Individual Giving & Events Senior Manager

Description

Job Title: Senior Manager, Individual Giving & Events

Department: Advancement

Reports To: Chief Advancement Officer

Job Location: Kindering Bellevue, WA / Hybrid (3 days/week in office)

Position Type: Full Time, 40 hours per week (Monday–Friday), with flexibility for evening and weekend events. (FLSA Status: Exempt)

Education Level: Bachelor’s Degree or Equivalent Experience

About Kindering

Kindering embraces children of diverse abilities and their families by providing the finest education and therapies to nurture hope, courage, and the skills to soar. As a nonprofit neurodevelopmental center, Kindering has provided comprehensive services for children with special needs and their families since 1962.

Our vision for equity is I BELONG. We seek to eradicate systemic racial and oppressive barriers, so everyone succeeds. Kindering values diverse perspectives and life experiences and encourages people from systemically oppressed and marginalized backgrounds to apply—including people of color, women, people with disabilities, veterans, LGBTQIA individuals, immigrants, and refugees.

Purpose

The Senior Manager of Individual Giving & Events plays a pivotal role in growing Kindering’s individual donor-focused fundraising. This role is designed to support our Advancement team in leading efforts to identify, cultivate, and secure funding from donors (primarily individuals) to meet our goal to Advancement the mission of Kindering. This role is also a key leader in Kindering’s annual fundraising events focused on raising funds and supporters.

We are in search of a dedicated individual with a proven track record of effectively collaborating with leaders and funders from diverse cultural backgrounds.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

Duties and responsibilities may include, but are not limited to the following:

Individual Giving

• Individual Giving Strategy: In collaboration with Chief Advancement Officer, develop and execute annual individual giving strategies, campaigns, and revenue targets.
• Major Gift Leadership: Manage a portfolio of 50–75 major donors, leading cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship efforts.
• Donor Cultivation: Implement and support cultivation strategies to ensure long-term investment by individual donors, outside of event-based transactions.
• Donor Recruitment: Partner with the Chief Advancement Officer to engage board members, volunteers, and staff in fundraising efforts.
• Data Integrity: Oversee data integrity and reporting in Kindering’s donor and event databases (Neon One and GreaterGiving).

Event Planning & Financial Goals

• Event Lead: Lead design, plan, and execution of Kindering’s three signature fundraising events, including the Auction Gala, Luncheon, and Night Out.
• Financial Management: In partnership with Chief Advancement Officer, develop financial goals and strategies for each event; manage budgets and expenses to achieve or exceed targets (~$1.5M/year).
• Fund Lead: Meet or exceed annual event goals by expense management and keen focus on revenue: securing and stewarding event sponsors (financial and in-kind), table hosts/ticket captains, ticketed guests, auction item procurement, and additional revenue streams including pre-event financial pledges.
• Communications & Collateral: Partner with Communications to develop creative content, event collateral, and marketing materials.
• Partner management: Lead planning committees, volunteer coordination, and vendor management.
• Manage event-day logistics: Ensure staff, and volunteers; and guest experience a smooth event and experience streamlined post-event stewardship.

Leadership & Collaboration

• Team Management: Manage Administrative Assistant and ensure donor recognition and acknowledgment processes are timely and meaningful.
• Thought Partner: Serve as a thought partner to the Chief Advancement Officer on strategic initiatives and donor engagement.
• Collaboration: Collaborate cross-departmentally to align philanthropy and communication goals.
• Forward Facing Representation: Represent Kindering at community and donor events, maintaining a visible presence with supporters.

Qualifications

Minimum Prerequisites

• Pass the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) criminal history and background check, as well as the FBI fingerprint check
• Strictly maintain the confidentiality of all client and donor information in accordance with privacy regulations and organizational policies
• Demonstrate proficiency in word processing and familiarity with Microsoft Office Suite, including advanced skills in MS Word, Excel, and Access
• Possess a valid Washington State driver's license and maintain valid automobile insurance coverage
• Have access to a dependable personal vehicle for transportation purposes
• Provide documentation of a negative tuberculosis test result
• Provide proof of current immunizations, including COVID-19 and Measles, Mumps, and Rubella (MMR) vaccines, or submit a titer test result demonstrating immunity*

Working Conditions and Physical Requirements

• To perform the job, the employee may frequently be required to talk, hear, stand, and walk or through other appropriate means to accomplish the work including mobility and assistive devices. The employee is occasionally required to stoop, climb, balance, kneel, bend, crouch, crawl, and reach with hands and arms. The employee may be required to carry children and materials weighing up to 40 pounds. 

• The work is typically performed in an office environment, with a moderate noise level. Occasional travel to other areas of the facility may be required, where the noise level is moderate to loud and environmental conditions may include slippery surfaces, crowded areas, or working near moving parts (e.g., exercise equipment). Local travel may be required

*Kindering requires all employees to be vaccinated or apply and be approved for a sincerely held religious belief or medical exemption.

Salary : $87,648 - $125,098