Donor Relations & Campaign Lead

ImpactAlpha; Portland, Ellsworth (OR, ME); Sur place; USD 65 000 - 95 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance

Employer-paid short-term disability

Employer-paid long-term disability

Employer-paid term life insurance

401(k) retirement plan

Résumé du poste

Maine Community Foundation is seeking a Philanthropy Officer to cultivate and steward a donors portfolio, coordinating communications and campaigns that advance asset development goals. You will manage prospect engagement through cultivation to stewardship, while representing the foundation at events across Maine.

The role emphasizes equity in practice, external relationship management, and skilled project coordination within the Philanthropy Team, with frequent travel within Maine and strong

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of fundraising, donor relations, nonprofit communications, or related work.
• Demonstrated ability to build relationships with a wide range of people.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to draft clear, compelling and audience-appropriate communications for donors, prospects, and fund holders.
• Experience coordinating projects involving multiple stakeholders, contributors, and deadlines.
• Experience coordinating donor, fundraising, or marketing communications campaigns, including planning, production timelines, audience segmentation, tracking, and follow-up.
• Comfort initiating outreach and representing an organization externally.
• Familiarity with philanthropy, nonprofits, or Maine communities (preferred, not required).
• Ability to work independently and within a team structure.
• Must possess and demonstrate a high level of professionalism, diplomacy, and ability to maintain confidentiality.
• Solid computer proficiency, particularly in all Microsoft Office applications, including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook
• Experience using CRM/donor software to track outreach, engagement activities, communications and outcomes; Salesforce experience preferred.
• Strong organizational skills with great attention to detail and accuracy.
• Ability to work occasional evenings and weekends, particularly for events.
• Willingness and ability to travel frequently within Maine.
• Must live in Maine or establish Maine residency within three months of hire.

Responsabilités

• Grow MaineCF’s scholarship funder pool by identifying, cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding scholarship donors and prospects.
• Personally manage a portfolio of donors, prospects, and fund holders, including cultivation, solicitation, stewardship, and follow-up activities.
• Identify, qualify, cultivate, and solicit new prospective donors and fund holders.
• Represent MaineCF at community, networking and partner events throughout the state.
• Maintain knowledge of local issues and initiatives and familiarity with local nonprofit organizations.
• Project manage Philanthropy Team communications for pipeline development, including year-end appeal planning, production, segmentation, tracking, and follow-up.
• Draft donor and prospect communications.
• Track donor and prospect activity, solicitation status, next steps, gifts, and outcomes in Salesforce CRM.
• Be committed to the mission, vision, and values of MaineCF.
• Be committed to service to donors, nonprofit organizations, and grantmaking volunteers.
• Maintain open and effective communication with all departments and work as a team member.
• Work well with others.
• Understand and work within Foundation policies and procedures.
• Be reliable and trustworthy.
• Be well organized.
• Be punctual and use time efficiently.
• Perform duties in a conscientious and cooperative manner.
• Perform work in a timely fashion with a minimum of errors.
• Maintain confidentiality for all information concerning MaineCF business, donors, and employees.
• Be willing to share the organization’s commitment to equity and use equity to inform work with MaineCF.

Connaissances

Donor relations

Relationship building

Communication

Project coordination

CRM usage

Microsoft Office

Travel within Maine

Formation

Bachelor's degree in nonprofit management or related field

Outils

Salesforce CRM

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

PowerPoint

Description du poste

Maine Community Foundation is seeking a Philanthropy Officer to cultivate and steward a donors portfolio, coordinating communications and campaigns that advance asset development goals. You will manage prospect engagement through cultivation to stewardship, while representing the foundation at events across Maine.

The role emphasizes equity in practice, external relationship management, and skilled project coordination within the Philanthropy Team, with frequent travel within Maine and strong