Fundraising Project Manager (Part-Time/Temporary/Remote)
Fundraising Project Manager (Part-Time/Temporary/Remote)
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Reading Partners is changing the education landscape. We are a leader in working to solve the literacy crisis in our country by leveraging community volunteers in under-resourced schools. Our diverse and expansive volunteer base provides one-on-one tutoring to students twice weekly and our program is proven to help children master the reading fundamentals they need to unlock their potential as successful happy and confident readers in school and in life. Our people are our heartbeat and our greatest resource; we are all passionately rallied around our mission to help children become lifelong learners by empowering communities to provide individualized instruction that truly works. Join our stellar committed team leading the charge to deepen our impact and expand our service. Watch this video to learn more about the mission and core tutoring work of Reading Partners.
The high level:
As Fundraising Project Manager you will play a pivotal role in supporting the success of Reading Partners fundraising efforts in our individual campaigns including our 2025 Annual Appeal. This role reports to the vice president of philanthropy. In this role you will help plan organize and execute our Annual Appeal campaign strategy; support with creating and managing impactful donor communications; and ensure all campaign milestones are met on time. The Fundraising Project Manager is a highly collaborative goal-oriented and driven professional who is excited about project planning hands-on operational work and project execution. This role will start as early as August 2025 and conclude in October 2025.
Location: This position is remote but requires candidates to reside within one of Reading Partners operating locations. Reading Partners locations include Baltimore MD Charleston SC Los Angeles CA New York City NY North Texas (Dallas and Fort Worth) San Francisco Bay Area CA Seattle WA Twin Cities MN Tulsa OK and Washington D.C.
What youll do:
Successfully plan and manage individual giving campaigns:
- Ensure 100% of campaign project milestones are met on time or ahead of schedule
- Support national and regional development teams implementation of the annual appeal campaign helping raise over $700K for the organization
- Assist in customizing annual appeal campaign for regions
- Coordinate with national development staff to prepare communications to various stakeholders (e.g. national board)
- Meet and coordinate with the marketing & communications team to plan the internal rollout of the annual appeal campaign
- Meet with regional development staff to troubleshoot any issues with the annual campaign as necessary
Enhance donor engagement and communications:
- Collaborate with marketing & communications team to develop and distribute email campaigns to individual donors
- Help achieve a high click-through rate for campaign-related communications
- Support with organizing and executing compelling communications that galvanize individuals to donate and join Reading Partners mission
Monitor and analyze individual giving campaign performance:
- In collaboration with development operations staff provide reports on individual campaign progress highlighting KPIs and areas for improvement
- Track and report on performance of various fundraising channels utilized (e.g. emails socials)
- Support with analyzing donor data to identify trends and insights that can inform Reading Partners future individual campaigns
Other duties as needed.
How youll do it:
Project Management
- Demonstrated ability to develop detailed project plans manage timelines and ensure smooth implementation of campaign tasks and objectives.
- Ability to coordinate and communicate with cross-functional cross-regional teams to ensure campaign tasks are completed on time
Development operations and reporting
- Analyze donor data to help identify key trends insights and areas for improvement in campaign performance
- Support development operations staff in creating reports templates and other operational needs to effectively implement individual giving campaigns
Communication and Collaboration
- Effectively communicate with internal stakeholders in Reading Partners including but not limited to: national development regional fundraising and marketing teams
- Ability to craft high-quality donor communications that promote Reading Partners and compel individual donors to join our mission
About you!
Youll be successful in this role if you:
- Show 3 years of experience in project management (preferably in a nonprofit environment) or an individual giving-related role
- Have a track record of successfully managing and implementing cross-functional projects and meeting deadlines
- Possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to work effectively in a remote environment with cross-functional teams
- Are a self-starter with a proven ability to work independently as well as part of a team
- Have a high degree of comfort with Classy and Salesforce or other fundraising CRMs and software
- Demonstrate a deep belief in our mission and commitment to race equity diversity and inclusion and root your work in ourcore values
- Ability to prove eligibility to work legally in the U.S. and that you are at least 18 years of age.
Bonus Points if you:
- Are an AmeriCorps Peace Corps or other national service alum/alumna
- Have experience working in launch or growth phases of organizations
What we offer:
Our compensation is designed to attract motivate engage and retain top talent to propel our mission forward. We aim to set salaries based on objective external high-quality market data. Our salaries are adjusted for candidates in different geographic regions. We do our very best to ensure that were bringing our best offer - therefore we do not engage in salary negotiations.
- This is a part-time non-exempt hourly position. The pay range for this position is $34.30 - $40.36 per hour and is contingent on geographic location. After applying candidates who move forward in the hiring process are provided with the salary for their geographic location.
- The fundraising project manager will work up to 20-25 hours per week.
- We offer an exciting and dynamic culture and we commit to investing in and supporting our amazing people to grow their careers with us.
Whats Next
If youre interested in joining our Reading Partners team please submit a resume to our online job posting:
Required Experience:
IC
Employment Type
Part-Time
