Annual Fund Officer-ACLUF Development Department, NY
CAREER OPPORTUNITY
ANNUAL FUND OFFICER [DEVF-60]
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation
Development Department, NY
For more than 92 years, the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation (ACLU), has been at the forefront of virtually every major battle for civil liberties and equal justice in this country. Principled and nonpartisan, the ACLU has offices in all 50 states, Washington, DC and Puerto Rico, and brings together the country’s largest team of public interest lawyers, lobbyists, communication strategists, and members and activists in the advancement of equality, fairness, and freedom, especially for the most vulnerable in our society.
The Development Department of the National office in New York City is seeking applicants for a full-time Annual Fund Officer.
OVERVIEW
The ACLU is our nation's guardian of liberty. Combining litigation with public education, media outreach, advocacy, and lobbying, the ACLU works at the local, state, and federal levels to effect change in the courts and legislatures, as well as in the court of public opinion. The ACLU tackles a vast array of issues, including national security and human rights, free speech, reproductive freedom, women’s rights, separation of church and state, racial justice, equality for LGBT people, voting rights, immigrants’ rights, criminal justice reform, and ending the death penalty. The ACLU has participated in more cases at the U.S. Supreme Court than any other nongovernmental organization. Effective and efficient, the ACLU is in the 1 percent of charities receiving at least 9 consecutive 4-star ratings from Charity Navigator.
The national office of the ACLU has approximately 330 employees. Including affiliates, the organization has approximately 1,000 employees. The national Development Department raises approximately $70 million annually in private support from major donors, foundations, and more than 500,000 members.
Reporting to the Associate Director of Special Gifts, the Annual Fund Officer will manage direct marketing programs aimed at mid-level donors and planned giving prospects; implement cultivation, solicitation and stewardship activities and programs; and manage the organization’s participation in workplace giving campaigns.
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Manage direct marketing program aimed at retaining and upgrading mid-level ($250-$9,999) donors, including but not limited to creation of production schedules, trafficking copy and art, ensuring quality and accuracy of data, interacting with external vendors, managing project expenses, and providing regular results and metrics.
- Manage direct marketing efforts to engage and secure intentions from gift planning donors.
- In coordination with Individual Giving Officer, implement cultivation, solicitation and stewardship program for Crystal Eastman Leadership Society (CELS), the ACLU’s mid-level donor recognition society. Responsibilities include but are not limited to welcome series, renewal and upgrade efforts, donor recognition program, cultivation and stewardship efforts, and creation and distribution of all CELS collateral materials for affiliate offices.
- Provide support to external production team creating ACLU’s new magazine, including but not limited to trafficking art and copy, ensuring timely delivery of as well as quality and accuracy of donor lists and data, and managing expenses.
- Manage Special Gifts donor acknowledgement program to ensure that acknowledgements are not only accurate and timely, but that they advance the donor cultivation/stewardship cycle.
- Serve as liaison with Stewardship Officers in Planned Giving and Leadership Gifts departments as well as affiliate offices and Donor Communications to ensure that all stewardship efforts for Special Gifts donors are coordinated, complimentary and cost efficient.
- Create Special Gifts donor lifecycle program to chart donor movement through program and, track the overall ACLU donor experience to ensure that donors are receiving communications that reflect a variety of messages, topics and techniques as well as an array of cultivation and solicitation.
- Propose packaging, messaging and timing changes in order to most effectively steward and raise income from donors.
- Manage all direct marketing project budgets, track related invoices and expenses, and create centralized system of tracking all departmental expenses. Assist with annual budgeting.
- Ensure that all Special Gifts donor information is properly recorded in shared nationwide database. Serve as liaison to Development Database & Operations team.
- Manage ACLUF participation in workplace giving campaigns, including overseeing acknowledgement process, ensuring that applications are completed in a timely manner and are in compliance with all ACLUF rules and requirements, and increasing ACLUF visibility and revenue received through these campaigns.
- Assist the Special Gifts department with other duties as assigned.
EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, or a related field
- Minimum of 4 years of fundraising and/or marketing experience in a non-profit environment, ideally at an organization with complexity and scale comparable to the ACLU.
- Experience managing day-to-day responsibilities of direct marketing campaigns.
- Experience with high-touch direct marketing and/or planned giving a plus.
- Excellent organizational skills and ability to manage multiple projects; superior attention to detail with strong follow through.
- Initiative, self-motivation and ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Strong communication and writing skills.
- Computer proficiency, including experience with donor databases (PIDI a plus)
- Commitment to the mission and goals of the ACLU
COMPENSATION
The ACLU offers a generous and comprehensive compensation and benefits package, commensurate with experience and within parameters of the ACLU compensation scale.
HOW TO APPLY
Interested persons should submit a cover letter (with salary requirements) and resume by email to hrjobsINCL@ACLU.ORG. Reference [DEVF-60/ACLU-INCL] in the subject line. Please note that this is not the general ACLU applicant email address. This email address is specific to the Development Department postings. In order to ensure your application is received please make certain it is sent to the correct e-mail address. You can expect to receive an automatic response that acknowledges the submission of application materials.
Applications may also be sent by mail to:
Liz FitzGerald
RE: [DEVF-60/ACLU-INCL]
American Civil Liberties Union
125 Broad Street, 18th Floor
New York, NY 10004
Please indicate in your cover letter where you learned of this career opportunity.
Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.
This job description provides a general but not comprehensive list of the essential responsibilities and qualifications required. It does not represent a contract of employment. The ACLU reserves the right to change the description and/or posting at any time without advance notice.
The ACLU is an equal opportunity employer. We value a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture. The ACLU encourages applications from all qualified individuals without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, national origin, marital status, citizenship, disability, and veteran status.
We encourage applicants with disabilities who may need accommodations in the application process to contact: Recruitment@aclu.org. Correspondence sent to this email address that is not related to requests for accommodations will not be reviewed. Applicants should follow the instructions above regarding how to apply.
The ACLU comprises two separate corporate entities, the American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU Foundation. Both the American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU Foundation are national organizations with the same overall mission, and share office space and employees. The ACLU has two separate corporate entities in order to do a broad range of work to protect civil liberties. This job posting refers collectively to the two organizations under the name “ACLU.”
This page last updated March 31, 2013.