Development Manager

Peer-to-Peer Fundraising

• Leads recruitment, onboarding, and support of peer-to-peer fundraisers, including Walk for Wishes,
• Student Wishmakers, and third-party external event fundraisers.
• Manages Luminate and related fundraising platforms, including TeamRaiser, EMC, and Auctria, ensuring accurate campaign setup, reporting, data integrity, and participant support.
• Serves as the primary point of contact for P2P fundraisers, providing guidance, resources, troubleshooting, and ongoing support to maximize fundraising success.
• National Campaigns
• Leads and manages all National Campaigns, evaluating campaign effectiveness and identifying opportunities to increase participation, revenue, and engagement.
• Provides staff and volunteer support for national partner events and local third-party events as needed.

External Events

• Serves as the primary contact for organizations and individuals conducting external fundraising events on behalf of MAWNV, reviewing and vetting event details to ensure alignment with organizational policies, brand standards, and fundraising guidelines.
• Coordinates event agreements, documentation, gift and opportunity tracking, post-event reporting, national requirements, and stewardship, while partnering with Marketing, Operations, and Program teams to ensure successful execution and mission integration.
• Mid-Level & Monthly Donor Fundraising
• Owns the mid-level donor program, including portfolio data mining, donor identification, acquisition, engagement, cultivation, and stewardship. Including grant-making organizations with budgets of $24,999 or less.
• Leads stewardship and cultivation of monthly donors within the mid-level program and independently manages relationships with donors giving $250-$24,999 who are not assigned to individual portfolios through personalized communications, phone calls, and other engagement strategies.
• Identifies opportunities to strengthen donor retention and increase giving through targeted outreach and meaningful engagement.

Student Wishmakers, Youth & Alumni Engagement

• Serves as the primary point of contact for schools, the Youth Leadership Council, Project Wish, and other youth groups participating in fundraising programs.
• Develops outreach strategies, fundraising toolkits, presentations, and resources to recruit and support student-led fundraising campaigns.
• Leverages the Alumni Program to strengthen relationships with wish alumni and families, identify opportunities for engagement and giving, and recruit alumni as speakers and ambassadors.
• Stewards and cultivates alumni donors, including wish kids, siblings, parents, grandparents, and other family members.

Development Manager Oct 2026

Other

• Collaborates across the Development team and organization to support fundraising priorities, special events, campaigns, and other revenue-generating initiatives.
• Contributes to overall fundraising efforts for Make-A-Wish Nevada, including support of all signature and special events.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; talk or hear; on occasion, climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee is occasionally required to lift, up to 25 pounds. The vision requirements include: close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Note: This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee in this position. Scheduled hours may change based on business needs. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments. All duties and responsibilities are essential functions and requirements and are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities.

To perform this job successfully, the incumbents will possess the skills, aptitudes, and abilities to perform each duty proficiently. Some requirements may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health or safety of themselves or others. The requirements listed in this document are the minimum levels of knowledge, skills, or abilities. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an “at will” relationship.

The company is an Equal Opportunity Employer, drug free workplace, and complies with ADA regulations as applicable.

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent relevant experience, minimum 3 years offundraising or sales experience desired
• Must possess excellent verbal, written and presentation skills
• Excellent computer skills required (Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel)
• Data-entry/database experience required. Salesforce or other CRMexperience preferred
• Must be self-motivated, creative, detail-oriented, and excel in problem-solving skills
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple responsibilities with minimalsupervision
• Ability to deal with sensitive information with high confidentiality
• Excellent communication and customer service skills with the capacity tointeract with diverse groups and work successfully in a collaborative, team-oriented environment.
• Ability to connect with people and engage others in the mission of the organization, * Event Management: 3 years (Required)
• staff or volunteer management: 3 years (Required)

License/Certification:

• Driver’s License (Required)

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Professional development assistance
• Vision insurance