Development Manager (New York City, NY)

The American Diabetes Association (ADA) is seeking a highly organized and motivated fundraising professional to provide donor, fundraising, and operational support to the local development team. This self-starting individual will hold select frontline fundraising responsibilities while serving as a key driver of donor stewardship, event execution, volunteer engagement, and constituent data management in the Greater New York territory. The Development Manager must live within 50 miles of New York City, NY. To learn more, search by State through this link: https://diabetes.org/events/calendar\-events

A successful candidate will manage and steward a portfolio of individual giving donors, foundation/grant applications, and third-party/DIY fundraising initiatives. This role will also provide event and administrative support across key market events including State of Diabetes, Evening to End Diabetes, and Step Out Walk: serving as a staff lead for select event-day volunteer functions and supporting operational execution to ensure fundraising success across the market.

The ideal candidate will have strong organizational, communication, and relationship-building skills; the ability to balance frontline fundraising with operational execution; and a collaborative, service-oriented approach.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Fundraising and Relationship Building

• Responsible for fundraising through foundation/grant proposals, individual giving, and third-party/DIY/community fundraisers.
• Manage and review daily campaign data through reports, dashboards, and revenue analysis to identify opportunities to drive campaign revenue.
• Regularly monitor fundraising portfolio performance to ensure accurate forecasting, recognition of fundraising and recruitment milestones, and maximized retention and revenue.
• Conduct data mining to identify and acquire corporate partners, foundations, sponsors, and community leaders.
• Support development team fundraising goals through high-touch phone calls, written correspondence, follow-up, stewardship strategies, and strong customer service.
• Provide excellent donor and event support by responding to inquires in a timely, solutions-oriented manner.
• Attend local tabling and outreach opportunities to generate community support and drive participation in local fundraising events.
• Assist with writing, editing, and packaging funding proposals and sponsorship materials.
• Manage grant, foundation, and corporate partner online application submissions.
• Maintain accurate and complete prospect, donor, and constituent records in CRM systems and trackers, ensuring contacts, next steps, and tasks are consistently documented.
• Manage and execute donor mailings, acknowledgements, and related communications.
• Support national initiatives and implement local social media strategies to promote fundraising, event participation, and community engagement.
• Provide general administrative support, including serving as a liaison to the service center, processing payables and receivables, assisting with budget entry, and supporting Executive Director constituent and donor interactions.
• Ensure compliance with ADA policies, including risk management, event protocols, cash handling, and financial controls.
• Support additional fundraising events, activities, and programs as assigned.

Volunteer Engagement

• Provide event operations for market events including State of Diabetes, Evening to End Diabetes, and Step Out Walk (pre-event planning, event-day execution, and post-event follow-up as needed). ADA has full-service event production support.
• Staff lead for event volunteers tasked with event day execution and experience, including auction, VIP experience, participants living with diabetes, and other local event day opportunities.
• Supports the development of the market’s local pipeline of constituents and event leaders, to drive market activity, leading all prospect research and data entry management.

Mission Integration

• Identify and implement marketing opportunities, partnerships, influencer relationships, and other opportunities to increase ADA’s presence and awareness within assigned market territory that drive business goals.
• Supports and maintains the vision, mission, priorities, and guiding principles of ADA.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree.
• 1+ years of professional experience in fundraising, events, and volunteerism.
• Ability to present ADA’s mission and how to get involved with groups of all sizes.
• Ability to recruit and lead a group of volunteers to support event day execution.
• Demonstrated experience recruiting individuals to support an organization.
• Demonstrated ability to mobilize and motivate individuals to achieve goals.
• Demonstrated ability to identify opportunities for growth in relationships.
• Ability to organize time effectively and manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Initiative and independence, combined with the ability to work well as part of a team.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to interact professionally with a variety of constituencies.
• Excellent verbal and written skills, creativity, independent judgment, attention to detail, accuracy, strong editing skills, and follow-through.
• Knowledge of software including Microsoft, DonorDrive (or other P2P platforms), and CRM.
• Reliable transportation for travel.
• Ability to travel as needed for meetings and events required.
• Must be able to work occasional nights and weekends as needed to support events.
• Authorization to work in the US required.
• Ability to occasionally lift and/or move up to fifteen pounds.
• Must live within 50 miles of New York City, NY.

WHY WORK HERE

The American Diabetes Association (ADA) offers a rewarding career working for one of the premier voluntary health organizations in the world supporting people with type 1, type 2 and gestational diabetes. Our employees like working at the ADA because of our mission, the inclusive environment, work-life balance, our benefits and our culture:

• Industry competitive base pay of $66,300 annually. Base offers are determined by several factors including but not limited to your relevant work experience, education, certifications, location, internal pay equity, etc.
• This position is eligible to participate in the Development Incentive Program.
• A culture of recognition including new hire welcome announcements, service anniversary awards, referral bonuses, monthly All Employee Assembly, appreciation awards
• Generous Paid Time Off, including holidays, vacation days, personal days and sick days
• Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA), disability & life insurance, pet insurance, and retirement savings
• Guided by our mission, we provide top tier diabetes supply coverage through our medical benefits program
• A company focus on offering mental health programs and work/life balance with most of our employees working remote
• Joining our dedicated team affords the gratification of knowing beyond a doubt that you will impact the lives and well-being of millions