Fundraising Manager
Colorado Public radio
Centennial
,
CO
Application Deadline: Sunday, May 29, 2022
Description
Employment Requirement: Colorado Public Radio (CPR) strives to maintain a workplace that keeps employees mentally and physically safe. CPR requires employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 unless a medical or religious accommodation is timely requested and approved. All candidates offered a position at Colorado Public Radio will be required to comply with the COVID vaccine mandate and procedures prior to their first day of employment.
Incumbent is expected to reside in Colorado.
Who We Are:
Colorado Public Radio is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization that produces meaningful news, music, and cultural experiences to everyone in Colorado using the power of the human voice in all its forms. Roughly 95 percent of CPR’s funds come from the private support of listeners, businesses and foundations. For more information, visit www.cpr.org.
- CPR News delivers in-depth, insightful and impartial news and information from around the world, across the nation and throughout Colorado, examining its relevance to our state and connecting it to our community.
- CPR Classical takes listeners on an in-depth exploration of thoughtfully curated music – with an emphasis on Colorado’s classical community – providing context to a broad range of meaningful and compelling works from past to present.
- Indie 102.3 takes listeners inside the world of new and independent music – exposing them to up-and-coming artists and highlighting Colorado’s local music scene.
- Denverite is an online news source dedicated to Denver’s curious and concerned.
- KRCC is a public radio station in Colorado Springs, Colorado, serving Southern Colorado. KRCC is operated by Colorado Public Radio in partnership with Colorado College.
Our values inspire, inform and guide our everyday actions. They serve as a set of expectations and a promise we make to ourselves, our partners and audiences.
• Creative • Curious • Ethical • Inclusive • Respectful
At Colorado Public Radio we are committed to cultivating and sustaining a diverse and inclusive workplace that helps us represent the voices of the communities within Colorado. We highly encourage individuals with unique contributions such as ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity, nation of origin, age, language, veteran status, color, religion, disability and sexual orientation to apply to our openings. CPR is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes everyone to our team.
Colorado Public Radio (CPR) is seeking a Fundraising Manager.
About the Position:
As part of the Membership leadership team, in collaboration with the Membership Director, the Fundraising Manager develops and executes integrated, multi-channel donor acquisition, retention, and upgrade strategies using mail, email, telemarketing, web, social, search, and audio messaging channels. Composes distinct fundraising strategies for CPR, KRCC and Denverite and actively measures and analyzes direct response results for the development of subsequent strategies. You manage a team of direct reports and vendors who collaborate on a robust suite of direct response fundraising campaigns including acquisition, renewal, additional gift appeal, lapsed efforts, and sustainer conversion and/or upgrade and manage and monitor expense budgets related to the direct marketing program.
About You:
Our ideal candidate will have the following qualities:
You are an innovative, experienced fundraising leader with the proven ability to orchestrate strategic communications for multiple audiences using best practices in direct mail, email, social media, telemarketing and other communication channels. You’re able to plan strategically with a global vision that is in alignment with the organization’s development and strategic goals. You’re a dedicated and effective manager of people and vendor relationships. You can write with clarity and have demonstrated experience crafting messaging that connects and compels people to support mission-driven news and music programming.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Minimum 5 years direct response fundraising experience is required.
- Minimum of 3 years leading and managing a team is required.
- Proven ability to orchestrate strategic mass communications for multiple segments and audiences using best practices in direct mail, email, social media, telemarketing and other communication channels is required.
- Ability to plan strategically with a global vision that is in alignment with the goals of the Development Department and overall strategic goals of the organization is required.
- Proven analytical skills to uncover opportunities and greater efficiencies is required.
- Experience working in Salesforce or similar CRM and an in-depth understanding of email marketing systems is required. Pardot experience is highly desirable.
Education Equivalency:
- Bachelor’s degree or a combination of equivalent education and experience.
Benefits:
Colorado Public Radio is proud to offer a comprehensive benefits package that reflects our culture of caring. Our employees have access to: 100 percent employer paid individual health, dental, life, and disability coverage; an outstanding paid family medical leave policy plus paid holidays and a very generous sick, vacation, and personal time off plan; voluntary offerings such as vision; a competitive retirement plan match with no waiting or vesting periods; flexible schedules; engagement and development opportunities; and a casual atmosphere.
Position Information:
Position Type: Full Time
Hiring Range: $80,500 – $107,300.
Structure Title: Manager, Fundraising
Starting Pay: based on education and experience.
Application Requirements:
Click here to apply. Please do upload a cover letter that includes where you learned of the job opening, a resume, three professional references and an example of a solicitation letter you have wrote with your application.
Incomplete Applications will not be considered.
Application deadline is April 29, 2022.
At Colorado Public Radio we are committed to cultivating and sustaining a diverse and inclusive workplace that helps us represent the voices of the communities within Colorado. We highly encourage candidates with unique contributions such as ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity, nation of origin, age, language, veteran status, color, religion, disability and sexual orientation to apply to our openings. CPR is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes everyone to our team. If you need reasonable accommodation at any point in the application or interview process, please let us know.