Development Officer

About us

Founded 50 years ago, ICCR is a pioneer coalition of over 300
active institutional investor members who leverage their
investments as a catalyst for change. ICCR members work in
coalition to engage the world’s largest corporations on a range of
social and environmental issues impacting communities in the U.S.
and globally, including human rights and worker justice; climate
change; health equity; and corporate influence via lobbying and
political spending. To learn more about ICCR, please
visit www.iccr.org

About this role

The Development Officer will play a key role working with the
ICCR leadership team to help ensure the financial sustainability of
the organization and the success of its programs and services. The
Development Officer will support the implementation of ICCR’s
emerging major gift and individual donor strategies, engage current
and potential donors to the organization, and track donor outreach
and engagement.  

 Major responsibilities: 

• Works with the executive team to develop a major gift donor
  pipeline, including outreach to current and potential
  donors. 

• Supports the executive team on the implementation of individual
  donor and major gift donor and prospect outreach, including meeting
  preparation, follow up, and tracking touch points. 

• Plays an active role on the Development Team to support donor
  cultivation and strategize new ways to increase revenue. 

• Manages the development committee of the ICCR Governing Board,
  with support from the Membership/Development Associate. 

• Develops and implements the ICCR fundraising calendar including
  email communications to individuals, fundraising appeals and
  digital donor engagement opportunities. 

• Collaborates with the Director of Communications on development
  collateral as needed. 

About you

You are passionate about social change and believe that
corporations should be held accountable for their impacts on people
and planet. You have experience working with individual donors and
are excited to help ICCR build out its fundraising capacity around
major gifts. You enjoy building relationships with ICCR donors and
stakeholders and sharing your passion for ICCR’s work with them.
You are a team player eager to collaborate closely with the other
members of ICCR’s staff. Specifically, you will be or have most or
all of the following qualifications: 

• At least four years of nonprofit development experience with
  demonstrated success in growing an organization’s small and
  medium-dollar donor base 

• Passion for ICCR’s mission and programs 

• Excellent written and oral communication skills, including the
  ability to communicate and connect with donors whether by phone or
  in person 

• Impeccable organizational and project management skills, with a
  keen attentiveness to detail while meeting multiple
  deadlines 

• Proficiency in CRM database usage to track, manage, and analyze
  related data; experience with Salesforce is a huge plus 

• Demonstrated ability to work well within a team, as well as to
  work independently, juggle multiple tasks, and interact closely
  with colleagues 

• Ability to occasionally work outside regular hours as needed for
  events and donor meetings 

   

Job Requirements

• You must have the ability to work in the United States.
  Unfortunately,  ICCR is unable to sponsor applicants for
  employment visas for this role.

• Ability to work on East Coast time.

• Preference will be given to those in the NYC area. However, we
  are open to candidates outside of NYC who are able to travel to New
  York as needed for ICCR conferences, events, and donor
  meetings.

20 hours/week