Member Services Manager

Application Deadline: Wednesday, Feb 28, 2018

Description

Position Summary

The member services manager oversees all donor relations maintenance for sister stations WESA and WYEP and works to ensure a positive, long-term relationship through stewardship and customer service.

Position Overview

The member services manager oversees all stewardship and donor cultivation efforts of the membership department. S/he manages the sustaining member program, which represents almost half of the donor base. S/he is responsible for addressing all member communications, including phone, email and paper mail. S/he ensures prompt acknowledgments for all gifts and timely distribution of thank-you gifts and implementation of all member benefit. S/he plays a key role in donor satisfaction and retention.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Donor Relations

• Daily: handle all donor correspondence and distribute comments/concerns to appropriate departments as needed. Respond in a timely manner and note member records accordingly. Work to ensure effective and long-term problem resolution
• Take phone donations and monitor donation email confirmations to address any concerns that appear in the “comments” field of online gifts
• Weekly (minimum): process all donor thank-you letters to ensure timely acknowledgment of gifts via mail merge. Update letters as necessary and coordinate all messaging appropriately
• Monthly (minimum): process all thank-you gifts, maintain inventory and recommend new orders as needed.
• Develop and implement “new member welcome” strategies
• Coordinate day sponsorship program, including scheduling and messaging 

Sustaining Members

• Serve as primary contact person for sustaining members
• Oversee credit card recapture process, including mailings, phone calls and email strategies
• Coordinate seasonal sustainer cultivation efforts, including thank-you gift offers and upgrade asks
• Research and make recommendations to continually improve the sustaining member program

Member Events

• Coordinate Live & Direct sessions with programming staff, creating member emails, creating reservation pages, conducting lottery as necessary and communicating with members
• Coordinate other member benefit events as opportunities arise, including member presale opportunities, member shows, etc. Coordinate with marketing and web staff as needed

General Duties

• Monthly: generate and mail monthly reminders for open pledges
• Generate and arrange mailing of yearly tax receipts
• Monitor postage accounts, stationery inventory, order department supplies
• Assist with gift processing as needed, including entering checks, verifying and uploading web gifts
• Work closely with fellow development team members to ensure success of overall department goals, long-term growth and donor retention
• Attend and participate in weekly team meetings and other meetings as directed
• Represent stations at events as needed
• Other duties as assigned

Required skills and experience:

 College degree or equivalent experience.

• Excellent customer service skills with a minimum of five years’ experience
• Database management experience
• Highly organized self-starter with strong time management skills and excellent attention to detail
• Ability to take direction as well as be an enthusiastic team player
• Excellent interpersonal skills; must be comfortable interacting with constituents in person and on the phone
• Self-starter with strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to manage multiple projects at once and meet deadlines as required
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Ability and willingness to work occasional evenings and weekends, with some long days required during peak fundraising times
• Strong judgement, sense of ethics, integrity and accountability
• Passion for and knowledge of public media and its mission strongly desired

Pittsburgh Community Broadcasting Corporation offers:

Salary commensurate with experience and an excellent benefits package that includes medical insurance, paid medical leave, 403(b) plan with matching contributions, paid vacation and holidays and a workplace culture that is fun, diverse and progressive. For consideration, please submit cover letter, resume, and at least three references to msmgr@wesa.fm.

In your response, let us know how you heard about the position.

Please, no phone calls. PCBC is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and actively seeks diversity in the workforce.

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