Development and Communications Manager

Responsibilities

• Donor Strategy & Engagement [40%] - Partner with the Executive Director to develop and implement MVP's annual fundraising and development plan - Manage annual appeals and donor campaigns, including Giving Tuesday and the End-of-Year Appeal. - Develop donor communications, including segmented email campaigns, personalized acknowledgments, thank-you letters, and impact updates. - Support planning and coordination of MVP's annual fundraising events (e.g., MICAH Awards Dinner & Annual Meeting), including sponsorships, communications, volunteer coordination, and event logistics. - Apply community organizing principles by maintaining relational 1:1 meetings to cultivate and steward small- and mid-level donors to monthly sustainers. - Support the development of MVP’s monthly sustainer program. - Maintain donor records in EveryAction and Salesforce CRMs, including gift entry, reports, and data management. - Attend weekly staff meetings and monthly Board Development Committee meetings to report on progress and strategy.
• Grant Management & Institutional Giving (25%) - Conduct prospect research to identify new foundation and institutional funding opportunities. - Maintain the grants calendar and ensure proposals, reports, renewals, and deadlines are completed on time. - Coordinate and draft grant proposals and reports with the Executive Director and contracted grant writer, as needed. - Collaborate with staff to gather program outcomes, budgets, and supporting materials. - Track grant awards, reporting requirements, payment schedules, and records. - Steward relationships with institutional funders through timely communication and reporting.
• External Communications [35%] - Coordinate and support team of volunteer leaders in storytelling, photography, and digital content creation. - Steward MVP's brand by ensuring consistent messaging, voice, visual identity, and values. - Draft press releases, cultivate media relationships, and coordinate media outreach for campaigns and events. - Manage MVP's digital communications strategy, including the website, email marketing, social media, and digital advertising. - Design print and digital materials—including newsletters, annual reports, campaign materials, e-blasts, and leader resources. - Maintain MVP's library of photos, videos, and testimonials, and monitor engagement metrics to grow our audience. - Partner with the Organizing Team to elevate campaign storytelling and the voices of directly impacted leaders. - Manage content across MVP's social media platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and other platforms.

Requirements

• At least 3-4+ years of experience in fundraising or development, communications, community organizing, or a related field.
• Experience managing fundraising strategies, including annual giving, donor cultivation and stewardship, fundraising events, institutional giving, and grants.
• Experience managing EveryAction, Salesforce, or a similar CRM system.
• Experience researching, writing, or coordinating grant proposals and reports.
• Strong relationship-building skills with donors, grassroots leaders, volunteers, community partners, and institutional funders.
• Understanding of community organizing principles, including relational meetings, power-building, and values-based leadership.
• Proficiency with CRM platforms, Canva or Adobe, email marketing, social media management, and Google Workspace or Microsoft Office.
• Excellent writing, storytelling, project management, and organizational skills with strong attention to detail.
• Reliable transportation and flexibility to work occasional evenings and weekends.
• Commitment to advancing racial, social, and economic justice.

Preferred

• Spanish, Haitian Creole, or Portuguese proficiency is a strong plus.

Benefits

• MVP is currently exploring a retirement benefit package.