Job Description
TITLE: Development Officer
DIVISION: Development
SALARY: $85K-$90K
STATUS/SCHEDULE: Exempt/FT (occasional evenings & weekends required)
SUPERVISOR: Senior Director of Development
About Huckleberry Youth Programs:
For over 50 years, Huckleberry Youth Programs has partnered with Bay Area teens and families to overcome adversity. Huckleberry strengthens families and empowers young people with services that promote safety in times of crisis, physical and emotional health and well-being, social justice in communities facing inequity, and educational success.
Mission Statement: Huckleberry Youth Programs works in solidarity with young people and their families to advance their personal growth and social equity.
Huckleberry Youth Program is looking for a Development Officer, Individual Giving, to join the Development Team.
DEVELOPMENT OFFICER
Reporting to the Senior Director of Development, the Development Officer identifies, cultivates, solicits, and stewards individual donors through targeted campaigns and events. This position manages a portfolio of mid-level individual donors and prospects, and responsibilities related to this tier of donors, including events.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Donor Management & Fundraising
- Manage a portfolio of individual donors and prospects with giving capacity up to $5,000 through all phases of the donor cycle and seasonal campaigns
- Develop and execute annual engagement strategies in collaboration with the Senior Director of Development
- Establish meaningful touchpoints with donors through meetings, personalized outreach, and delivery of mission-aligned content
- Develop compelling case statements and materials that articulate the organization's mission and impact
- Oversee all annual giving campaign mailings and related collateral
Event Management
- Plan and execute the annual fundraising event and other special events, partnering cross-functionally across teams for successful implementation
- Solicit corporate sponsorships and silent auction items for events
Data & Prospecting
- Maintain donor database, track interactions, and analyze fundraising metrics to report on performance
- Support donor prospecting pipeline through research and identification of new prospects using screening and segmentation tools
- Generate reports and data around individual giving and events for the Board of Directors
Collaboration
- Partner with the development team on cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship efforts, donor briefings, and correspondence
- Perform other development-related duties and projects as assigned