Community Partnerships Coordinator

Position Impact Statement

This position advances the foundation’s mission by increasing total revenue through charitable giving and growing the number of committed sponsors, donors, and advocates. Using donor portfolio management, recognition, and cultivation strategies, this individual recruits, retains, and increases giving from sponsors, supporters, and prospects through electronic and in-person communications and relationship building.

Position Summary

In collaboration with the development and marketing and communications team, the Community Partnerships Coordinator works to identify, cultivate, solicit, and steward sponsors and annual donors. Reporting to the Development Manager, this position will coordinate sponsor recruitment, support new member recruitment campaigns, support digital and direct mail annual fundraising campaigns, assist in developing philanthropy-based messages and stories for the foundation’s communications, and builds personal connections with mid-range donors ($500 – $1,000) to improve retention and increased giving. This position will also collaborate with the Donor Stewardship Coordinator and Executive Director in the functions of prospect research donor engagement. The primary goal is to drive sustainable financial growth through sponsor and donor cultivation leading to increased philanthropic support.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Program Sponsor Recruitment & Retention

• Work with Development, Program, and Marketing & Communication teams to identify prospective sponsors
• Work with Development, Program, and Marketing & Communications teams to develop materials necessary to engage potential sponsors
• Engage and recruit sponsors for key foundation programs (i.e. Leopold Week, Virtual Programs, My Wisconsin Woods)
• Prepare and distribute impact reports on respective programming to sponsors

Annual Giving: New Donor Recruitment

• Create and send customized email communications for all new program participants welcoming them to the Leopold Foundation community
• Engage and request support of new program participants

Annual Giving: Mid-level ($250 – $1,000) Donor Cultivation & Retention

• Engage and cultivate mid-level donors ($250 – $1,000) in order to increase giving among this cohort
• Customized Email introduction to all with email addresses communicating the importance of their support and inviting them on personal tour of a) Shack, Farm, IBA and/or b) Virtual Shack, c) and/or Virtual Programming Customized letter to those without email communicating the importance of their support and inviting them on personal tour of a) Shack, Farm, IBA and/or b) Virtual Shack
• Organize and lead 28 (average 1 tour/week June – November) personalized tours of the Shack, Farm, IBA, or Virtual Shack
• Develop, in collaboration with the Development and Marketing & Communications team, a customized End of Year appeal for this cohort of donors

Support engagement and cultivation of VIPs and Donors

• Work with the development team to create and support similar personalized tours for Top Donors by assisting with logistics in advance and during visits
• Work with the Donor Stewardship Coordinator and Executive Director to support Good Oak Society ceremony logistics in advance and during visits
• Support Executive Director and other staff when giving public programs in locations with strong donor presence or new donor recruitment potential

Support programming that attracts and/or engages donors (past examples include Crane Congregations and Picnic in the Pines Annual Event)

Administrative and as time allows:

• Specifically thank first time small and medium level donors via email, calls, and/or letters
• Encourage donors to sign up for email communications
• Assist the Donor Stewardship Coordinator in database management, to include but not limited to support in prospect research and documentation of donor interactions (e.g. contact reports and bio construction).
• Contribute content to the development
• Assist with special projects and events, as needed and other duties, as

 Qualifications & Job Expectations, Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

Required:

• One to three years of fundraising, philanthropy, sales, or customer service
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, writing, editing, and organizational
• Strong command of Microsoft Office and email marketing platforms. (MailChimp experience )
• Proficiency with Webflow, Adobe Creative Suite, and Microsoft
• Ability to work both independently with little supervision and in a team
• Demonstrated respect and sensitivity for others; ability to inspire trust and work with
• Demonstrated understanding of the value of inclusiveness and diversity in all its forms: racial and cultural, political, age, gender, economic, and
• Versatility, flexibility, and a willingness to work within changing
• Ability to adapt to a rapid work pace with frequent

Desired:

• Familiarity with not-for-profit fundraising practices and principles including engagement and stewardship experience with
• Donor or CRM database
• Demonstrated experience using social media platforms to grow and engage
• Experience working with print houses on jobs requiring supervision and press
• Ability to work with cross-functional
• Familiarity with the work of the Aldo Leopold Foundation and Aldo Leopold’s history and
• Familiarity with a wide range of current issues in natural resources and

Compensation and Benefits

Pay range: $42,000-$47,000 annually depending on education and/or years of related work experience, with benefits including health, dental, vision, life/AD&D, and short-term disability insurance, 403(b) retirement plan (when eligible), Health Savings Account, and paid time off (vacation, floating holidays, and sick leave).

Hours and Schedule

Full-time; Exempt

M-F; Some Saturdays may be required

Travel on occasion and at times on short notice, work long and flexible hours as needed.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential duties and responsibilities of this position.

While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle or feel, reach with hands and arms, talk and hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand and walk and must be able lift and/or move up to 40 pounds. Vision abilities required for this job include close vision, distance vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Position Reports to: Development Manager