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Greater Chicago Food Depository
Chicago, Illinois
About Greater Chicago Food Depository
The Greater Chicago Food Depository, Chicago’s food bank, is a nonprofit food distribution and training center providing food for hungry people while striving to end hunger in our community. The Food Depository distributes donated and purchased food through a network of 600 pantries, soup kitchens and shelters to 500,000 adults and children in Cook County every year. Last year, the Food Depository distributed 46 million pounds of nonperishable food and fresh produce, dairy products and meat, the equivalent of 95,000 meals every day. The Food Depository’s programs and services for children, older adults and the unemployed and underemployed address the root causes of hunger. For more information, log onto
www.chicagosfoodbank.org or call 773-247-FOOD.
Position Description
Works with the Director of Individual Giving to grow annual giving by building strong relationships with individual donors through research, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship.
Job Responsibilities
Under the supervision of the Director of Individual Giving, the Annual Giving Officer is responsible for:
- 1. Gift Processing: Assist the Development Assistants with gift processing as needed, particularly during times of high volume surrounding specific campaigns and year-end fundraising. Evaluate gift processing procedures; identify additional and ongoing quality assurance measures to improve data integrity and ensure proper stewardship of all gifts to the Greater Chicago Food Depository, with an emphasis on individual giving. Ensure that all gifts and donor relationships are managed in Raiser's Edge.
- 2. Individual Donors: Work with the Director of Individual Giving to create and implement individual donor cultivation and solicitation strategies to increase the number of donors and deepen current donors' engagement with the organization. Coordinate and implement donor cultivation events, such as bi-annual donor and prospect volunteer sessions. Assist the Director of Individual Giving with the planning and implementation of the direct mail program. Work with the Director of Individual Giving and Director of External Affairs to create donor cultivation and solicitation strategies for major gift prospects.
- 3. Monthly Donors: Design and implement donor cultivation and recognition plans and activities to grow this segment of the Food Depository's donors. Manage the day-to-day implementation, mailing, tracking, evaluation and reporting of the monthly donor program.
- 4. Online Giving: Develop strategies for tracking online donor behavior and patterns in Convio, and for importing key data elements into Raiser's Edge, by working with the Database Manager and the Interactive Marketing Manager. Continue to integrate online solicitation with other External Affairs marketing and solicitation
- 5. Memorial/Tribute Giving: Enhance the Food Depository's current memorial and tribute giving program. Increase the efficiency of gift processing and acknowledgement, and expand the program to include promotion and stewardship activities
- 6. Growth Opportunities: Identify additional strategies for individual giving. Potential segments are workplace giving, volunteers, and newsletter recipients. Perform other duties as assigned.
Application Qualifications
Bachelor's degree with 2+ year's development experience
Excellent written and oral communication skills
Presentation and negotiation skills
Superb interpersonal skills and effective listening skills
Team oriented focus
Highly organized, detail oriented and flexible
Adaptability and flexibility in fast-paced environment, able to multi-task and handle priorities simultaneously
Initiative and willingness to take on new projects
Proficiency in MS Office - Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook
Development database experience (Raisers Edge experience highly desirable)
Convio knowledge a plus
Deadline
Open
How to Apply
Send resume to:
Human Resources
Greater Chicago Food Depository
4100 W. Ann Lurie Place
Chicago, IL 60632
Application Contact
Lorena Alvarez
lavarez@gcfd.org