Development Manager

Position Title: Development Manager

Location: Resolution Headquarters at 370 Lexington Avenue, 3rd Floor, New York, NY

Classification: Exempt, full-time

Reporting To: Director of Development

Start Date: Immediate 

Salary Range: $71,000-77,000

Work Environment: Hybrid (one or two days a week in-office)

About Resolution Project

At Resolution Project, we see the spark of passion in young people.  We work with them to build it into a lifetime of impact. People do not need decades of experience before they can start making a difference in the world. Especially while young, they have the energy, idealism, and ambition to address complex challenges—today. But they need a community that invests and believes in their leadership. Resolution provides this support to young innovators around the world so they can break barriers and ignite meaningful change.

The Resolution Fellowship is the core of our work. To become a Resolution Fellow, young people first compete in our Social Venture Challenge (SVC), pitching ideas for social enterprises in their communities. Those who are selected become Fellows, receiving seed funding and lifelong support. Resolution is there, even if they evolve or pivot from their original ideas, with global resources, mentorship, expertise, and community, along with a growing network of local partners. These components come together to form a proven model that identifies promising young leaders, launches their first ventures, and sticks with them as they grow.

Since our beginning in 2008, Resolution Project has launched and supported the growth of nearly 600 Fellows, working across six continents and in over 85 countries. Altogether, our Fellows have impacted the lives of more than 6 million people around the globe. Through Resolution Project, young leaders receive unmatched guidance and wisdom from a team of partners, volunteers, and innovative peers around the globe. We remain committed—today and always— to all of our Fellows and to expanding our outreach to lower-resourced communities. 

Position Summary

The Development Manager will work closely with the Development & Communications department, the Development Committee of the Board, and the CEO to assist in executing day-to-day fundraising operations of the organization for events, individual, and institutional donors with a focus on engagement activities with foundations and corporations. This role will help strengthen, maintain, and grow the organization’s support by collaborating with the Director of Development in the execution of Resolution Project’s donor cultivation and stewardship strategies, focusing much of their time on helping to identify, solicit, and steward foundation and corporate gifts.  We are looking for someone who is excited about this work, will bring an entrepreneurial spirit, and will contribute to the creative growth of Resolution as a thought partner to the Director of Development. The ideal candidate will be an experienced and skilled writer, a strong project manager, an excellent communicator, detail-oriented, and able to meet deadlines and adapt to changing needs and opportunities. The role will also require the candidate to develop a deep understanding of Resolution’s programs and impact by collaborating with other staff and can develop innovative solutions to challenges. 

The candidate must have a flexible schedule, and be prepared to join phone and in-person meetings earlier and later than regular business hours, including some weekends.

Key Responsibilities

Work collaboratively with organizational leadership, professional staff, and volunteers to support fundraising goals and organizational growth as follows:

Development Coordinator Management

- Manage full-time Development Coordinator and take part in the hiring process for this new position.

Prospect Research and Donor Cultivation

- Research and identify corporate and foundation prospects and opportunities.

- Collaborate with the Development team and other departments to develop outreach, engagement, and solicitation strategies.

- Assist in researching and identifying conferences, events, and other opportunities to generate new institutional and individual donor leads.

- Attend and participate in donor/funder cultivation meetings alongside the Director of Development and other relevant staff, as needed.

Grant Writing and Management

- Manage the grant submission process, including collection and synthesis of data, completion of proposals, tracking, reporting, and corresponding with foundation and corporate donors.  

- Serve as the primary writer on all grant proposals, requests, pitch decks, concept notes, and reports to foundations. 

- Cross-departmental collaboration to collect relevant program data, organizational documents and information, and financial records to ensure accurate information is transmitted in all funder communications. 

- Engage in strategic planning around funding alignment, including plans for increasing gifts from current donors and multi-year grants.  

- Carefully track donor and grant information in the Salesforce database.

Institutional Relationship Management

- Support strategic donor outreach and communications, and maintain regular correspondence with key funding representatives.  

- Attend in-person and virtual meetings with corporate and foundation staff members to cultivate and steward relationships, leveraging support from other staff where necessary.

- Connect existing and prospective institutional partners to engagement opportunities.

- Collaborate internally within the Development department, and across departments (primarily with the Programs team), to plan and organize events with partners to spread the word about Resolution Project.

- Assist in the development of engaging funder collateral.

Individual Donor Cultivation and Stewardship

- Collaborate with the Development team to steward existing donors throughout the year including implementation of an annual gift renewal plan/process, spring Giving Amplified campaign, and End of Year campaign.

- Manage the development and implementation of a comprehensive cultivation and stewardship plan for individual donors, including a calendar of touchpoints and personalized outreach.

- Assist in developing and implementing innovative email campaigns, social media fundraising, and other donor communications in partnership with the Communications Manager.

Volunteer Management and Engagement

- Support the development and rollout of a more streamlined volunteer engagement process in partnership with the Development and Program teams.

- Help drive and manage organization-wide efforts to build community among volunteers with a focus on increasing giving among them.

Event Support

- Support the Director of Development with the planning and execution of special events including donor cultivation and solicitation events and annual fundraising events (Resolve Gala and Young Leaders Now Awards Dinner).

- Secure, manage, and track event sponsorships.

- Support communications efforts by ensuring volunteers are equipped with campaign, event, and fundraising tools they can use for outreach to their networks.

- Collaborate with the Development and Program teams to plan and execute events for Resolution Project’s volunteer community.

Other Related Duties, As Requested

Qualifications

- 5 years of relevant professional experience.

- Highly organized with meticulous attention to detail and follow-through.

- Ability to work well independently, with a high level of professionalism and good interpersonal skills to also work in collaboration with other staff, volunteers, and external partners from a variety of different backgrounds.  

- Commitment to the principles of Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Access, and Learning (outlined here in our DEI statement: https://resolutionproject.org/deistatement/).

- Ability to handle sensitive information about donors, team members, Resolution Fellows, methodologies, etc. with discretion and good judgment.

- Computer literacy, including extensive knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and Google Suite. 

- Familiarity/experience with Salesforce or other CRM (training available).

- Excellent written and oral communication skills.

- Commitment to protecting young people from abuse, per Resolution’s Youth Protection Policy.

- Resolution requires that all staff be fully vaccinated with an FDA or WHO-authorized vaccine (or approved for an exemption as a reasonable accommodation due to a medical reason or sincerely held religious belief). Resolution abides by each state’s requirements and acknowledges those may change over time. If moved forward to the phone screen stage, you will have the chance to ask a team member more about this requirement.

Preferred

- Prior staff management experience. 

- Prior stakeholder/relationship management experience.

- Passionate about young people making an impact, and a commitment to social change and social entrepreneurship.

Benefits

Resolution does our best to provide a competitive benefits package to our team. We have standard 35-hour work weeks with the ability to schedule to work half-day Fridays year-round. Full-time Resolution staff members have access to a range of health plans as well as coverage for dental, vision, life, and disability insurance, 100% paid for full-time staff. Full-time staff also have access to generous paid time off, a 401k match, and robust professional development opportunities. In addition, employees may opt into FSA, HSA, transit check, and other voluntary insurance policies.

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Resolution is an equal opportunity employer.  The organization does not engage in and prohibits discrimination in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race or ethnicity, color, national origin, ancestry, gender identity, sex or gender (including pregnancy), LGBTQ+ status or sexual orientation, age, religion, creed, physical or mental disability, marital or partnership status, veteran status, military service status, or any other characteristic protected by state, local or federal law.

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