Location: New York,NY, USA
The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is a non-profit environmental advocacy organization. We use law, science, and the support of 3.1 million members and online activists to protect the planet's wildlife and wild places and to ensure the rights of all people to clean air, clean water, and healthy communities. NRDC was founded in 1970 and our staff helped write some of America's bedrock environmental laws, including the Clean Water Act, and many of the implementing regulations. Today, our staff of more than 700 lawyers, scientists, economists, policy advocates, communications experts, and others work across the United States and internationally from our offices in New York, NY; Washington, D.C.; Chicago, IL; Santa Monica, CA; San Francisco, CA; New Delhi, India; and Beijing, China.
Position Summary:
Reporting to the Associate Director, Principal Gifts, the Senior Donor Engagement Manager, Principal Gifts supports principal gifts fundraisers in implementing effective engagement strategies for a portfolio of NRDC's top donors and prospects. This individual collaborates with NRDC support staff, including the offices of the President, Executive Director, Chief Program Officer, Chief Counsel, Chief Development Officer and others to ensure that leadership and frontline fundraisers are fully prepared to engage with donors and prospects capable of investing $5M+ in NRDC's work. This includes coordinating logistics and internal prep (including writing confidential briefs and talking points) for in-person donor meetings, writing and editing tailored donor communications, and project managing all related follow-up. This role may also be called upon to support the principal gifts team in the development and writing of concept notes, proposals, and stewardship reports for these donors as needed.
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ResponsibilitiesNRDC is committed to advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion, both in our work and in our workplace. We believe that celebrating and actively welcoming diverse voices and perspectives is essential to solving the planet's most pressing environmental problems, and we encourage applications from candidates whose identities have been historically under-represented in the environmental movement.
We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
The position you are applying for is part of the bargaining unit represented by The Washington Baltimore News Guild (WBNG / The Newsguild-CWA Local 32035).
We offer competitive salaries, excellent benefits, and a supportive working environment. Salary is based on a nonprofit scale and is commensurate with skills and experience. Internal equity will be reviewed and considered to determine a final offer. For this position, the salary range is $100,000 to $111,000.
Our offices are open and we are operating in a hybrid model. We offer NRDCers flexibility, and we ask them to come into the office and spend meaningful time there in collaboration with their colleagues. We call this purposeful presence.
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