Gifts and Events Officer at Girls on the Run - Chicago in Chicago, Illinois

Job Description:

Girls on the Run Chicago is a nonprofit organization dedicated to creating a world where every girl knows and activates her limitless potential and is free to boldly pursue her dreams. We inspire girls to be joyful, healthy and confident using a fun, experience-based curriculum which creatively integrates running. To learn more about our programs and impact, visit: https://www.gotrchicago.org/

We believe that all girls and communities should have access to our programs. We strive to eliminate barriers to participation, to create programming that engages all communities, to be intentional about staff and volunteer diversity and to promote a culture of inclusion across the organization.

At Girls on the Run Chicago, we are in an exciting season of evolution and expansion. The Gifts and Events Officer strategically shapes the people-experience of donors and supporters across the organization.

If you see yourself in the list below, we want to talk to you!

• Passionate about inspiring all girls to activate their limitless potential
• 2 years fundraising experience in donor management and engagement required, previous donor portfolio management a plus
• Experience leading and executing events (dinner, galas, other)
• Creative and outside-the-box thinker
• Equity-minded in your approach to this work
• Detail-oriented, organized, a logistics wiz, skilled in collaboration, value proactive communication, and are great at managing up.
• Skilled at making a strong case for support and can create compelling communications and experiences that make people want to take action
• Have experience working with a CRM of any kind (experience with Salesforce is a plus)

Position Summary

This job description reflects management's assignment of essential functions; it does not prescribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned.

Donor-Attended Events

• Create strategy and brand guidelines for GOTR Chicago stewardship and fundraising events.
• Conceptualize, design, staff, and implement fundraising/friend-raising events.
• Own the corporate sponsorship communications and execution for all GOTR for Grownups workshops and volunteer engagements at the Spring and Fall 5Ks and material packing/warehouse days.

Stewardship and Annual Giving

• Operationalize and manage Leadership Annual Giving programs, including planning and staffing stewardship events.
• Manage a portfolio of 75-100 donors annually, will include individuals and corporations
• Support and execute Board Members' individual fundraising efforts with their peers
• Work with the Associate Board (AB) and the Development Committee
• Manage and execute appeals (3-4 a year)
• Work with Marketing and Communications Manager to develop campaign themes and optimize our digital giving strategies.
• With the Director of Development and Communications, execute on corporate giving and sponsorship engagement promises.

The Girls on the Run-Chicago team reports to the office twice a week and are otherwise able to work from home. At times, evenings and weekends are required.

This is an exempt, full time position offering a compensation range of $65,000 to $72,000.

In addition, GOTR Chicago offers staff generous PTO to use in ways that are personally meaningful to them and a comprehensive benefits package. Details include: 3% automatic 401k employer contribution; 18 PTO Days and 11 additional set paid holidays/3 floating holidays, and a paid week off the last week of the year, and a four day work week for 8 weeks in the summer. Health insurance, including vision and dental (75% covered by employer, 25% covered by employee); 12 weeks of paid medical leave; company-paid $25,000 life insurance policy; $500 reimbursement credit for personal or professional development or items related to physical comfort and/or mental health (e.g. class or workshop, gym membership, a class, a mindfulness app), and partial reimbursement for home internet.

Hiring Timeline:

The position will stay up and resumes will be accepted until the position is filled. We anticipate the following timeline, but recognize that we may need to adjust timelines to reflect the job market. If we end up needing to change any interview procedures, we will let applicants know.

1. Applicants who make it to the first round of screening will have a zoom conversation with the Director of Development and Communications.
2. Applicants that move forward will have an interview with Development and Communications team.
3. Finalists will have an interview with our Executive Director.
4. All finalists will also be required to pass a background check and asked for references, and references will be called as a final step in the process.

Equal Opportunity Employer

We recognize that diverse teams make the strongest teams and Girls on the Run-Chicago is committed to building a team that represents the community we serve. This includes, women (trans and cis) and genderqueer or gender non-conforming people who come from Black, Latinx/Hispanic, Asian, or multi-racial communities, live with disabilities, and are on the LGBQ+ spectrum of sexual orientation. We strongly encourage people that hold these identities to apply. Girls on the Run-Chicago is an equal opportunity employer M/F/D/V. GOTRC provides equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender expression, age, creed, genetic predisposition or carrier status, national origin, disability condition, marital status, status as a disabled or Vietnam era veteran, or any other protected characteristic as established by law. In addition, the organization affirmatively seeks to advance the principles of equal employment opportunity as it applies to all policies and procedures relating to recruitment and hiring, compensation, benefits, termination, and all other terms and conditions of employment.