Campaign Specialist
Staff Group: Stewardship and Development
Reports To: Campaign Manager
Location: Boston, Massachusetts (onsite)
FLSA: Exempt
Grade: 9, full-time
Basic Purpose: Supports the Campaign Manager by acting as project manager for fundraising plans and other special projects, maintaining and researching donor prospect data, and maintaining a high level of accountability to campaign donors.
Principal Responsibilities
- Acts as
project manager for mini-campaigns (including fundraising for regional
marketing, working with volunteer affinity groups, and more) within the “Now is
the Time” campaign. With Campaign
Manager, creates comprehensive plans for researching and cultivating donors for
specific projects, maintains ongoing list of donor prospects by geographic and
interest areas, maintains timeline and budget information, and coordinates
dunning process. Supervises actions
of the team assigned to these special projects.
- Manages
scholarship and other special funds for the campaign (totals approximately $5.5
million annually and growing), including reviewing and recommending improvements
to the scholarship application process to protect our donors’ interests,
maintaining personal relationships with scholarship donors, and acts as a
liaison between the Stewardship and Development and the Ministry and
Professional Leadership staff groups.
- Collaborates
in the creation and management of policies and procedures for the use of
prospect research tools and donor cultivation materials, including governing
documents for gifts, project proposals, etc.
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Collaborates
in the creation and management of policies and procedures that ensure a high
level of accountability to donors.
Collaborates with the Campaign Manager and the Stewardship and
Development Director of Operations and Budget to create accurate and timely
reports for donors, updating them on the success of special projects and the
overall campaign.
- Manages
online content for the campaign.
- Creates,
plans, and executes special projects, as assigned.
- Works
with the gift processing team to ensure timely and appropriate acknowledgement
of donations, as needed.
- Participates
in the planning and execution of various Stewardship and Development events, as
assigned, including travel.
- Maintains
portfolio as a gift officer, as assigned.
- Performs additional duties as requested by supervisor or, in his/her absence, by the Stewardship and Development Director of Operations and Budget, the Vice President or Associate Vice President of Stewardship and Development, the Executive Vice President, or the President.
About the UUA: The Unitarian Universalist Association is an historic, progressive, religious denomination located on Boston’s Beacon Hill. Our faith community of more than 1,000 self-governing congregations brings to the world a vision of religious freedom, tolerance, and social justice. Our normal workweek is 35 hours, we pay 80% contribution towards health insurance premiums, 11% towards retirement (after 1 year), and have generous paid time-off policies. We are a great place to work and are seeking to increase the diversity of our staff. The UUA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. For more information on the UUA, visit us online at UUA.org.
This is an exempt Grade 9 position (entry $34,200; midpoint $42,300). The successful applicant will be a highly-organized team player with excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communications skills, and will be able to demonstrate initiative, an extreme attention to detail, and strong organizational and time-management skills. The ability to interact with a variety of individuals and audiences graciously, and managing sensitive, confidential information is a must. A background or prior experience in the areas of event planning or project management is preferred. Our ideal candidate will also be highly proficient in MS Word, Excel, Access (or other database), and Outlook. Raiser’s Edge experience is a plus. Candidates must be willing to travel to events and meetings around the U.S. as necessary. People with disabilities, people of color, Hispanic/Latino/Latina and B/G/L/T candidates are encouraged to apply. Send cover letter and résumé—indicating “Campaign Specialist” in the subject line—via email (preferably) to clynch @ uua.org, via fax to (617) 725-4979, or to Catherine Lynch, UUA, 25 Beacon Street, Boston, MA 02108.
Last updated on Wednesday, February 20, 2008.
