Manager, Individual Giving-New Jersey Performing Arts Center

The Manager, Individual Giving, is responsible for managing the individual gifts program, Vanguard Society, which is comprised of donors who provide unrestricted annual support of $5,000+. The Manager is an active front-line fundraiser meeting and interacting regularly with NJPAC constituents. The Manager, Individual Giving identifies, qualifies, cultivates, solicits and stewards individual donors and prospects for philanthropic support.

Since its opening season in 1997, the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) in Newark has attracted nearly 9 million patrons. The Arts Center’s array of 400 unique events each season serves more than a dozen nationalities and ethnicities. Performers who have appeared recently in the acoustically superb 2,800-seat Prudential Hall include Joshua Bell, El Gran Combo, Aretha Franklin, Audra McDonald, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Bonnie Raitt, the Royal Philharmonic, Stephen Colbert in conversation with Steve Carell, and Earth, Wind and Fire, among many others.

Each season, NJPAC’s Arts Education Department engages more than 60,000 public school children via arts learning initiatives in schools, in our conservatory, and on our stages. The Arts Center has established itself as a home for broadcast by networks including BET, HBO, Comedy Central, PBS and NBC. NJPAC provides regular forums for convening New Jersey’s citizenry to discuss significant issues of the day and “symbolizes Newark’s cultural renaissance” (Forbes magazine).

The pioneering role NJPAC has taken in the redevelopment of the city’s downtown will be evidenced by the groundbreaking for One Theater Square – a 21-story, mixed-use residential building – and a hotel/conference center, both on its campus.

Position Summary:

The Manager, Individual Giving, is responsible for managing the individual gifts program, Vanguard Society, which is comprised of donors who provide unrestricted annual support of $5,000+. The Manager is an active front-line fundraiser meeting and interacting regularly with NJPAC constituents. The Manager, Individual Giving identifies, qualifies, cultivates, solicits and stewards individual donors and prospects for philanthropic support.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Manages and coordinates the Vanguard Society individual annual giving program ($5,000-$25,000).
• Manages relationships with 150 to 200 assigned donors/prospects. Is active as a front-line fundraiser, meeting and interacting regularly with NJPAC constituents.
• Plans and implements cultivation, solicitation and stewardship strategies to acquire, renew and upgrade Vanguard Society donors to achieve financial, contact and other goals.
• Writes acknowledgments, correspondence, proposals, reports, publications and other communications.
• In collaboration with the Senior Director, implements cultivation, solicitation and stewardship strategies to acquire Planned Giving donors.
• Works with the CEO, donors and volunteer leaders to conduct solicitation and cultivation activities to secure Vanguard Society donors as assigned.
• Tracks prospect and donor contacts and moves management in Raiser’s Edge.
• Attend evening and weekend events as required.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications and Special Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree required
• Ideally, three to five years of relevant or related development experience
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Excellent writing and communication skills
• Ability to work with wide array of personalities
• Ability to manage multiple tasks
• Strong creativity and initiative
• Possesses a self-starting; aggressive, results-oriented personality
• Team-oriented; good listening skills
• Proficiency in Word, Excel, experience in Raiser’s Edge a plus
• Able to operate with individual initiative and creativity, adapting to diverse
  personalities and individuals; high productivity work style.
• Some evening and weekend work required

No phone calls please. Please e-mail résumé, cover letter and salary history to jobopportunities@njpac.org (be sure to note the job title in the subject line of your e-mail).

We thank you for your interest in working for NJPAC. Once submitted, your résumé will be reviewed, and if your background fits our needs, someone from our office will contact you for an interview.

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