Annual Giving Manager

December 29, 2022

For more than one hundred years, the Center for Transforming Lives (CTL) has given participants and their families the tools they need to break the cycle of poverty. Each year, CTL works with over 3,000 people from more than 1,000 families in Tarrant County to provide comprehensive services no matter where they are on their journey from poverty to prosperity. CTL's services are trauma-informed, two-generational, and incorporate best practices rooted in nationally backed research to ensure women and children achieve long-term success.

Center for Transforming Lives has an opening on our growing development team for an Annual Giving Manager.

At Center for Transforming Lives, our innovative and collaborative teams work to build better futures for women and children experiencing homelessness. The Annual Giving Manager is a key member of the development team, responsible for building deeper relationships with current supporters and expanding the organization’s circle of friends through the pipeline. This position manages all aspects of our varied events, leads community tours, develops engagement activities for donors, and solicitation of a portfolio of annual giving donors. This position works closely with the full development team, Chief Development Officer (CDO), Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and other members of the CTL Team to fully implement fundraising plans within the organization.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Organize and lead agency tours in order to engage new constituents in the work of the Agency.
• Organize and manage the annual luncheon in coordination with other Annual Giving Manager(s) in order to share the mission of the Agency and solicit gifts in support of the Agency.
• Management of Capital Campaign Steering Committee communication in order to provide centralized messaging for all leadership volunteers. Coordinate steering committee and Riverside campus events in order to provide professionally executed opportunities for engagement.
• Develop and implement Annual Giving Campaigns in order to solicit gifts in support of the Agency.
• Facilitate Pipeline and Stewardship Subcommittees of the Board of Directors in order to encourage board member engagement and participation.
• Manage a portfolio of constituents in order to build relationships leading to greater philanthropic support for the Agency.
• Manage the Wings of Home Giving Society in order to build a sustainable pipeline of philanthropic support for the Agency.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• 2-3 years’ experience in fundraising or a similar field.
• Ideal candidate would also hold a Certified Fundraising Executive (CFRE) certification.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES

• Ability to effectively articulate the agency’s mission, vision, and values.
• Develop long-term relationships with a variety of constituents.
• Knowledge in the use of Windows operating systems and Microsoft Offices products including Word, Excel, and Outlook.
• Ability to learn and use other software programs needed in the operation of agency programs.

Competitive compensation and benefits; wage commensurate with experience and education. Please send resume with salary requirements to lbrown@transforminglives.org.

For more information, please visit www.transforminglives.org. If you are ready to be part of a team that is transforming the lives of women and children experiencing homelessness and poverty in Tarrant County, please apply today.

Center for Transforming Lives is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) and participates in E-Verify.