We’re Hiring! Join the LMAC Team as our Development & Membership Manager
The Lynn Museum & Arts Center (LMAC) seeks a part-time Development & Membership Manager to oversee and communicate LMAC’s annual giving and membership programs. The successful candidate will serve as an active front-line fundraiser working closely with staff and board members to identify, qualify, cultivate, solicit, and steward individual donors in support of the organization’s operating and campaign goals, as well as manage the membership program.
The Development & Membership Manager reports to the Executive Director.
Responsibilities:
– Manages the portfolio of LMAC donors and major gift prospects to identify and cultivate their interest in the Museum, ensuring successful achievement of annual goals, objectives, and metrics for philanthropic support.
– Proactively identifies, cultivates, solicits, and stewards individual and business prospects to secure philanthropic support and expand the LMAC giving network.
– Tracks prospect and donor contacts and move management within the Neon database system; reports progress to the Executive Director.
– Develops a deep understanding of LMAC’s mission and goals to communicate effectively to the giving community.
– Develops and works within a solicitation plan, building new relationships and nurturing existing ones.
– Creates campaign-related ads, mailings, and additional materials in coordination with the Executive Director.
– Works with staff in the cultivation and solicitation process as appropriate.
– Evaluates the success and progress of accomplishing goals and refines business tactics as needed.
– Processes all donations, including in-kind gifts and sponsorships, in Neon.
– Processes all memberships (new and renewal) in Neon.
– Manages the portfolio of LMAC’s members and identifies opportunities to cultivate and solicit new members.
– Prepares timely and thoughtful acknowledgement letters for all donations and memberships.
– Working with the Executive Director and Fundraising Committee of the Board, develop and implement up to four fundraisers and at least one stewardship event per year.
– Continue to build LMAC’s Lasters’ Society, the organization’s planned giving program.
– Collaborates with Collections Manager and other staff to produce the donor & member quarterly e-newsletter.
– Prepares reports in Neon as needed
– Working with staff, continue to improve data accuracy within Neon.
Qualifications:
– Successful candidates should have, at minimum, a Bachelor’s degree and three years of experience in the field.
– Demonstrated knowledge of fundraising, building and managing corporate partnerships, donor cultivation, and grant writing.
– Prior membership experience working for a cultural organization is preferred.
– Must possess self-confidence and enthusiasm, and be comfortable engaging with all levels of stakeholders.
– Excellent verbal and written communication skills are required.
– Ability to work independently and multitask while maintaining deadlines.
– Occasional evenings and/or weekend hours are required.
Part-time, hourly, grant-funded position (20-25 hours per week, $25/hr). Salary range: $25,000 – $30,000
How to Apply:
Please submit a cover letter, resume, and the names of three professional references. Applications will be processed on an ongoing basis until a successful candidate is identified.
Lynn Museum & Arts Center
c/o Doneeca Thurston, Executive Director
590 Washington Street
Lynn, MA 01901
Or by email to: director@lynnmuseum.org with “Development & Membership Manager” in the subject line.
No phone calls, please.
About this Organization:
Since 1897, the Lynn Museum & Historical Society has been the repository and custodian of Lynn’s history. With a collection that boasts nearly 10,000 objects, an extensive archive, and a priceless photography collection, the Museum chronicles Lynn’s rise from early American settlement to industrial powerhouse. Founded by a group of citizens dedicated to documenting their rapidly changing city and preserving the remnants of Lynn’s colonial heritage, the Lynn Historical Society evolved over the course of a century into the Lynn Museum.
In 2014, the Lynn Museum merged with its neighbors on Exchange Street, LynnArts, which offers studio space for artists and other rental spaces, such as the Neal Rantoul Black Box Theatre. Together, the Lynn Museum & Arts Center is engaging the region’s ever-changing community through exhibitions, innovative programs, theatre, and other arts and cultural activities that inspire active participation in exploring the city’s past while shaping a vision for its future.
