Development Manager

Job Description

The Development Manager is an important colleague who will support our fundraising work in a number of ways including: administration, campaign design and execution, and special events. The position works strategically with most departments across the organization and fundraising consultants to help us maximize our fundraising activities. The Development Associate also engages externally with community members, board members, and program partners. This position offers the opportunity to build on, create, and implement systems that maintain productivity in our fundraising work.

Primary Responsibilities

Fundraising & Donor Communications

• Support the implementation of the individual and corporate giving program, including drafting and sending out letters and materials
• Coordinate the development of annual fund appeals
• Manage relationships with donor and community stakeholder groups to ensure effective communication and productivity in our fundraising efforts
• Assist in the creation and execution of the multi-platform fundraising & information campaigns
• Assist in tracking and responding to development related emails and correspondences
• Collaborate with the marketing and development teams to create and send donor and funder communications
  
  

Board Support

• Schedule and coordinate quarterly Board of Trustees meetings
• Aid in preparing onboarding and meeting materials for new Board of Trustees members
• Collaborate with other departments to execute development related events and site visits
• Performs other duties as needed
  
  

Data Management

• Ensure that all donations are properly tracked and reconciled with the finance team
• Oversee aspects of the data/CRM (Mindful) platform integrations with Eventbrite and QuickBooks
• Coordinate the moves management chart, tracking deadlines and updates
  
  

Company Description

Weeksville Heritage Center is an historic house museum and cultural center in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. We use preservation, education, arts, and civic engagement to examine, interrogate and explore the history of Weeksville, a pre-Civil War free Black community. Weeksville’s legacy of social and intellectual self-determination holds great meaning for the African Diaspora but has universal relevance at this precarious time in American history. As a community hub, WHC provides a physical and virtual convening space for the Black community. As a presenter of first-rate artistic programming and facilitator of thought leadership, we leverage our inspiring history to serve as a thought-center, hosting leading activists, artists, writers, educators, and community members as they explore the Black experience and the process of community-making. Through exhibitions, residencies, symposia, artistic partnerships and events, and research, we offer a space to grapple with contemporary social issues through the lens of our unique piece of American history. We also conduct conservation efforts by promoting oral history, genealogy, digital storytelling, and other forms of accessible historical research. Lastly, as an education space, we draw on our tactile connection to our history to educate, enrich and inspire generations to come.

Weeksville Heritage Center is an historic house museum and cultural center in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. We use preservation, education, arts, and civic engagement to examine, interrogate and explore the history of Weeksville, a pre-Civil War free Black community. Weeksville’s legacy of social and intellectual self-determination holds great meaning for the African Diaspora but has universal relevance at this precarious time in American history. As a community hub, WHC provides a physical and virtual convening space for the Black community. As a presenter of first-rate artistic programming and facilitator of thought leadership, we leverage our inspiring history to serve as a thought-center, hosting leading activists, artists, writers, educators, and community members as they explore the Black experience and the process of community-making. Through exhibitions, residencies, symposia, artistic partnerships and events, and research, we offer a space to grapple with contemporary social issues through the lens of our unique piece of American history. We also conduct conservation efforts by promoting oral history, genealogy, digital storytelling, and other forms of accessible historical research. Lastly, as an education space, we draw on our tactile connection to our history to educate, enrich and inspire generations to come.