Stakeholder Advisor Jobs

Civic Influencers is a national nonpartisan nonprofit operating across the country, on and off campus, in local communities and states, that empowers young people to build their civic power and increase voting rates amongst their peers. They frame their work through an Organizing, Advocacy and Learning model that equips young people with the skills to dismantle barriers to voting while developing their identities as voters and participants in our democracy.

JOB DESCRIPTION: STAKEHOLDER ADVISOR

Reports to Chief Development Officer

Classification: Full-time Exempt

Location: Remote work from any location in the US

Travel: Some travel required

General Description

Civic Influencers is seeking a Stakeholder Advisor with extensive experience in cultivating and stewarding major donors, private & public foundations, and corporations through a giving pipeline. The following tasks and duties will fall within the following buckets across the Development Department including:

Systems & Operations Management

• Package all cleaned data for Implementation Partner in clear excel documents for migration.
• Other tasks as assigned.
• In collaboration with Stakeholder Engagement team, support in cleaning and preparing data for migration to Salesforce and extracting all data from current CRM (Little Green Light).
• Once fully integrated with Salesforce, maintain the integrity of all stakeholder engagement data points, ensuring the data is accurate and clean.
• Represent the Development Team at staff meetings and retreats, speaking to the Development Teams strategic plan, goals and metrics achieved to date.
• Design the infrastructure for Civic Influencers’ Stakeholder Engagement Salesforce buildout, from start to finish, including:
• With guidance from the CEO, Chief Development Officer and the rest of the Stakeholder Engagement team, build the architecture for Stakeholder Engagement’s workflow within Salesforce.

Grant & Report Writing

• Work with CDO, CEO and COO on special invitations, crafting tailored language for special projects and initiatives.
• Support the grants calendar to ensure all deadlines are met.
• Review each letter of inquiry, proposal, and report for accuracy from the Senior Institutional Gifts Advisor and/or Grants Manager.

Donor Relations

• Identify clear transition plans for existing donors and prospects to successfully hand-off relationships from the Chief Executive Officer and other staff.
• Draft content for donor direct mail, online appeals, and other fundraising campaigns.
• Oversee the gift acknowledgement process, including the digital and physical mailing of gift acknowledgement letters and gifts.
• Devise a plan for onboarding new donors and manage their onboarding process to the organization (digital and printed welcome, invitations to briefings, etc.).
• Assign stewards and stewardship plans for all current and prospective donors across the department.
• Host donor engagement calls to ensure that proper cultivation is done resulting in an ask, or, ensuring that regular stewarding is done resulting in a gift renewal.
• Draft regular correspondence to existing and prospective donors and stakeholders.

Qualifications And Skills

• Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively in a fast-paced environment with multiple priorities and tight deadlines.
• Extensive experience with grant writing, reporting, and measuring impact.
• Commitment to transparency, accountability, and direct communication.
• Must have a commitment to DEI and cultural competency, including an awareness of one's own cultural worldview, a welcoming attitude towards cultural differences, an appreciative knowledge of different cultural practices and worldviews, and cross-cultural skills.
• Familiarity with and understanding of CRMs and other content management databases, experience with Salesforce a plus.
• Ability and comfortability to close face-to-face sales and sponsorships.
• Excellent interpersonal and verbal communication skills; including the ability to communicate effectively and professionally with other staff, partner organizations, elected and appointed officials, corporate/business representatives, and community members.
• Ability to manage highly sensitive, confidential information using excellent judgment at all times.
• Capable of building and sustaining relationships with a variety of individuals and organizations, including high net worth individuals and family foundations.
• Bachelor’s degree in the Humanities, Political Science or Public Policy, a related field or equivalent experience.
• Demonstrated ability to manage strategic planning while being able to respond to short-term organizational needs.
• Working knowledge of Tableau and Slack a plus.
• Proficient on Google Suite, including Google Sheets and Google Slides.
• 5+ years of proven progressive fundraising.

Desired Experience

• Experience working in a movement organization, including ones focused on Voting Rights, Social Justice, Civil Rights or Youth.
• Fluent in multiple languages is a plus.
• Experience working with or within a higher education institution, People of Color Serving Institutions (PoCSIs, e.g., HSIs and HBCUs) a plus.

Other Requirements

• Extremely reliable and available on evenings and weekends for occasional events and conferences.
• Must complete data visualization and data gathering training hosted by Tableau, and other training as required.

Compensation

Salary

Salary range for this position is $45,000 - $80,000. Salary will be commensurate with experience and skills.

Benefits

• Health insurance with employer contribution
• 10 days paid vacation
• 401K plan with employer match after 6 months
• 14 paid holidays
• 12 days paid sick leave

How To Apply

Start date: for immediate consideration.

Email your application to: [email protected]

Please email your resume and cover letter with the position title and your name in the subject line. Applicants who do not submit both will not be considered. Please note in your cover letter where you saw this position listed and your availability.

Applicants who have been selected to move forward in the interview process will be contacted directly.

Civic Influencers is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate based on race, nationality, ethnicity, religion, age, gender, sexual orientation, disability or class. We value diversity on our team and strongly encourage people of color, Indigenous people, LGBTQIA individuals, people with disabilities and all qualified persons to apply for our open positions.