Operations and Campaign Manager

The overall purpose of the Operations and Campaign Manager is to provide Sahar with the ability to deliver best in class programs and a capital campaign to build a first ever public boarding school for girls in Northern Afghanistan. This position is responsible for administrative and operational support to the Executive Director and assumes a majority of day-to-day administrative and operational responsibilities, including database management, special events planning and coordination, donor engagement, communications, and marketing. This opportunity provides the manager with the experience of staffing a capital campaign and insights into the inner-workings of a small non-profit. You will position yourself to have a large impact on the status of education for girls in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan. 

Ideal Candidate:

The ideal candidate will bring excellent project management, strategy, research, presentation, fundraising, database management, social media, and communication skills. A strong aptitude for organization is required as well as a passion for girls’ education. Non-profit experience and technical skills are a plus.

Operations Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Administer Salesforce, Dropbox, Google Suite, Mailchimp, Greater Giving, Global Giving, Wordpress, and other database management, online filing systems and mail distribution.
• Manage Sahar's calendars in addition to scheduling and coordinating meetings and appointments for the executive director, president of the board, board members, and campaign cabinet.
• Coordinate the design and production process of Sahar’s branded collateral.
• Coordinate production and regular distribution of donor materials.
• Coordinate grant database including tracking, applications, managing reporting
• requirements and deadlines.
• Plan and execute small events, as well as collaborate with event manager to execute the
• annual Sahar Fall Fundraiser.
• Coordinate with social media outreach and marketing campaigns.
• Coordinate with Afghan Fellow on various projects, including video editing
• Regularly update and create website content.
• Create and administer training for new Afghan Fellow including coaching for public
• speaking engagements.
• Collaborate with ED to create and post job descriptions for Afghan fellow, consultants,
• grantwriters, etc.
• Assist with Board management.

Campaign Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Holding overall Campaign strategy, keeping track of progress towards overall campaign goal, and maintaining accurate reports of campaign progress.
• Working with the Executive Director to schedule meetings with prospective campaign donors, developing donor meeting materials, and handling meeting preparation and follow-up responsibilities.
• Overall coordination of the volunteer campaign committee and Board - scheduling and attending meetings, creating tasks for committee members and assisting committee members with their tasks and contacts on behalf of the campaign.
• Collaborating to develop collateral materials, public relations, and communications plan for the campaign.
• Ensuring that campaign gifts and pledges are recorded and managed and donors properly acknowledged and thanked.
• Planning donor engagement and appreciation events.
• Working with the Executive Director to manage the campaign fundraising budget.
• Working with Sahar development committee to put together creative fundraising
• engagement strategies in line with Sahar brand.

Reporting:

• Reports directly to the Executive Director.