REMOTE | FULL-TIME
Boulo is recruiting for a Development & Communications Manager for our client, an innovative nonprofit that embraces cutting-edge technology and the deep involvement of parents, community partners, and teachers to ensure children are prepared for kindergarten and a lifetime of economic mobility.
Employment Type: Full-time
Flexibility: Remote, candidate must live in the southeastern states and travel to Birmingham once a quarter for meetings
Pay: $49,140 – $59,160
Benefits: Premium health insurance, retirement matching (up to 5% after 3 months), paid time off (approximately 30 days), professional development funds, and a work-issued laptop
Our client is seeking a Development & Communications Manager to proactively and expertly manage their development systems, write high-quality grants, create compelling communications campaigns, and support the organization in executing events.
Our client is a nonprofit that supports the future stability and prosperity of Birmingham by focusing on our most precious resource—our children. Their innovative programs embrace cutting-edge technology and the deep involvement of parents, community partners, and teachers to ensure all the children in our community are prepared for kindergarten and a lifetime of economic mobility. Research shows that the earliest support for kids can have the most positive and cost-effective lifelong impact. You can join our client in ensuring that Birmingham can become the best city in America to raise a child under five.
Responsibilities of the Development & Communications Manager:
- Creating compelling external communications (emails, social media, grants, web copy)
- Piloting and maintaining strong internal systems (campaign calendar, donor database)
- Conducting research and making recommendations
- Collaborating on a variety of key projects, including (but not limited to) board stewardship, program evaluation, annual Storytime event, and All 99 initiative
- Creating a communications calendar for the next quarter
- Sourcing vendors for our spring event
- Drafting a compelling grant report
- Collaborating with photographers and families to schedule photoshoots
Requirements of the Development & Communications Manager:
- Project and task management: Tracking tasks and managing deadlines is second nature to you. You almost never drop balls. You have clear personal systems for managing information and action items — and you’re excited to learn, maintain, and improve our organizational systems.
- Writing and storytelling skills: Whether it’s an Instagram caption or a donor report, you draft concise, compelling written materials. You’re a natural storyteller who always thinks about tailoring your message to your audience. You keep the big picture in mind, but also sweat the stuff some people might think is small, like mechanics and formatting.
- Design abilities: Making things visually appealing is important to you. You’re either already fluent in or able to quickly learn tools like Canva, Instagram Stories, and Google Slides. You have a sixth sense for what looks good and stay laser focused on brand consistency across all platforms.
- Strategic planning: You have a proven history of taking things from “great idea” to “strong strategy” to “successful implementation.” You’re able to break down a big goal into key action items and track progress along the way to ensure a successful result. When faced with inevitable problems, you quickly move towards thinking of solutions.
- Relationship building: You have genuine enthusiasm for building relationships and are able to form connections with others across lines of difference. Embodying a customer service orientation towards all stakeholders is important to you; you go the extra mile to make people who interact with Small Magic feel valued.
- Commitment to equity and antiracism: You recognize ways that race and other identities intersect. You have a deep awareness of your own identities and welcome, reflect on, and act on feedback with an eye toward continuous learning about race, class, and other lines of difference. You understand the historical context for racial inequity (in Birmingham and beyond) as well as its current implications.
- Prior experience with managing social media accounts
- Excitement around learning and implementing a variety of technological platforms
- Experience working across lines of difference
- Demonstrable history of accomplishing ambitious results
Don't meet every requirement? Studies show that women and people of color sometimes don’t apply for a position that they’re interested in because they are missing a few of the requirements. If this role sounds exciting and you’re missing some requirements, apply anyways! You may have strengths and experiences in other areas that will enable you to thrive in this role and we won't be able to identify you if you don’t apply. You may be just the right candidate.
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