Senior Manager, Development

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Number of Positions: 1

About Us

City Year is dedicated to helping students and schools succeed. City Year AmeriCorps members serve full-time in high-need urban schools, where they partner with teachers and school leaders to provide high-impact student, classroom, and school-wide support to help students stay in school and on track to graduate from high school, ready for college and career success. City Year has a Long-Term Impact (LTI) strategy, an exciting plan to scale its impact to dramatically increase the urban graduation pipeline and transform the future for thousands of students nationwide.

City Year (CY) is among the nation’s fastest-growing nonprofit social enterprises. The organization’s 800 staff and 3,000 AmeriCorps members work and serve in 28 communities across the country, including Boston – where City Year was founded in 1988 and is headquartered – and Baton Rouge, Chicago, Cleveland, Columbia, Columbus, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Jacksonville, Kansas City, Little Rock, Los Angeles, Memphis, Miami, Milwaukee, New Hampshire, New Orleans, New York, Orlando, Philadelphia, Providence, Sacramento, San Antonio, San José/Silicon Valley, Seattle/King County, Tulsa, and Washington, D.C. City Year also has international affiliates in South Africa and the United Kingdom.

A proud member of the AmeriCorps national service network, City Year (CY) is a public-private partnership, made possible by resources from schools and school districts; local, state, and federal governments; and philanthropic support from corporations, foundations, and individuals. City Year has been recognized by Charity Navigator as a four-star charity – its highest rating – for twelve consecutive years, placing City Year in the top 1% of non-profits nationwide for fiscal responsibility, financial health, organizational efficiency and organizational capacity. For more information on City Year Chicago please visit: http://www.cityyear.org/chicago

Position Overview

As a member of the development team, the Senior Manager, Development is a dynamic, creative and detail-oriented professional. Reporting to the Director of Corporate Partnerships, the Senior Manager, Development will manage a portfolio of local and national corporate partners and assist with multiple fundraising events for City Year Chicago throughout the year. The successful candidate understands how their initiative, hard work, and contributions are critical to helping the development team meet the overall fundraising goal of $3,750,000 for City Year Chicago. They do this by managing, stewarding, and supporting a diverse portfolio of corporate donors and providing event coordination and support for City Year’s signature fundraising events.

The ideal candidate is an initiative-taking problem-solver and strategic thinker who is committed to helping advance equity in education by developing leaders and supporting students in Chicago’s most under-resourced schools. City Year values and continuously works to build an equitable and inclusive culture where people with diverse lived experiences feel they belong.

Salary Range: $60K - $70K annually, commensurate with experience.

Responsibilities

Corporate Giving

• Manage a diverse portfolio of corporate donors in support of City Year's corporate giving goal of $1.25M in FY25.
• Responsible for writing and submission of all corporate grants and follow-up reports.
• Work closely with corporate partners to understand their philanthropic priorities and develop customized engagement strategies.
• In partnership with the Director of Development, manage and execute detailed stewardship plans to ensure corporate contract deliverables are met.
• Collaborate with colleagues at other City Year sites and headquarters staff on national partnerships and multi-site funding opportunities.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with partner organizations, providing regular updates on City Year Chicago’s impact and outcomes.

Fundraising Events Support

• Coordinate, manage, and support guest and donor experience for City Year Chicago signature events, including Red Jacket Weekend, Ripples of Hope, MLK Day, Graduation, and other fundraising-specific events.
• Cultivate relationships with event sponsors, donors, and volunteers to enhance their engagement and support.
• In partnership with the Civic Engagement & Events Manager, plan and deliver corporate service projects at partnering schools.
• Manage and coordinate all in-school site visits for stakeholders, including: corporate sponsors, Board members, and Foundation partners.

Fundraising Goal Support

• Assist the development team in the creation and implementation of the annual development plan and strategy, including the annual corporate direct mail appeal.
• Work with Development Operations Manager to maintain up-to-date records of all corporate donors in Salesforce.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of development experience preferred.
• Experience working with senior level executives in a corporate environment
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Strong partnership building and event planning skills
• Proven ability to multitask across a variety of projects and deadlines
• The ability to work the flexible hours demanded of a deadline-driven position
• High energy, positive, “can-do” attitude, flexibility, teamwork, and attention to detail; high degree of initiative
• Strong passion for and commitment to City Year’s mission of delivering high-impact service to children and schools
• Understanding of and/or experience with national service and education a plus
• Proficiency with standard business applications: Microsoft Office, Word, Excel, PowerPoint; knowledge of Salesforce a plus.

Benefits

Full time employees will be eligible for all benefits including vacation and sick days and organization holidays. You may participate in all benefit programs that City Year establishes and makes available to eligible employees, under (and subject to all provisions of) the plan documents that govern those programs. Currently, City Year offers medical, dental and vision, life, accidental death and dismemberment and disability coverage, Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA), other benefits including 401(k) plan(s) pursuant to the terms and conditions of company policy and the 401(k) plan document. For more information, click here.

• Employment at City Year is at-will.
• City Year does not sponsor work authorization visas.