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Development Manager

Cambridge, MA

Category : Development, Communications, Fundraising, Events, Grants Management, and External Relations

Type : Full-time

Min. Experience : Manager

Salary : $65,000 - $75,000

Organizational Overview

Since 1973, the Boston Area Rape Crisis Center (BARCC) has been a leader in the movement to end sexual violence. BARCC empowers survivors of sexual violence to heal and provides education and advocacy for the social changes needed to prevent sexual violence. We rely on our dedicated, brilliant staff to do this important work, and our team is growing! The External Relations team plays a critical role in advancing BARCC's mission by building the resources, relationships, and visibility necessary to sustain and grow our work. We are a collaborative, mission-driven team that values initiative, accountability, creativity, and shared ownership of outcomes. This individual will have an inspired and strategic outlook, be articulate, persuasive, and passionate about BARCC's mission, vision and values.

Position Overview

BARCC is seeking a highly motivated, hands-on Development Manager to play a central role in advancing the organization's fundraising efforts. Reporting to the Senior Director of External Relations, the Development Manager is a key member of the External Relations team and is responsible for implementing and managing core fundraising activities across individual giving, events, grants support, and donor stewardship. This is a highly engaged, roll-up-your-sleeves role for someone who thrives in a fast-paced, mission-driven environment and takes pride in doing what needs to be done to move the work forward. The Development Manager works across functions, supports both strategy and execution, and brings persistence, flexibility, and strong follow-through to all aspects of the job. The work directly supports BARCC's mission of ending sexual violence through healing and social change.

Key Responsibilities

Fundraising Implementation & Management

• Manage and execute key components of BARCC's annual fundraising plan in partnership with the Senior Director of External Relations.
• Support individual giving efforts, including donor cultivation, solicitation, stewardship, and follow-up.
• Manage donor pipelines and processes to ensure consistent engagement and timely outreach.
• Track fundraising progress toward annual goals and support regular reporting and analysis.
• Maintain the development team database, SalesForce, and all other fundraising platforms, ensuring accurate and timely data entry, gift processing, and regular data maintenance, including removal of duplicate records, investigating outdated addresses, etc.
• Create reports from Salesforce for direct mailings, emails, and donor information for the team members as needed.

Events & Donor Engagement

Operations, Systems & Collaboration

Leadership & Organizational Citizenship

Qualifications

The ideal candidate is deeply committed to BARCC's mission and brings persistence, adaptability, and a strong sense of ownership to their work.

Required Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications

Essential Functions

Ability to work comfortably with donor databases, spreadsheets, and cloud-based tools.

Ability to attend occasional evening or weekend events.

Ability to handle confidential information with discretion and professionalism.

Benefits & Incentives

At BARCC, we understand the hard work and dedication necessary to support our mission-driven organization, which is why we are committed to ensuring our employees are healthy, happy, and secure. In return, we offer the following benefits and incentives :

Salary : Salary range of $65,000-$75,000, commensurate with experience.

To Apply : Submit your resume, cover letter and a response to the prompt below. We want to get to know you as the incredible professional you are. Please refrain from using AI tools for your submission : Imagine you've been in the Development Manager role for 90 days. BARCC is halfway to its annual fundraising goal, a major event just wrapped, and donor engagement has slowed down. What would you prioritize over the next 60 days to strengthen our fundraising momentum? Please describe your approach, key actions and how you would measure success (~1 page response).

BARCC is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.