Manager, Development – Institutional Giving

Uncommon Schools is a nonprofit network of high-performing,
public charter schools providing an outstanding K-12 education in
historically under-resourced communities. We have proudly built
schools that reflect our student population, with more than 60% of
our teachers and staff across our network identifying as a person
of color. Uncommon currently manages 53 schools serving more
than 20,000 students in five cities: Boston, Camden, New York City,
Newark and Rochester. We are proud that Uncommon graduates
persist in and graduate from college at five times the rate of
their peers nationally. We achieve this by offering strong
academic, co-curricular, and social-emotional learning that
prepares students for success in college and beyond.

Job
Description

The Manager of Institutional Giving is a key member of a
Development Team charged with raising philanthropic support to
enrich Uncommon’s educational model and expand our reach. Reporting
to the Director of Institutional Giving, this role will be
instrumental to sustaining and growing partnerships with
foundations, corporations, and government entities. The position
will serve as the team’s lead for the development of a corporate
engagement program and work closely with the Director to cultivate
new donors, create donor materials including grant proposals and
reports, and engage in other activities to expand institutional
giving.

Corporate Engagement

• Work closely with Director of Institutional Giving and other
  members of the Development Team to map and implement an integrated
  corporate giving strategy
• Liaise with key stakeholders throughout the organization on
  action steps for corporate engagement
• Develop cultivation and solicitation for new and previously
  identified corporate prospects
• Directly solicit corporate partners through written materials,
  personal contact, and other correspondence

Grant Management

• Write concept notes, grant proposals, and reports for existing
  and prospective foundation, corporate, and government donors that
  provide funding from $25K to $15M
• Manage a calendar of institutional donor deadlines and oversee
  systems for collecting information from schools, regions, and Home
  Office teams to inform proposals, reports, and meeting decks
• Track stewardship and cultivation milestones and grant
  documentation in Salesforce donor management platform

Portfolio Growth

• Identify new prospects for cultivation and solicitation
• Research potential and existing donors to expand the
  institutional giving pipeline
• Manage portfolio of institutional funders and effectively
  conduct moves management

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required
• 3-4 years of directly related experience required
• Love of non-profit storytelling and the process of translating
  programmatic initiatives and data into inspiring documents for
  investors
• Entrepreneurial spirit drawn to identifying ways to connect
  funder and organizational priorities 
• Facility working directly with donors, or desire to grow into
  this role
• Experience building and managing internal systems to support
  collaboration and information collection
• Strong project management and writing skills required; strong
  visual design skills is a plus
• Ability to independently lead multiple tasks in a fast-paced
  environment
• Commitment to learning through experience and feedback and
  taking initiative to make improvement

Additional information

Our people are what make us uncommon. It’s
important to us that our compensation practices align with our
values and enhance our ability to attract and retain talent.
 Our compensation philosophy is focused on equity and
fairness, retaining our talented staff and valuing their expertise,
and transparency and clarity.

Compensation for this position: The
starting compensation for this role based in
NYC is between $95,200 to
$112,000 and generally, we expect that qualified
candidates in this location will be made an offer
between $95,200 and $100,800. The starting
pay will depend on a variety of factors that may include but are
not limited to experience, education, training, certification, and
location. Because we value staff staying in their roles over time,
we do not currently cap salary ranges.

Uncommon believes in the importance of being a diverse,
equitable and inclusive organization that enables our students and
staff to thrive. We are committed to building a talented team that
reflects the diverse backgrounds and experiences of our students.
At the same time, we work to ensure an inclusive community through
creating a space for meaningful dialogue about issues of race and
identity for our staff and students.  As an equal opportunity
employer, we hire without consideration to race, religion, creed,
color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital
status, veteran status or disability.