Advancement Manager

The Advancement Manager will lead our moves management efforts to steward and grow MOFGA’s portfolio of major donors, ensuring MOFGA reaches its annual major gifts fundraising and long-term endowment goals. The Advancement Manager will work closely with the Director of Membership and Development, MOFGA leadership, and the membership and development team. The Advancement Manager will be a self-motivated professional who excels at both fundraising strategy and administration. We seek someone to deepen existing donor relationships, identify and lead MOFGA’s efforts on new major gift opportunities, partner with our membership base to build a pipeline of new mid-level and major donors and serve as an ambassador for the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association across the community. The position covers all fundraising cycle phases, from prospecting to stewardship.

Minimum Qualifications:

• 5+ years of professional fundraising experience, including membership and moves management skills.
• Superior interpersonal skills and ability to communicate professionally with a culturally diverse group of volunteers, co-workers and donors.
• Excellent organizational and project management skills and ability to prioritize workload on time to complete assignments with many deadlines and competing requirements.
• The candidate must be a motivated self-starter able to manage their time independently.
• Adept at utilizing donor management software databases.
• Proficiency in Google Suite and a working knowledge of search functions for donor research purposes. 

Responsibilities:

• Manage all aspects of MOFGA’s major donor program to reach the major gifts fundraising goal set at the beginning of each fiscal year. Work with the Director of Membership and Development to set priorities; manage and adjust the work plan and calendar as needed.
• Partner with the Director of Development and Membership to design strategies to research, engage, solicit and steward major donors and business sponsorships.
• Maintain responsibility for creating and producing all major donor and sponsorship materials, including profiles, letters, emails, proposals, reports, acknowledgments, etc.
• Facilitate regular virtual and face-to-face meetings and donor events, and manage relationships with donors and family foundation staff.
• Partner with the Membership and Development Manager to design strategies to establish a pipeline that moves MOFGA members into our major donor program, building up the portfolio of mid-level donors.
• Partner with the Database Manager to establish and manage organized and efficient operational systems to ensure accurate records and timely communication with funders; oversee all major donor database records.
• Work with the Operations team and the Membership & Development team to ensure all non-membership gifts are recorded and acknowledged promptly.
• Collect and synthesize information about MOFGA’s programs from across departments, communicate MOFGA’s major programmatic initiatives to the donor community, and identify new fundraising opportunities.
• Ensure solicitation strategies for donors support of the organization’s annual fund, major gifts, and planned giving, and maximize opportunities to collaborate with staff, board members and volunteers.
• Support additional fundraising efforts of the Membership and Development Team as needed.

To Apply:  Please submit a cover letter and resume to Mary Weitzman at mweitzman@mofga.org. Interviews have commenced, and applications will remain open until the position is filled.