The Catholic Education Advancement Office is looking for a Manager of Institutional Support
Interested candidates should send a cover letter and resume to:
Primary Responsibility: The Institutional Support Manager will work closely with the Director of Institutional Support to raise funds for the Catholic Education Advancement office and Inner-City Scholarship Fund that all written communications for foundation and corporate donors are consistent, timely, and meet all requirements.
Direct Supervisor: Director, Institutional Support
Responsibilities:
- Support the corporate and foundation giving for the newly formed Catholic Education Advancement Office and Inner-City Scholarship Fund
- Assist in developing proposals, reports, renewal requests, updates, acknowledgements, and other required documents
- Manage and conduct stewardship efforts by mail, telephone, and in person, as required in order to cultivate corporate and foundation support
- Regularly update a development calendar to schedule submissions of grant requests, renewal requests and reports
- Prepare all tax gift acknowledgements for Corporate and Foundation donors and ensure they are completed within 72 hours and sent with appropriate content and enclosures
- Assure that interim, final reports, and other relevant materials for current foundation and corporate donors are sent in timely fashion
- Coordinate corporate and foundation site visits to schools
- Manage high level correspondence for the Superintendent of Education and Cardinal Dolan on behalf of Inner-City Scholarship Fund and the CEA
- Coordinate Project YESS: logistics, follow-ups, meetings, preparing agendas for the Project YESS Committee, including three full committee meetings, two grant committee meetings, site visit schedule and annual auction event
- Special projects as needed
Position Requirements:
- Education: Bachelor’s Degree
- Experience: Two years experience in the nonprofit sector
- Excellent writing and communications skills
- Interest in fundraising and development
- Ability to work independently and as part of a development team
- Detailed, organized, and priority-oriented
- Familiarity with web research
- Proficient in Microsoft Word and Excel; Raiser’s Edge and PowerPoint a plus
Personal Characteristics:
- Intelligent, articulate, highly motivated self-starter with strong inter-personal skills
- Ability to relate effectively with upper management, peers and others
- Ability to carry out multiple and diverse tasks concurrently
- Possess initiative to constantly seek ways to improve fundraising results