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Senior Manager, Fundraising Operations

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Employer:  TNTP
Category:  Other
Job Type:  Full Time

Description

Senior Manager, Fundraising Operations

Flexible Location

TNTP seeks a full -time Senior Manager, Fundraising Operations for TNTP's Fundraising Team. The position will be based in a home office anywhere in the U.S. and is available immediatel y . Travel for team and organizational meetings a few times a year may be require d .

WHO WE ARE

TNTP brings research, policy, and consulting together to reimagine America's public education system. Working collaboratively, we dig into educators' toughest challenges, and we provide actionable solutions grounded in evidence. This work takes place in schools and districts across the country, and our national position allows us to spot trends, collect and analyze data, and advocate for policy changes that introduce greater impact at scale. Our goal is to empower every student, breaking them free from the constraints of poverty and race, fostering innovation, and driving growth across the country. We collaborate across sectors and with school systems to ensure that the 3.5 million young people who graduate high school every year have pathways to economic and social mobility .

At TNTP, fundraising means strategically identifying and cultivating relationships with organizations and individuals that will allow us to help as many students as possible access opportunities for upward mobility. With a total portfolio of over $20M in grants and donations, TNTP leverages philanthropic revenue to pilot new work, scale proven approaches, and influence the field. TNTP has a strong track record and deep relationships with institutional funders, especially in the PK-12 education field. The Fundraising Team has expanded in recent years to keep pace with overall organizational growth and increased opportunities to engage local and regional funders nationwide. While there is ample opportunity to expand its relationships with institutional grant makers , TNTP is also interested in diversifying its philanthropic revenue to include individual, corporate and other sources of philanthropic funding in the coming years .

WHAT YOU'LL DO

The Fundraising Team collaborates across TNTP's geographic regions and organizational divisions to build investment pipelines that support our highest priorities. At TNTP, fundraising operations encompasses the processes and systems required to ensure the highest quality funder engagement and stewardship. Fundraising operations activities include, but are not limited to, project management of grant proposals and grant reports, grant budget monitoring, planning and facilitating organizational learning sessions around fundraising best practices, and tracking and analyzing key fundraising performance indicators. This position, under the direction of a Fundraising Director, will help sustain strong fundraising operations practices as well as plan for how TNTP's fundraising operations should continue to strategically evolve over the next several years to support larger and more diverse sources of philanthropic revenue.

The position's s pecific responsibilities include:

  • Based on fundraising operations best practices, evaluate the current fundraising operations scope and infrastructure and, in partnership with the Fundraising Director, identify what should be maintained and what should be updated towards expediting philanthropic revenue generation
  • Maintain and update internal resources for the Fundraising Team to ensure funder-facing materials (talking points, proposals, reports, etc.) reflect TNTP's evolving brand and key messaging.
  • Maintain and update a catalogue of resources (proposal templates, report templates, outreach language examples, etc.) for TNTP staff outside the Fundraising Team to ensure they are equipped to cultivate, solicit , and steward philanthropic investment
  • Enhance organizational fundraising knowledge and capacity by creating and facilitating trainings
  • Collaborate across Fundraising, Brand & Marketing, Finance, Technology, Impact, and other central teams to ensure continuity and promote efficiencies


WHAT YOU HAVE

Qualifications and Experiences

We are looking for a candidate to possess the following skills and expertise :

  • 4-5 years of fundraising operations experience-experience managing a fundraising database strongly preferred, Salesforce experience a plus
  • Experience managing data and building systems to equip pursuit and stewardship of philanthropic investment from individuals, corporations, foundations, and others
  • Strong command of fundraising best practices and the ability to adapt that knowledge to fit unique organizational contexts
  • Evidence of strong cross-team collaboration skills, the ability to manage up, and executing deliverables through working with multiple stakeholder relationships


Competencies
  • Sweat the details. You'll use your strong organizational and project management skills to execute and move our work toward ambitious goals. And you'll lean on your ability to learn quickly and work effectively in an at-times ambiguous environment of rapidly changing priorities and tight deadlines and turnaround times.
  • Be a strong strategic thinker. You are a natural problem-solver who can efficiently assess a challenge, analyze the root causes, and define new ways forward. You are intellectually curious and thrive on working with multidisciplinary teams, often across multiple projects at once . You use communications togenerate innovative solutions to challengesin context of a larger strategic vision .
  • Have a solutions-oriented mindset . You'll be called upon to solve thorny challenges in tough situations. You focus on asking the right questions and understanding the problem and then executing a strategy. You're skilled at seeing the larger picture, tackling the highest priority work, and offering solutions that have the biggest impact. And when you raise a problem with the team, you'll always bring creative solutions, too.
  • Motivate and influence others. You are as comfortable advising members of project and organizational leadership as you are working with your team. You authentically collaborate, develop, and manage high-level relationships that build investment in our development strategy and deliver results.
  • Modelcross-cultural agility. Authentic self-reflection, self-awareness, and high emotional intelligence are central to who you are as a leader, and you utilize these skills to shape a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion. You have an adept cultural understanding of yourself and use your understanding of yourself and others to build trusting relationships with colleagues and clients.
  • Build relationships. You'll regularlypartner witha variety of internal and external stakeholders. You know how to build trust and credibility quickly and consistently display a very high level of professionalism and good judgment. You have an ability to connect and build relationships with diverse communities.


WHAT WE OFFER

TNTP offers a competitive salary commensurate with experience in a similar position with the potential for an annual performance-based bonus. The salary range for this position is $72,800-$109,200. New hires are typically brought into the organization at a salary between the range minimum and the salary range midpoint at the following ranges ($72,800-$91,000 ) depending on qualifications, internal equity, and the budgeted amount for the role.

We also provide best-in-class comprehensive benefits, providing a wide range of plans and programs that are focused on supporting the physical, mental, and financial wellness of employees and their dependents. TNTP contributes towards dental and vision insurance plans. Our 403(b)-retirement plan has up to 7% matching contribution, as well as free financial planning and coaching services, and up to $600/year payment towards qualifying student loans. TNTP also provides fully paid life insurance, parenting benefits, lifestyle spending accounts, up to 12 weeks of fully paid medical leave, generous vacation time, commuter benefits, referral bonuses, and professional development. New employees start with 5 sick/personal days, accrue 15 days of vacation during their first year of employment, and receive approximately 24 paid holidays each year-including a Winter Break the last 2-weeks of December. We also provide a one-time home office start-up stipend of up to $1,100 and annual refresher amounts of up to $250/year, a TNTP-provided laptop and cell phone, and a home office stipend of $135/month.

We value diversity of ethnicity, race, socioeconomic status, sexual identity, gender, religion, language, ability, and experience and exemplify this through the makeup of our team at all levels. We also offer an inclusive environment where staff are encouraged to bring their whole selves to work every day. So, we encourage those with the following identities to apply: Black, Latinx, Asian American, and Pacific Islander, Indigenous people, LGBTQIA+ and non-binary people, veterans, people living with disabilities, and others with lived experience being part of marginalized communities.

HOW TO APPLY

Our application process is simple. In addition to submitting your resume, we also would like f or you to share why you are interested in TNTP and how your experience has prepared you for this position. The priority application deadline for this position is Friday, April 19th . After that date, applications will be considered on a rolling basis , so i t is in your best interest to apply as soon as possible. Ple as e su bmit your application online thro ugh Wor kday .

#LI-REMOTE

Position Type:
Regular

TNTP is an equal employment opportunity employer committed to maintaining a non-discriminatory work environment. TNTP does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, arrest record, conviction record, or any other personal characteristic protected by applicable law. This policy covers all programs, services, policies, and procedures of TNTP, including recruiting, hiring, training, promotion, and administering all personnel actions, such as compensation, benefits, transfers, layoffs or terminations.

Applicants for employment with TNTP must have valid work authorization that does not require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the U . S .
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