Development - General, Donor Relations/Stewardship, Major Gifts
Preferred Education:
4 Year Degree
Population Connection Action Fund seeks an experienced development professional to manage a portfolio of current and prospective donors who will invest in advocacy programs to uphold the reproductive rights of women and girls worldwide. As a 501(c)(4) organization, the Action Fund’s donations are not tax deductible but fully support our critical work with federal policymakers to advance global reproductive health care access.
Population Connection Action Fund is the 501(c)(4) sister organization to Population Connection, a 501(c)(3) dedicated to stabilizing global population through voluntary access to contraceptives and reproductive health care. The Action Fund advances this shared mission through advocacy and media campaigns, such as #Fight4HER, which targets Trump’s odious Global Gag Rule. We organize and train community activists in battleground states, mobilize voters, and petition lawmakers to advance reproductive rights for all. Through Population Connection Action Fund PAC, we support key allies running for Congress to bolster the ranks of legislators willing to defend reproductive rights and to expand access to reproductive health care worldwide.
This position will be based at our Headquarters in Washington, D.C. and will work closely with Action Fund program staff in Washington, as well as Development staff around the country.
This position will report remotely to the Vice President for Marketing & Development.
Key responsibilities:
Establish and manage a portfolio of 150 individual donors and prospects with an emphasis on major gift capacity (90% of time).
Implement Moves Management to engage and cultivate donors. Identify new fundraising opportunities, such as house parties or other fundraising events, to further cultivate current and prospective major donors for the Action Fund.
Collaborate with Development & Marketing team to enhance the performance of our direct mail and digital marketing campaigns raising funds for the Action Fund (5% of time).
Collaborate with colleagues in Development, Marketing, Advocacy, and Government Relations to document and share our impact with all of our donors. Develop compelling narratives underscoring the importance of our #Fight4HER advocacy campaign. Serve as Advocacy and Government Relations liaison to larger Development & Marketing team (5% of time)
Skills and Experience
3-5 years of experience in a development/fundraising role, including direct solicitation of individual donors
Proven track record of employing moves management to close major gifts
Political/campaign fundraising experience a requirement
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent required
Advanced written and verbal communication skills; comfortable public speaking and presenting to groups
Knowledge of philanthropy best practices including documenting donor interactions and prospect tracking in donor database
Competencies and Personal Qualities
Passionate about Population Connection Action Fund’s mission; absolutely pro-choice.
Passionate about inspiring donors to make a difference with their giving.
Interest in progressive politics, campaigns, and advocacy.
Able to work independently, prioritize projects, and manage time efficiently.
Willingness to be part of a team where collaboration is essential to our success.
Ability to function as a member of a national team and participate in activities and assignments that will benefit other members of the team or contribute to the accomplishment of team objectives.
Able to achieve metrics and meet or exceed fundraising goals. Able to track goals and schedules for yourself and others to meet competing deadlines for a variety of simultaneous projects
Good sense of humor.
Willingness to travel up to 50%.
Physical Requirements
Work is primarily performed in a regular office environment. This position requires frequent travel. Incumbent must be able to travel and navigate unfamiliar situations independently. Salary will be commensurate with experience. Benefits include comprehensive medical benefits, a generous annual and sick leave policy with paid holidays, a 401(K) retirement plan with matching contributions up to 6% of your salary.
Population Connection is an equal opportunity employer.
NOTES:
Additional Salary Information: To apply, please send your resume and cover letter with salary requirements to jobs@popconnect.org. Please reference Individual Giving Manager in the subject line.
About Population Connection
Since 1968, Population Connection (formerly Zero Population Growth or ZPG) has been America’s voice for population stabilization—we are the largest grassroots population organization in the United States! We have more than 40,000 members, and hundreds of thousands more supporters and participating educators working together to build a more sustainable future for a crowded planet. Population Connection works to ensure that every woman around the world who wants to delay or end childbearing has access to the health services and contraceptive supplies she needs in order to do so.
Fulfilling Population Connection’s mission requires smashing any and all barriers that prevent people from fulfilling their reproductive destinies. It’s never about “population control.” It’s always about empowering people — especially women and girls. We must ensure that people are fully able to choose their own paths — including deciding for themselves if and when they want to have children. We must address the unmet need for family planning of the 214 million women in the developing world who want to prevent pregnancy but aren’t using modern contraception.
Global population is projected to hit 8 bill...ion around the year 2023, depending on fertility rates over the next few years. One in ten people already lives below the international poverty line of $1.90 per day.
Until everyone, everywhere, has access to affordable and appropriate contraceptives, comprehensive reproductive health care, and equal opportunity in education and employment, global environmental crises, food and water shortages, and entrenched poverty will continue unabated. We must dedicate every available resource to advocating in Washington, DC, for dramatic increases in family planning aid and to educating tomorrow’s leaders about the troubling realities of rapid population growth.
Our core programs:
Population Education (PopEd): We train K-12 teachers and produce curriculum materials that address population issues and reach 3 million students each year;
Grassroots Outreach: We engage an active constituency of U.S. advocates for international family planning programs;
Advocacy: We work directly with federal policymakers to fund and improve international family planning.
Population Connection is a non-partisan organization that does not engage in electoral politics. Our sister organization, Population Connection Action Fund, is the political arm of Population Connection.
