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Wisconsin Watch seeks a resourceful and impressive philanthropy officer to assist our fund improvement work in southeastern Wisconsin and the better Milwaukee space.
The philanthropy officer might be a key member of the philanthropy staff, accountable for cultivating and increasing our charitable assist. This position will deal with donor cultivation and rising a regionally based mostly portfolio. The correct candidate might be efficient in constructing and sustaining relationships with particular person donors, foundations and company foundations and collaborating with the philanthropy staff on fundraising campaigns and stewardship occasions. The philanthropy officer will play a essential position in making certain our group can proceed producing wonderful nonpartisan, solutions-oriented journalism that strengthens the communities we serve.
Duties and obligations
- Relationship and portfolio improvement:
- Construct and handle a regionally based mostly portfolio of donors.
- Prospect identification: Analysis and establish potential main donors who’ve a ardour for our work and have the capability to make vital items.
- Relationship constructing: Collaborate with the director of philanthropy, CEO and Milwaukee NNS government director to craft funder outreach, write personalised communication and conduct in-person conferences. Steward donors and preserve relationships.
- Present solicitation: Strategy certified donors to solicit items, successfully articulating the influence of our work and the way it overlaps with the donor’s passions.
- Collaborate internally with enterprise and editorial employees to craft significant donor interactions and proposals.
- Act as an envoy to southeastern Wisc0nsin, attending related neighborhood occasions and networking alternatives.
- Meet established fundraising targets to assist organizational wants.
- Techniques:
- Keep greatest apply requirements relating to report conserving, together with logging contact reviews to the donor database/CRM.
- Collaborate with the affiliate director of philanthropy to investigate weekly reward reviews, customise acknowledgement copy and route letters for approvals and signatures.
- Draft acknowledgment letter templates and refresh/replace content material on a biannual foundation.
- Associate with the enterprise staff on database insurance policies and greatest practices in report conserving.
- Different duties:
- Observe key initiatives, monitor deadlines and coordinate with groups to make sure the well timed execution of targets.
- Carry out different main donor/improvement actions as could also be required (i.e. excursions, public talking or spokesperson actions).
- Collaborate with the philanthropy staff on stewardship occasion execution.
- Function a neighborhood ambassador/spokesperson as wanted.
- Assist proposal improvement and grant writing as wanted.
{Qualifications}
- Excels at relationship constructing and connecting impact-driven missions with particular person passions.
- Has expertise with high-touch fundraising and reward solicitation.
- Shows a need to work with culturally various populations utilizing a compassionate, collaborative and respectful strategy.
- Responsive, tactful {and professional}, possessing a relationship-centric mindset.
- Thrives in high-pressure environments and stays adaptable amid altering priorities.
- Demonstrates a proactive, inventive, problem-solving mindset with a deal with outcomes. Demonstrates a dedication to on the lookout for options and alternatives for collaboration.
- Is extremely organized, detail-oriented and able to juggling a number of priorities.
- Is acquainted and comfy with varied applied sciences, from Google Workspace (Sheets, Docs, and many others.) and CRMs to social platforms, making certain clean execution of duties and communication throughout completely different instruments.
Most well-liked {qualifications}:
- 5+ years’ expertise in nonprofit fundraising, stewardship, donor relations, venture administration and/or a associated space.
- Proficient in Google Suite, MS Workplace, Phrase, Excel, and Outlook.
- Wonderful written and verbal communication abilities.
- Ardour for journalism, native information, media, and/or civic engagement.
Location: The philanthropy officer might be positioned in southeastern Wisconsin, ideally the better Milwaukee space.
Standing, wage and advantages:
- Full time, hybrid place.
- Wage: $60,000 – $80,000. Last wage provide quantities will fastidiously think about a number of components, together with prior expertise, experience and site.
- 5 weeks of trip, retirement fund contribution, paid sick days, paid household and caregiver go away, backed medical and dental premiums, imaginative and prescient protection, and extra.
Deadline: Functions might be accepted till the place is crammed. For greatest consideration, apply by Might 30, 2025.
To use: Please submit your resume on this software kind and reply every of those three questions in 50 phrases or much less.
- Why are you curious about becoming a member of our staff?
- Why are you certified for this position?
- Is there anything we should always find out about you?
Should you’d like to speak concerning the job earlier than making use of, contact Anna January at ajanuary@wisconsinwatch.org.
Wisconsin Watch is devoted to enhancing our newsroom by higher reflecting the individuals we cowl. We’re dedicated to variety and constructing an inclusive surroundings for individuals of all backgrounds and ages. We particularly encourage members of historically underrepresented communities to use, together with girls, individuals of shade, LGBTQ+ individuals, and other people with disabilities. We’re an equal alternative employer and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any variety. All employment choices are made with out regard to race, shade, faith, intercourse, sexual orientation, nationwide origin, age, or every other standing protected beneath relevant regulation.
About Wisconsin Watch and Milwaukee Neighborhood Information Service
Based in 2009, Wisconsin Watch is a nonprofit information group devoted to producing nonpartisan journalism that makes the communities of Wisconsin robust, knowledgeable and related. We consider that entry to native consultant information is essential to a wholesome democracy and to discovering options to probably the most urgent issues of on a regular basis life. Below the Wisconsin Watch umbrella, we have now three unbiased information divisions, a statewide investigative newsroom, a regional collaboration in northeast Wisconsin known as the NEW Information Lab, and Milwaukee Neighborhood Information Service (NNS). All three divisions preserve their distinctive reporting areas and collectively are positioned to develop and serve our communities with better effectivity and influence.
NNS was based in 2011 as a mission-driven newsroom that reviews on and celebrates Milwaukee’s central metropolis neighborhoods, particularly the town’s Black and Latinx communities. By means of NNS’ reporting, web site, e-newsletters and News414 texting service, we cowl the peculiar individuals who do extraordinary issues, join readers with assets and function a watchdog for our viewers. NNS, previously part of Marquette College, and Wisconsin Watch have an extended historical past of collaboration. In 2024, NNS moved its administrative house and merged beneath the Wisconsin Watch umbrella. Collectively, Wisconsin Watch’s statewide staff and NNS’ reporters collaborate to supply statewide investigative tales whereas highlighting points impacting communities in Milwaukee.
