QUALIFICATIONS
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Bachelor’s degree or 3–5 years of experience in nonprofit fundraising, marketing, or communications, with a focus on individual giving.
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Demonstrated experience with digital fundraising—search, ads, email, web, and social—to acquire supporters and secure renewed or increased giving as well as a working knowledge of direct mail fundraising
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Strong project management skills and experience leading multi-channel appeal production in collaboration with vendors or agency partners.
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Excellent writing and storytelling skills, with a keen understanding of donor motivation and nonprofit messaging.
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Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple deadlines and priorities.
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Comfort working with donor databases (Salesforce preferred), email marketing tools, and analytics dashboards.
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Ability to interpret donor data and apply insights to inform segmentation, targeting, and retention strategies.
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Customer service mindset and ability to communicate with empathy and clarity across channels.
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Passion for the mission of LifeMoves and a commitment to equity, inclusion, and community-centered engagement.
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Willingness to work occasional evenings and weekends for events or deadlines.
COMPETIENCES:
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Team Leadership and Supervision: Guides, supports, and motivates team members to achieve goals.
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Effective Communication, Development and Feedback: Effectively communicates professionally and appropriately, based upon the audience and circumstances. Communicates facts, ideas, and emotions effectively. Provides and responds to feedback maturely. Mentors and supports team members' career growth and skill development.
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Workforce Planning and Succession Development: Identifies team talent needs and prepares employees for future leadership roles. Identifies team talent needs and prepares employees for future leadership roles.
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Capability Coaching: Building performance and potential by setting performance objectives, providing regular coaching and feedback, creating a learning environment, driving for results, tracking and evaluating performance, and creating relevant performance development plans with others.
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Client and Stakeholder Focus: Ensures teams deliver quality service to internal and external stakeholders.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS
Local travel may be required.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
The physical demands described here represent those that an employee must meet to perform the essential functions of this position successfully. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions. While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to talk, hear, and communicate with both adult professionals. The employee must frequently use hands or fingers and handle or feel objects, tools, or controls. The employee must frequently stand, walk, sit, and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities this position requires include close vision, distance vision, and the ability to adjust focus.
COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS
This rewarding role offers a competitive annual base salary and an opportunity to participate in the LifeMoves benefits package.
LifeMoves is an equal opportunity employer (EOE) committed to building a culturally diverse staff representing the communities we serve. We provide equal employment opportunities to all individuals without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, political affiliation, marital status, physical or mental disability (non-disqualifying), sexual orientation, membership or non-membership in an employee organization, personal favoritism, lived experiences or any other non-merit-based factor. Candidates who are bilingual/bi-cultural, of color, Native/Indigenous, with disabilities, who identify as LGBTQIA+, or who are members of other marginalized groups are strongly encouraged to apply. We aim to create and sustain inclusive, equitable, and welcoming environments where everyone can thrive.
This job description is not intended to be a complete list of all responsibilities, duties, or skills required for the job and is subject to review and change at any time, with or without notice, in accordance with the needs of LifeMoves. Since no job description can detail all the duties and responsibilities that may be required from time to time in the performance of a job, duties, and responsibilities that may be inherent in a job, reasonably required for its performance, or required due to the changing nature of the job shall also be considered part of the job holder’s responsibility.
If you require disability accommodation during the application process, please contact the Human Resources Department at (650) 685-5880.
