Sr. Manager, Individual Giving

Location: United States,,

About BRAC and BRAC USA

BRAC is an award-winning international non-governmental development organization with the vision of a world free from all forms of exploitation and discrimination, where everyone has the opportunity to realize their potential. BRAC is a leader in developing and implementing cost effective, evidence-based programs to assist poor and disadvantaged communities in low-income countries, including in conflict-prone and post-disaster settings. It is an organization of and for the people of the Global South, pioneering new development and social enterprise approaches to equip communities to achieve prosperity. 

Based in New York, BRAC USA is the North American affiliate of BRAC. BRAC USA is an independent 501(c)3 nonprofit that strengthens BRAC's impact by raising awareness about its work, mobilizing resources to support its programs, and amplifying its evidence-based poverty innovations worldwide.  

BRAC USA staff work in a remote-first environment that includes both in-office and remote work arrangements.

About the Position

BRAC USA seeks a highly motivated and entrepreneurial candidate to join our team.

Reporting to the Director of Individual Giving, the Sr. Manager will be an integral part of a highly effective team to support BRAC USA’s growth and efforts to advance its poverty alleviation programs. The Sr. Manager will plan and execute activities to achieve BRAC's individual fundraising strategy and manage select stakeholder relationships and cultivate, solicit, grow, and steward a portfolio of major donors and prospects.

Duties/Responsibilities:

Individual fundraising strategy and managing select prospect, donor, and stakeholder relationships:

• Directly identify new major gift prospects, develop strategies and solicit gifts in alignment with annual growth targets.
• Draft correspondence for high-priority donors, stewarding their support and soliciting new and higher-level gifts.
• Develop and manage an annual connector strategy to secure key meetings, speaking engagements and opportunities to promote BRAC’s work with key intermediaries (ex. giving platforms, wealth advisors, philanthropic advisor and circles)
• Develop and implement in close collaboration with BRAC USA Corporate & Foundation Team, strategies to build and grow a portfolio of employee giving programs; supporting the partner engagement, process management,  outreach and promotion events for the purpose of spreading the BRAC brand and inspiring individuals to raise funding and awareness for our work.
• Develop and implement strategies to engage niche groups and aligned communities mission (ex. Bangladeshi diaspora) for the purpose of spreading the BRAC brand and inspiring individuals to raise funding and awareness for our work.
• Create and implement new strategies, including conducting, assigning, and supervising in-depth research on prospects in order to strengthen the donor pipeline.
• Manage select relationships with portfolio prospects and donors to maintain and strengthen their engagement and increase their donations or peer fundraising to reach established participation and financial targets.
• Manage donor outreach and solicitation for portfolio and select prospects and donors during year-end fundraising season, including drafting content, meeting with donors and sending donor communications as required, working closely across various internal teams on campaigns.

Develop donor-centric written materials as well as  manage donor trips and events:

• Collaborate with the Director of Individual Giving to support donor/connector cultivation and stewardship trips and events, including dinners, receptions, relevant speaking engagements, and travel to BRAC’s operational countries. Oversee the management of event and travel logistics, including scheduling, list management, invitation preparation and delivery, materials development, event briefing documents, debriefings, and oversight of next actions.
• Draft and maintain donor reports and concept notes, letters of intent, grant letters, and proposals for select relationships.
• Work creatively and collaboratively to identify high-priority funding initiatives, develop c