Pittsburgh Botanic Garden is currently accepting applications for the following positions:
Corporate Giving Manager
Corporate Giving Manager
Where: Pittsburgh Botanic Garden, Oakdale, PA
Job Status: Full-time, Exempt
Pittsburgh Botanic Garden inspires people to value plants, garden design, and the natural world by cultivating plant collections of the Allegheny Plateau and temperate regions, creating display gardens, conducting educational programs, and conserving the environment.
Responsibilities
The Corporate Giving Manager is responsible for cultivating, developing, and overseeing relationships with existing corporate donors and new prospects in support of the Garden’s strategic objectives. The position will qualify, cultivate, and solicit prospective corporate donors and build the donor pipeline. The position is an integral part of the overall contributed support initiatives and as such will assist with the annual fundraising event, annual fund activities, and grant proposals as needed. This position reports to the External Relations Director.
Essential Job Functions
- Identify, cultivate, solicit, and steward corporate gift prospects. Provide strategic leadership of corporate relations as an integral aspect of the Garden’s overall fundraising program.
- Develop and manage a stewardship and cultivation program for corporate donors that identifies recognition levels and support.
- Establish and maintain constructive relationships with elected and appointed officials on federal, state, and local levels and invest time in prioritized networking activity.
- In consultation with the External Relations Director, annually establish goals, objectives, and strategies for fundraising, and regularly assess progress toward goals.
- Ensure information related to fundraising strategies and activities, as well as other appropriate information related to donors/prospects, is entered into the Altru database.
- Support annual fundraising event (Blossom) through corporate sponsorships and assist as needed with coordinating event and day-of activities.
- Identify and research grant opportunities through private and corporate foundations.
Experience & Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree required; will consider equivalent combination of education and related experience.
- Minimum of three years of documented success in implementing sophisticated, multi-year cultivation strategies that use a relationship-building and moves management approach leading to successful gift closure.
- Ability to initiate and build relationships with prospective individual donors and interact via telephone and in person.
- Highly developed understanding of database systems; Altru or Blackbaud experience preferred.
- Must be extremely detailed and well-organized.
- Must maintain professionalism in both written and verbal communication.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
- Ability to work well under pressure and meet deadlines.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, demonstrate strong people skills, effective management, and a positive work environment.
- Must have a valid driver’s license and access to reliable transportation.
- Must be willing to obtain required background checks (Child Abuse Clearance; PA State Police Background Check; Fingerprint Background Check).
Work Conditions
- This position receives 40 hours per workweek; a flexible schedule is required for Garden-related functions.
- Primarily office work conditions with occasional outdoor work at events.
- Must be able to sit for extended periods of time, traverse moderate site conditions related to Garden events, and be computer proficient.
Submission Requirements
Email submissions only. Please send a cover letter and resume to jsmith@pittsburghbotanicgarden.org. Do not make multiple submissions. No phone calls, please.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
Pittsburgh Botanic Garden provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Pittsburgh Botanic Garden complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.
