Must be able to work around animals (including diseased injured and/or potentially aggressive animals) loud noises and inclement weather.
- If reasonable accommodations are requested reasonable accommodations will be made to enable employees with disabilities to perform the essential functions of their job absent undue hardship to the organization.
EXPECTATIONS
- Must embody APA!s core values of innovation respect drive resourcefulness and inclusion
- Commitment to APA!s customer experience expectations
- Willing and committed to working well with volunteers and staff in all roles
- Regularly scheduled on-site work days at APA!s three campuses as well as remote work days. The schedule for these days will be determined in collaboration with the Director of Individual Giving
WORKING RELATIONSHIPS
- This position reports to the Direct of Philanthropy Individual Giving
- This position works closely with the Individual Giving team Senior Director of Philanthropy and Communications and CEO
TIME COMMITMENT
- This is a full-time exempt position with an average of 40 hours per week.
- Shift and schedule flexibility is required as weekly schedule is subject to change
- Able to work evenings weekends and holidays as needed
LOCATION(S)
- APA! Main Campus (Town Lake Animal Center) - 1156 West Cesar Chavez Austin TX 78703
- APA! Tarrytown Campus - 2414 Exposition Blvd Suite B-100 Austin TX 78703
- APA! Shelter Pet Hospital - 4942 US-290 Austin Texas 78735
- Offsite/remote (must live in Austin area)
- May travel to offsite locations as needed
BENEFITS
Austin Pets Alive! is proud to offer a competitive benefits package for full-time employees including subsidized employer-sponsored medical coverage subsidized and voluntary life insurance voluntary dental vision and short-term disability options all effective the first day of employment. We also offer voluntary wellness and emergency sick plans up to 2% match on 401(K) retirement plan supplemental benefits flexible spending accounts and additional life coverage. Full-time employees receive 10 paid holidays and accrue 10 days paid time off during the first year of employment with an additional 5 days of PTO accrual upon completion of 12 months of employment. Employees will also receive professional development opportunities through APA!s ongoing mission to advance our animal welfare professionals in our life saving work.
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND ACCOMMODATIONS STATEMENT
Austin Pets Alive! is an equal employment opportunity employer and we value having staff who come from communities that are most impacted by the issues we engage on. We especially encourage people of color LGBTQ people women transgender and gender non-conforming people and people with disabilities to apply.
Austin Pets Alive! does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of race color religion sex national origin age disability veteran status marital status sexual orientation gender identity or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Austin Pets Alive! is committed to creating a dynamic work environment that values diversity and inclusion respect and integrity community focus and innovation.
APA! is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities in the employment application process. To request an accommodation please contact Talent Acquisition at at least one week in advance of your interview.
Austin Pets Alive! is proud to offer a competitive benefits package for full-time employees including subsidized employer-sponsored medical coverage subsidized and voluntary life insurance voluntary dental vision and short-term disability options all effective the first day of employment. We also offer voluntary wellness and emergency sick plans up to 2% match on 401(K) retirement plan supplemental benefits flexible spending accounts and additional life coverage. Full-time employees receive 10 paid holidays and accrue 10 days paid time off during the first year of employment with an additional 5 days of PTO accrual upon completion of 12 months of employment. Employees will also receive professional development opportunities through APA!s ongoing mission to advance our animal welfare professionals in our life saving work.
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND ACCOMMODATIONS STATEMENT
Austin Pets Alive! is an equal employment opportunity employer and we value having staff who come from communities that are most impacted by the issues we engage on. We especially encourage people of color LGBTQ people women transgender and gender non-conforming people and people with disabilities to apply.
Austin Pets Alive! does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of race color religion sex national origin age disability veteran status marital status sexual orientation gender identity or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Austin Pets Alive! is committed to creating a dynamic work environment that values diversity and inclusion respect and integrity community focus and innovation.
APA! is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities in the employment application process. To request an accommodation please contact Talent Acquisition at at least one week in advance of your interview.
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