ACLU of Northern California is hiring an Individual Giving Officer

About the Role

Role details below.

Responsibilities

• Qualify, cultivate, solicit and steward annual, special, and planned gifts through personalized donor engagement.
• Conduct regular donor outreach, including phone calls, in-person visits, and virtual meetings with donors throughout the Northern California region, to deepen relationships and inspire increased philanthropic support.
• Develop and implement engagement opportunities to nurture and strengthen donor relationships.
• Support donors' political journeys by providing education and connecting them to action opportunities within and beyond the ACLU.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date donor information in a central database, ensuring the highest standards of data integrity.
• Stay informed about national, statewide, and regional programmatic priorities and key civil liberties issues to effectively communicate ACLU’s impact to donors.
• Integrate Community Centric Fundraising principles and industry best practices to enhance donor stewardship and fundraising effectiveness.

Requirements

• A minimum of 3 years’ experience in development or portfolio management.
• Proven experience in major individual gift fundraising; specifically cultivating and soliciting prospects capable of gifts at the $10K+ level.
• Ability to understand and follow many different areas of civil rights and civil liberties work, and to describe many different areas of work in a way that is concise, compelling, and easy to understand for donors and prospective donors.
• Ability to multi-task, prioritize, stay organized, and complete work under deadlines.
• Poise under pressure, sound judgment, and diplomacy.
• A commitment to a workplace that values and respects differences of race, ethnicity, age, gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, religion, ability, and socio-economic circumstances; Ability (or desire to learn how) to contribute to the ongoing work to build and sustain an anti-racist work culture.
• Commitment to and knowledge of the ACLU NorCal mission and our organizational values of equity and inclusion, emotional intelligence, expansion mindset, and excellence.
• Proficiency with office technology and information systems (including Word, Excel, and Outlook) and donor databases, preferably Blackbaud CRM.
• Ability to travel to donor visits within Northern California, and availability for some weekend and evening responsibilities.

Nice to Have

• Experience in a non-profit institution of comparable complexity and scale, and with c3 and c4 fundraising is preferred.

Benefits

• A base salary for this position of $89,477 - $106,030 annually, with the final amount depending on experience, skills, and qualifications.
• Generous paid time-off policies to ensure time away to focus on the things that matter to you.
• Comprehensive healthcare benefits (Including fully paid medical, dental and vision coverage as well as parental leave and a fertility benefit) to allow you to focus on your well-being.
• A 401k plan and employer match to plan for your retirement.
• Support for employee growth and development thr