Director, Development Operations

Full-Time EXEMPT New York NY Reports to: Vice President & Chief Development Officer

ABOUT JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER

The mission of Jazz at Lincoln Center is to entertain enrich and expand a global community for jazz through performance education and advocacy.

We believe jazz is a metaphor for Democracy. Because jazz is improvisational it celebrates personal freedom and encourages individual expression. Because jazz is swinging it dedicates that freedom to finding and maintaining common ground with others. Because jazz is rooted in the blues it inspires us to face adversity with persistent optimism.

Jazz is one of Americas most profound and enduring cultural contributions inseparable from the story of this country its history its struggles its democratic ideals and its continuing evolution. We are stewards of that legacy. The three pillars of our workperformanceeducation andadvocacyare one mission expressed three ways each reinforcing and requiring the other two. You cannot perform without honoring the history that gives the music meaning. You cannot educate without the conviction that what you are teaching deserves to outlast you. You cannot advocate without the lived experience of the art itself. We look for people who feel that wholeness in full across all three pillars.

POSITION DESCRIPTION

The Director Development Operations is responsible for JALCs fundraising infrastructure and overseeing its fundraising-related operations. As a key strategic partner the Director will help set and execute fundraising strategies alongside the senior Development team. The individual oversees financial and budgetary reporting and analysis needs for senior leadership to help drive decision making around fundraising activities and ensure new systems and business practices are implemented on par with leading industry standards to enable JALCs fundraising goals to be efficiently and effectively close collaboration with the Chief Development Officer the Director Development Operations works closely with the Finance department on all matters related to Development income and expense budgeting including forecasting for future year activities.

The incumbent will be a significant stakeholder representing Development on issues of data governance and CRM management collaborating accordingly with Finance and Technology and other areas to enhance the use of data systems. The Director oversees donor research and prospect tracking and acts as the primary Development liaison for all donor crediting. The individual is responsible for developing new functionality and business rules to enhance the use of donor data; partnering with the Individual Giving team on the execution of segmentation strategy; the overall maintenance management and integrity of the database; gift pledge and data entry and reporting; and application training.

The Director will supervise and work closely with the Assistant Director Research & Strategy to ensure consistent donor research and prospect tracking and the Development Operations Associate to ensure accurate gift processing and receipting and to maintain strategic cultivation solicitation and stewardship plans based on giving opportunities.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

QUALIFICATIONS

WORKING AT JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER

The music is present here literally and philosophically and the people who thrive are the ones who feel that and lean into it. They are Fans Advocates Musicians and Educators who know that you cannot shape what comes next without first honoring what came before who ask why something is the way it is before they presume to know what it should become. They find their own work more meaningful because of its proximity to something larger and they understand that excellence in any role regardless of function is connected to what happens on stage and in classrooms and communities around the world. The passion that runs through this organization can be felt on your first day and it is the thing people miss most when they leave.

We are a live-events organization and our schedule reflects that energy: we expect full presence when the work and the art call for it. Within that we strive to create real flexibility for our people. Flex Mondays give staff the freedom to work from wherever suits them best and Tuesday through Friday our teams come together in person with the understanding that the work and the art will sometimes ask for more. We trust our people to know the difference and we build around that trust.

Benefits reflect the same investment in our people: comprehensive health retirement and a seat inside the life of this organization. Staff have access to the breadth of JALC programmingfrom live performances to access at Dizzys Club to world-class jazz education through Swing University and beyondbecause we believe the people who do this work deserve to experience it not just support it.

HOW TO APPLY

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Jazz at Lincoln Center is an equal opportunity employer that affords equal opportunities to all applicants employees contractors and other covered persons and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race color religion age sex national origin disability status genetics protected veteran status sexual orientation gender identity or expression or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local laws. Jazz at Lincoln Center is committed to creating an inclusive open and respectful culture that reflects and embraces diversity.