Development Manager

Shaker Museum elevates Shaker material culture to animate Shaker
values and beliefs and inspire individuals and communities to
deepen bonds and seek meaningful approaches to social, economic,
environmental, and spiritual issues. Shaker Museum stewards the
world’s most comprehensive collection of Shaker material culture
and archives and is the leader nationwide among organizations
devoted to Shaker history. The museum also stewards the historic
Shaker site in New Lebanon, NY and has a campus in Old Chatham, NY,
which is open year-round by appointment, where the administrative
offices, collections, library, and archives are housed. This
position will work primarily onsite, at the Old Chatham campus for
now, and eventually in new spaces in Chatham.

Reporting to the Deputy Director, the Development Manager
oversees the implementation and maintenance of Shaker Museum’s
capital campaign and annual fundraising. The Development Manager
supervises the Development Associate and has the following
responsibilities: supporting operational functions, development
operations, the Development Committee, and donor services
functions; and fundraising data management and analytics.

Primary Responsibilities 

• Provide the infrastructure, processes, procedures, and systems
  that optimize efficiency and productivity.
• Ensure that all data is managed appropriately to enable
  effective fundraising and ensure that decisions are informed by
  clear analysis and reporting.
• Provide regular updates to leadership on fundraising progress
  against goals; prepare quarterly reports for Board Committees on
  fundraising status and forecast; provide inputs into Board reports
  and other ad hoc report requests from leadership, including KPI
  tracking, dashboards, and other analytics.
• Ensure data quality and integrity checks and processes are in
  place and documented.
• Manage the museum’s portfolio of major donors, including
  day-to-day details of campaign implementation, arrangements and
  notifications for meetings, campaign correspondence, monitoring
  gift and pledge records. 

Knowledge and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree. Advanced degree preferred.
• Six years of experience with fundraising, preferably including
  capital campaigns, and at least three years of supervisory
  experience.
• High level of competency with Blackbaud.
• Proven leadership skills as a thoughtful collaborator and
  effective problem-solver.
• Experience with fundraising, sales, or marketing
  analytics.
• Superior interpersonal and written and oral communication.

This is a permanent, full-time position (40 hrs/ week). The
position includes vacation, holiday, personal and sick leave, plus
health insurance and a 401K program. The salary is $65,000 –
$70,000 per year, depending on experience. Evening and / or weekend
work required at times, with flex time offered in compensation.
Please send resume, and a detailed cover letter explaining your
interest in the position to Lacy Schutz at [email protected].
Use Development Manager in the subject line. Applications
without a cover letter will not be considered.

It is the policy of the Shaker Museum to provide for equal
employment opportunity in and conditions of employment without
discrimination based on age, race, creed, color, national origin,
sex, gender identity, familial status, or a person with
disabilities.