Who You Are:
You’re someone who loves to create meaningful connections with people, and you are passionate about telling impactful stories. You love wearing many hats as you move between emails, calls, projects, data management, and visits with donors. You take great pride and ownership in your work and seeing things through to completion. People often comment on how you’re community focused, organized, and remain detail oriented under pressure. You’re looking for a new position where you can make a difference in your life, the lives of others, and the world. In return, you seek an organization that appreciates your individuality and supports you as a member of a diverse and talented team. You know in your heart it’s time to find an opportunity to be part of something larger; more impactful. If this sounds like you, please allow us to introduce ourselves.
Who We Are:
Habitat for Humanity of Metro Denver (Habitat Metro Denver) is part of a global, nonprofit housing organization that seeks to bring people together to build homes, communities, and hope. Habitat for Humanity was founded on the conviction that everyone needs an affordable, healthy, and stable place to live in dignity and safety, and that affordable housing should be a matter of conscience and action for all. To achieve our vision of a world where everyone has a decent place to live, Habitat Metro Denver builds, renovates and sells homes in partnership with low- and moderate-income families. Habitat Metro Denver is also an advocate for policies that create and preserve affordable housing. We work in neighborhoods across five counties in Metro Denver to not only build, renovate and sell new homes, but also to do critical home repairs to help families stay in their homes longer. Throughout our 43-year history, Habitat Metro Denver has served more than 2,500 households and is one of the top ten producers in the Habitat U.S. network nationwide.
How We Succeed Together:
Habitat Metro Denver’s Cultural Blueprint highlights the specific behaviors and mindsets that support our core values and guide day-to-day decisions, behaviors, and interactions of every person within our organization.
Solid Foundations - Our mission is at the heart of everything we do. We are passionate about our work, our teams, and our relationships.
Innovative Design - We are curious. We embrace change. We take risks and initiative to address a complex social issue – housing. We exemplify grit and determination in our relentless pursuit to ensure everyone has a safe and affordable place to call home.
Open Doors - We welcome everyone. We aspire to be an inclusive organization that celebrates one humanity – where equity, diversity and inclusion are at the core of every facet of our work.
Clear Windows - We approach everyone with kindness, clarity, and transparency. We champion authenticity, illuminate our strengths, and hold ourselves and others accountable.
Supportive Structures - We have each other’s backs. We collaborate. Becoming better at what we do takes all of us. By building homes and life-changing careers, we make a transformational difference in our lives and the lives of others.
GENERAL JOB DESCRIPTION:
The Development Manager’s primary role will be developing and implementing strategies to move corporate and institutional prospects toward solicitation. The Development Manager will maintain and grow a portfolio of donors by fielding inquiries, scheduling solicitation meetings, doing outreach and follow-up, and fulfilling benefits. This role also includes active use of the database to track all donor activities, select event planning and execution, and prospect research.
The following reflects the organization’s definition of essential functions for the job but does not restrict the tasks that may be assigned. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions.
CORE RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Uphold Habitat Metro Denver’s commitment to Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing, the Fair Housing Act, Equal Credit Opportunity Act and Habitat Metro Denver’s Inclusivity goals.
- Oversee a pipeline of $500K+ annually from donors that give at least $3,000+; Foster strong relationships among various individual, community, corporate, and faith donors to increase financial support.
- Contribute to effective operations by responding to inbound donor inquiries within 48-hours.
- Document all donor-related activity in Raiser’s Edge for portfolio management in a timely, accurate and thorough manner.
- Create proposals and complete assigned solicitations on the agreed upon timeline.
- Develop relationships with donors through in-person meetings, construction site visits and other donor stewardship activities.
- Manage the sponsor recruitment process for Habitat’s signature fundraising event, Breakfast for Humanity.
- Implement all aspects of Habitat’s Gingerbread peer-to-peer fundraiser including budget management, sponsor and participant recruitment, communications and online fundraising platform management.
- Fulfill donor cultivation and stewardship activities including the creation and management of sponsor recruitment materials, coordination of donor cultivation and stewardship events, invoice creation, management of sponsorship-related webpages of Habitat Metro Denver’s website
- Collaborate with the Volunteer and Marketing Teams to fulfill donor benefits.
- Track data associated with inbound donor inquiries and utilize data to inform the donor solicitation strategy.
Other associated duties as required to help fulfill our mission in alignment with our Cultural Blueprint values.
KNOWLEDGE & SKILL:
- A strong personal and professional commitment to Habitat’s mission and the Denver Metro community.
- Behaviors and interactions accurately reflect cultural values outlined in the Cultural Blueprint above.
- Ability to independently seek solutions but also work well in a team-based environment.
- Clear and concise communication skills; oral and written.
- Strong collaboration skills to coordinate across teams and departments.
- Ability to work independently and appropriately prioritize workload to meet schedules and deadlines.
- Excellent attention to detail with the ability to write, proofread and self-edit content.
- An inquisitive nature to acquire and assemble information and data that isn’t always readily available.
- A passion for fundraising and the confidence to take full ownership of donor portfolio management.
• Ability and desire to engage in conversations with donors via phone/email/face-to-face.
- Comfortable with public speaking in front of small and large groups of stakeholders
- Ability to respond accurately and thoroughly to donor inquiries.
EXPERIENCE
- Minimum four years’ experience in a related field.
- Lived experience and/or accredited degree in public relations, communication, marketing, religious studies, or a similar field would be beneficial in this role.
- Full proficiency in the MS365 Suite, especially Excel with the ability to learn as the needs of the position and available technology evolves.
- Monday.com and Raiser’s Edge or similar database proficiency highly preferred.
- Personal volunteer experience and experience working with, and overseeing, volunteers a plus.
WORK ENVIRONMENT & CONDITIONS, PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS NECESSARY TO PERFORM THIS JOB
- Most work is performed indoors at a desk in a shared office or meeting setting, with the ability to work remotely at times.
- Ability to talk on the phone and work at a computer for extended periods of time.
- Hybrid work model - minimum 2 days/week at a Habitat location (Tuesday, Wednesday, and/or Thursday), with ability to work from home the other days) During the first 6-9 months of employment additional days in the office will be required to learn the role, build critical interdepartmental connections, and strengthen the development team’s vision, strategy, and cohesiveness.
- Some work outside of traditional office hours (evenings and weekends) will be required to attend meetings, events, etc.
- Ability to travel to and from meetings and appointments in locations and times when public transportation is unavailable.
- Valid driver’s license and ability to be insured under the company’s insurance policy is prerequisite; driving is required. A Motor Vehicle Report (MVR) will be run for insurance purposes.
- Able to lift and carry up to 25 pounds when necessary.
The expected starting annual salary range for this position is $55,400 - $65,400. New hires are typically brought into the organization between the minimum to midpoint of the salary range posted depending on qualifications, internal equity and the budgeted amount for the role. The full annual salary range for this
position is $55,400 - $75,400.
Benefits available include medical, dental and vision insurance options; 401k with employer match; Paid time off for vacation, sick, holidays, floating holidays; short and long-term disability; Healthy Families and Workplaces Act (HFWA) Leave; Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML); and paid time to volunteer.
At Habitat for Humanity of Metro Denver, we value diversity and strive to ensure that our practices and policies are equitable and inclusive. We do not tolerate harassment or discrimination of any kind. We are committed to complying with all federal, state, and local laws providing equal employment opportunities, and all other employment laws and regulations. It is our intent to maintain a work environment that is free of harassment, discrimination, or retaliation because of age (40 and older), sex, sexual orientation (including transgender status and gender identity or expression), pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation, and related medical conditions), marital status, race, national origin (including ancestry), disability, creed, religion, genetic information, HIV status, military or veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local laws. Habitat Metro Denver is dedicated to the fulfillment of this policy in all aspects of employment, including but not limited to recruiting, hiring, placement, transfer, training, promotion, rates of pay, and other compensation, dismissal, and all other terms, conditions, and privileges of employment.
