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Posted: 18-Oct-23
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Type: Full Time
Salary: Depends on experience
Categories:
Development/Fund Raising
Breck School
Job Description
Title: Annual Giving Manager
FLSA Status: Exempt
Reports to: Director of Development
Hours: Full-time, M-F, 8-4:30, some night and weekend work
Updated: October 2023
School Overview
Breck School is a preschool through twelve, coeducational college preparatory, Episcopal day school located in Golden Valley, Minnesota, with a national reputation for excellence and achievement in academics, athletics, and the arts. Our School’s Episcopal roots are lived through an unwavering commitment to equity, inclusion, and belonging where we respect the dignity of every human being. We prioritize lifelong learning and a commitment to the greater good.
We are a community of highly engaged and motivated students, faculty, staff, and school leaders focused on building trusting relationships and strong academic scholarship through a practice of bridging research to practice. Upon graduation, Breck students are prepared for a life of intellectual curiosity, self-knowledge, and social responsibility, matriculating to colleges and universities throughout the world.
About the Role
The Annual Giving Manager will be responsible for the strategy and implementation of the school’s annual giving program. We are looking for someone who is passionate about philanthropy and who enthusiastically appreciates the crucial role of annual giving. The person who fills this role should have a strong foundation in annual giving, but also seek to iterate upon current best practices. Working closely with members of the advancement team and volunteers, this position is an essential element to a comprehensive fundraising program.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Develop comprehensive annual giving plan from campaign awareness to post-gift stewardship in order to achieve annual goals
- Utilize direct response communication and fundraising tools (direct mail, email, website) to inform, engage, connect and solicit current, lapsed and prospective donors.
- Assist with identification and recruitment of Annual Fund chairs and committee members and manage their engagement and contributions to the school
- In collaboration with the Director of Development and Breck's Communication team, develop, write, and produce donor materials that support the Annual Fund campaign
- Develop and maintain reports that communicate fundraising progress
- Evaluate results, refine plans, and implement new strategies based on ongoing analysis and best practices
- Manage a mid-level portfolio of approximately 350 donors for the purpose of qualifying and elevating into Breck’s Leadership Society
- Foster a commitment to building and maintaining a strong advancement team spirit
- Attend development events; this position requires some evening and weekend work
Education/Experience/Skills
- Bachelor’s degree required
- Raiser’s Edge expertise and Microsoft Office proficiency required
- Experience working with high-level volunteers
- 3-5 years of development success; independent school setting preferred
- Ability to work collaboratively in a mission-driven, team-oriented department
- Strong planning and organizational skills
- Strong interpersonal skills, across all constituencies
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Demonstrated experience managing multiple projects
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About Breck School
Breck School is a single-campus, P-12, Episcopal independent school where living our mission means always reimagining, reinventing, and reanimating learning — both to model the process and rewards of authentic, meaningful learning for Breck students, and to continually grow, evolve, and reinvigorate as a learning enterprise.
Founded in 1886, Breck is located in Golden Valley, Minnesota, about five minutes west of downtown Minneapolis. We serve a community of approximately 1150 students on our 50-acre campus. Visit www.breckschool.org for more information.
Breck students are independent thinkers, self-starters, socially conscious problem solvers, thoughtful athletes, visionary artists, perpetually curious and perpetually learning citizens. We want every Breck graduate to be fully realized human beings, confident, capable, and compassionate enough to change the world in the way he or she sees fit. If that approach mirrors yours, we encourage your further interest.
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