Development Manager

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September 11

🍂 Massachusetts – Remote

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⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

👔 Manager

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Luminos Fund

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Education • Non-profit • Social Impact

Luminos Fund is a charitable organization dedicated to providing educational opportunities for vulnerable children, particularly in low-income countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. Through innovative, community-based programs, Luminos helps out-of-school children catch up on foundational literacy and numeracy skills using a joyful and engaging learning approach. Their initiatives focus on training local teachers, engaging parents, and partnering with governments and local organizations to ensure sustainable educational success.

51 - 200 employees

Founded 2016

📚 Education

🤝 Non-profit

🌍 Social Impact

📋 Description

• Spearhead and manage a comprehensive stewardship and recognition strategy and calendar for donors across Luminos’ portfolios • Serve as a thought partner to frontline fundraisers to develop and refine personalized donor stewardship for major donors • Lead the management of meaningful donor thank-yous and update donation recognition letters and tax receipt content as needed • Write compelling donor reports for foundations and high-net-worth individuals and craft proposals, event invitations, personalized recognition letters, handwritten notes, and on-brand PowerPoint presentations • Update Luminos’ donor database (Salesforce) to accurately document touchpoints • Provide proactive support for events across Development and Communications teams and manage external vendor relationships (venues, suppliers, caterers, printers) • Prepare and monitor expenditure budgets for donor events, planning and tracking event costs while ensuring value for money • Help plan donor and prospect visits in Luminos’ countries of operation, designing memorable experiences that illuminate program impact • Report to the Director of Development and collaborate closely with team members throughout the organization

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree required • 5-7 years of professional experience in donor stewardship with a demonstrated track record of success • Exemplary writing and editing skills for different audiences • Excellent events organization and management skills • Advanced skills in Microsoft Office (especially Word, PowerPoint, and Excel) • Experience with Salesforce or other donor databases • Fluency in written and spoken English • Proven success working remotely is strongly desired