Philanthropy Manager

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🕒 January 8

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Smile Train

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 2000

🤝 Non-profit

⚕️ Healthcare Insurance

🌍 Social Impact

Non-profit • Healthcare Insurance • Social Impact

Smile Train is the largest cleft-focused organization in the world, providing support to children with clefts through a sustainable model that empowers local medical professionals. Operating in over 75 countries, Smile Train offers 100%-free cleft surgery and essential care, including feeding and nutrition, hearing and speech services, and oral health counseling. They partner with medical professionals and organizations to deliver training and resources, uplifting communities by transforming the lives of more than 2 million children over the past 25 years. As a non-profit organization, they rely on donations to continue offering free, life-changing treatment to children worldwide.

📋 Description

• Develop and execute cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship strategies for a portfolio of approximately 130 mid-level and major donors and prospects with the capacity to make 5- and low 6-figure annual gifts (bigger gifts would fall to UK Fundraising Director) • Effectively complete the moves management process and engage a portfolio of donors through meaningful connections including phone calls, personalized emails and mailings, face-to-face meetings, and other communications. • Create a plan for each donor to serve as the annual engagement plan, effectively and, in a timely manner, execute that plan to retain and upgrade donors, and document all activities in Moves Management and/or Tasks in the database. • Prepare and personalize correspondence and fundraising materials, including donor stewardship and impact reports, funding proposals, briefing memos, and acknowledgment letters as appropriate. • Provide recommendations and assist in executing effective strategies to practice moves management and increase fundraising results. • Assist the UK Director with developing projects that will enhance the philanthropy programme of the Development Department and support developing strategy briefs and leading preparation meetings. • Help produce cultivation and stewardship programs for prospects and mid-level and major donors. • Organise events for major donors and prospects. • Complete research on major donors and prospects within data compliance requirements. • Complete administrative tasks for the philanthropy programme. • Other duties as appropriate for this role.

🎯 Requirements

• 5+ years of relevant experience with exposure to major gift donor cultivation, solicitation and stewardship processes preferred. • A proven history of generating income in the £100,000’s and securing gifts of £25,000 or more. • Demonstrated success in developing substantive donor relationships and in coordinating with senior management and program staff to execute donor engagement strategies. • Excellent verbal and written communications skills and strong interpersonal skills with the ability to interact with both management and donors. • Extremely detail-oriented with strong organisational and time management skills. • Able to take ownership of a process and to use problem solving skills to resolve issues. • Able to make sound decisions based on analysis, experience, and judgment. • Able to function both independently and as part of a global team. • Familiar with the MS Office and donor management systems. • Knowledge of Salesforce preferred. • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent, although an equivalent combination of education and experience may be accepted as a satisfactory substitute for this required level of education.

🏖️ Benefits

• Ability to travel for donor visits and organizational events is required