Fundraising Program Manager

Avalon Consulting Group; Annapolis, Northern (MD, KY); Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Generous paid leave

Remote work reimbursements

Life and disability insurance

Safe harbor 401(k)

Job summary

Avalon Consulting Group is seeking a Program Manager to lead fundraising campaigns for mission-driven nonprofits across direct mail, texting, and telemarketing. You will guide strategy, budgeting, creative direction, segmentation, and production while coordinating with clients and production partners in a fully remote national environment.

The role emphasizes data-driven insights, solid project management, and strong communication.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2–3 years in direct response nonprofit fundraising.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office apps (SharePoint, Teams, Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint).
• Ability to juggle multiple projects and deadlines.
• Strong attention to detail and proactive communication.
• Collaborative mindset and client-facing professionalism.

Responsibilities

• Manage fundraising campaigns across multiple channels including direct mail, texting, and telemarketing.
• Support campaign strategy development, including budgets, creative direction, segmentation, and production.
• Draft campaign outlines, reports, and presentations, providing data-driven insights and recommendations.
• Serve as the day-to-day contact for clients and production partners, ensuring campaigns run smoothly and on time.
• Oversee copy, design, and production schedules, managing quality control.
• Develop and oversee campaign support materials, ensuring costs, data, and invoicing are accurate.

Skills

Direct response fundraising experience

Project management

Client service

Team collaboration

Communication skills

Active listening

Persuasive speaking

Multitasking

Tools

SharePoint

Teams

Excel

Word

Outlook

PowerPoint

Job description

Description

Are you ready for a role that lets you combine your project management, client service, and collaboration skills while making a meaningful impact? Do you want to channel your experience in direct response fundraising to help environmental, social justice, animal welfare, and cultural arts organizations connect with people who care about progressive causes?

As a Program Manager at Avalon, an award-winning full-service fundraising consulting agency, you'll partner with mission-driven organizations to help them meet their financial goals through strategic direct marketing fundraising campaigns. This is your chance to sharpen your skills in campaign management, from strategy and creative development to production and analysis while working alongside an expert team that’s passionate, collaborative, and fun!

We are a remote workplace with team members working from home offices located across the United States. Occasional travel may be needed for client meetings, conferences, or team gatherings.

What You’ll Do with Us

• Manage fundraising campaigns across multiple channels including direct mail, texting, and telemarketing.
• Support campaign strategy development, including budgets, creative direction, segmentation, and production.
• Draft campaign outlines, reports, and presentations, providing data-driven insights and recommendations.
• Serve as the day-to-day contact for clients and production partners, ensuring campaigns run smoothly and on time.
• Oversee copy, design, and production schedules, managing quality control.
• Develop and oversee campaign support materials, ensuring costs, data, and invoicing are accurate.

Requirements

What We’re Looking For

We're seeking someone with at least 2-3 years of experience in direct response nonprofit fundraising. If you're an expert in Microsoft Office programs like SharePoint, Teams, Excel, Word, Outlook, and PowerPoint, and you have a proven track record of juggling multiple projects and deadlines with ease, you could be exactly who we need!

Our most successful Program Managers also bring these qualities to the table:

• A strong desire to learn and the wisdom to know when to ask for help
• Exceptional attention to detail
• The ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines at once
• Self-motivation, reliability, and the ability to take ownership of tasks with minimal oversight
• Resourcefulness and a creative mindset
• Top-notch teamwork and collaboration with clients, partners, and peers
• Excellent communication skills, including active listening and persuasive speaking
• A cool head under pressure in a busy, agency environment
• An ability to bring positivity and a lens of inclusivity to all of your interactions with colleagues.

Why you will love Avalon

Since 1997, Avalon has been committed to making the world a better place by helping our clients raise the millions of dollars needed to fulfill their inspiring missions. We’ve created a culture unlike any other agency.

We are proud to be a fully remote workplace- hiring the best fundraisers in the business throughout the US. We also love getting together for team and client meetings when necessary. We're strategic, analytical, innovative, collaborative, and most of all: passionate about our work. We love what we do, and it shows in our engaged teams, industry awards, and delighted clients.

Avalon is proud of our supportive and collaborative team environment that encourages professional development while recognizing the importance of flexibility and work-life balance. We are committed to fostering a culture that embraces differences every day, and where each of our staff is supported and inspired to reach their full potential.

Besides being a great place to work, we are pleased to offer a rich, comprehensive benefit plan, including employer-paid health, dental, and vision insurance, generous paid leave, remote work reimbursements, employer-paid life and disability insurance, and a safe harbor 401(k) plan.

Our compensation budget is $60,000-$65,000 annually, commensurate with experience.

Avalon is an equal opportunity employer. We believe that diversity, equity, and inclusion are critical to our success, and we strive to recruit, develop, and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. We encourage individuals from all races, ethnicities, sexual orientations, gender identities, expressions, national origins, and more to apply.