Development & Engagement Lead — Nonprofit Campaigns

WonderTrek Children's Museum; Baxter (MN); Hybrid; USD 54,000 - 78,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Insurance stipend

Job summary

WonderTrek Children’s Museum in Baxter, Minnesota, seeks a Development and Engagement Manager to lead donor relations, manage campaigns, and drive community partnerships. You will work within a lean team to advance fundraising, track metrics, and build a sustainable development program that supports play-based learning.

The role requires relationship-building, data-driven decision making, and supervising a part-time Volunteer Engagement Specialist.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3–5 years of professional experience in non-profit development, volunteer management, or community organizing.
• Bachelor’s degree in Non-Profit Management, Museum Studies, Communications, Business Administration, or closely related field.
• Proven hands-on experience managing Humanitru, or similar non-profit CRMs or donor databases.
• Competency in reading marketing data and interpreting digital conversion metrics.
• Strong digital literacy with Google Workspace and related admin systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead donor relations and administer the capital campaign strategy to advance fundraising goals.
• Develop cultivation pipelines and tailor engagement opportunities for donors and volunteers.
• Maintain donor data integrity in the CRM and track contributions and interactions.
• Coordinate acknowledgments and tax recognition workflows for all gifts.
• Collaborate with leadership to prepare staff and board KPI reports and campaign analysis.
• Supervise the Volunteer Engagement Specialist to align regional engagement with fundraising goals.

Skills

Campaign management

Affinity engagement

Donor database

Gift acknowledgments

Capital campaign support

Metrics analysis

Regional relations

Impact communication

Volunteer supervision

Program alignment

Education

Bachelor’s degree in related field

Tools

Humanitru CRM

Job description

WonderTrek Children’s Museum in Baxter, Minnesota, seeks a Development and Engagement Manager to lead donor relations, manage campaigns, and drive community partnerships. You will work within a lean team to advance fundraising, track metrics, and build a sustainable development program that supports play-based learning.

The role requires relationship-building, data-driven decision making, and supervising a part-time Volunteer Engagement Specialist.