Job Description

Position: Development Manager

Status: Exempt

Salary Range: $40,000-$50,000

Scope of Responsibility:

The development manager is responsible for all aspects of raising support from foundations and individual donors for the IFG’s varied and active program work. This position works with the director of operations and executive director to set foundation income goals for the annual budget and is responsible for developing a comprehensive plan for raising the income during the year. Responsibilities include researching and cultivating foundation and high donor prospects, writing and tracking foundation grant proposals, assisting in developing project budgets, and generating grant reports.

Specific Responsibilities:

• Oversee writing and editing grant proposals;

• Maintain tracking system for funding proposal and reporting deadlines.

• Track all phases of a grant proposal. Ensure that comprehensive files are kept for all outgoing proposals. Follow-up on proposals on a timely basis, acknowledge receipt of proposals by funder, maintain follow-up and follow-up schedules for appropriate IFG staff, track grant report due dates, and write grant reports on a timely basis.

• Elicit periodic reports from program staff to incorporate into proposals.

• Initiate final funding reports.

• Research new prospective funders for each IFG program (both new and ongoing)–ascertain guidelines and proposal deadlines, research if the IFG knows any staff or board members, etc.

• Follow-up potential new foundation leaders (e.g., often IFG executive staff meets new people at EGA and other similar meetings), or review funding of similar organizations, their funding sources and potential for the IFG.

• Assist in coordinating an IFG 10-year anniversary event (for 2004).

• Coordinate potential funder/funder events as appropriate.

• Help to develop a funder data base that will accurately track gifts, proposal and grant report deadlines, all mailings, contact information, etc.

• Develop reports such as: 1) Weekly status reports on outstanding proposals/inquiries; 2) Tickler report for proposal deadlines; 3) Tickler report for grant report deadlines.

• Ensure that funding information is kept current in the IFG database.

• Develop and implement annual fundraising appeal and other appeals as appropriate during the year.

• Develop a comprehensive program to cultivate individual high donors.

• Issue and develop appropriate communications/mailings with the funding community (e.g., direct mailings of IFG publications, etc.).

• Maintain development budget.

Requirements:

• Excellent grant proposal writing and editing skills (prefer familiarity with Chicago Manual of Style and AP style editing/copy editing). Ability to create effective, persuasive grant proposals.

• Proven successful experience in producing income of $1,000,000+ from foundations.

• Good verbal and written communication skills to act as liaison with high donors and funding community in developing and sustaining relationships.

• Previous experience researching and cultivating prospective new funders and matching foundation areas of giving with appropriate programs.

• Ability to be flexible and respond to ever changing development and organizational needs while also maintaining an organized program.

• Knowledge of basic budgetary and financial reporting–ability to create and maintain a budget, ability to interpret organizational budgets as appropriate for funder proposals, reports, etc.

• Good decision-making, problem-solving and interpersonal skills.

• Supervise a part-time development assistant.

Please send letter of interest, resume and writing sample to:
Director of Operations,
International Forum on Globalization,
1009 General Kennedy #2,
San Francisco, CA 94129,
fax 415.561.7651 or email ifg@ifg.org.
No phone calls, please.

The International Forum on Globalization (IFG) is an international alliance of leading activists, economists, scholars, and researchers – representing over 100 organizations in 25 countries – that was formed to stimulate new thinking, joint activity and public education in response to economic globalization. The IFG is an equal-opportunity employer.

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