[Hiring] Individual Giving Specialist @VillageReach

Role Description

The Individual Giving Specialist leads VillageReach's annual giving and mid-level donor programs, designing and executing strategies that increase donor acquisition, retention, engagement, and revenue. This position owns the donor journey for individual supporters below the major gifts level, using data, technology, and relationship-based fundraising approaches to build a sustainable pipeline of unrestricted and restricted giving.

VillageReach's individual giving program is at an exciting stage of growth. This position offers significant ownership and autonomy to combine strategic thinking with hands-on execution, using practical and data-informed approaches to design, test, and scale approaches that strengthen donor engagement, grow unrestricted revenue, and build a sustainable pipeline of future major donors.

This role requires a self-starter who can independently analyze donor data, identify opportunities, and recommend strategies to improve donor acquisition, retention, and donor lifetime value. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to shape how individual philanthropy evolves at VillageReach over the coming decade.

The Individual Giving Specialist will:

• Design and execute strategic plans to grow VillageReach's annual and mid-level giving programs.
• Collaborate with Development and Communications colleagues to develop compelling donor campaigns.
• Use technology, analytics, AI, and fundraising platforms to identify opportunities, engage supporters, and generate insights that improve fundraising performance.

Reports to the Director, Development.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following:

• Own VillageReach's annual giving and mid-level donor programs, including strategy, planning, execution, and performance measurement.
• Analyze donor data to identify opportunities for acquisition, retention, reactivation, and donor upgrades, and recommend actions based on findings.
• Design and manage multi-channel donor journeys, including warming, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship campaigns.
• Develop and execute strategies to increase recurring giving, workplace giving, peer-to-peer fundraising, and other individual giving channels.
• Manage a portfolio of mid-level donors and prospects, cultivating relationships and soliciting gifts between $1,000 and $10,000.
• Identify, test, and deploy fundraising technologies, AI-enabled tools, and prospecting approaches that improve donor engagement and fundraising results.
• Partner with Communications colleagues to develop donor-facing content, campaigns, webinars, and engagement opportunities.
• Monitor fundraising performance and provide recommendations to improve donor retention, donor lifetime value, and revenue growth.
• Serve as the primary internal subject matter expert on individual giving trends, donor behavior, and emerging fundraising opportunities.
• Contribute to long-term strategies that grow VillageReach's individual giving revenue and donor pipeline.

Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree is required.
• 5+ years of experience working in fundraising and development, with at least 3 years experience working with mid-level donors (up to $10,000).
• Demonstrated experience developing donor segmentation strategies and donor journeys.
• Experience designing and executing annual fundraising campaigns from concept through evaluation.
• Experience using CRM data and fundraising analytics to inform donor engagement strategies.
• Experience utilizing digital fundraising channels, workplace giving platforms, and donor acquisition strategies.
• Personal experience soliciting donors for gifts of at least $5,000.
• Ability to independently assess fundraising opportunities, develop fundraising plans, and translate strategy into action.
• CRM experience required.

Requirements

• Established cultural competency in partnering with racial, cultural, and linguistically diverse groups.
• Demonstrated understanding of challenges with working in rural, underserved, and low-income contexts; experience living in and/or working in a low-income country a plus.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Excel) and comfortable in a fast-paced technical environment.
• French preferred.

Benefits

• Compensation range: $78,200 to $85,000.
• Established compensation structure based on relevant market and internal equity.
• Employee benefits detailed on the VillageReach website.

Application Information

This is an immediate hire and therefore resumes will be reviewed on a rolling basis until 4th December 2026. The position may close abruptly once we receive adequate applications; we encourage qualified and interested applicants to apply as soon as possible.

To apply, please submit your resume and a cover letter to our online portal: http://www.villagereach.org/join-us/ . In your cover letter, please address:

• Why you are interested in this position.
• What is one reason you think you’d be a good fit for this position.
• What is one strength you would bring to this position.

Hiring Process

• Review submitted applications.
• Conduct 20-30 minute screening interviews for shortlisted candidates.
• Conduct skills and value-based interviews for 3-5 candidates.
• Request that top candidates submit a practical assessment (designed to take no more than two hours to complete).
• Conduct final interview if necessary.
• Request references.
• Make offer.
• Conduct background check.

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion

VillageReach is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer committed to workforce diversity. We believe that diverse, equitably weighted perspectives foster an organizational capacity to create novel solutions that improve health in the most under-reached and hard-to-reach areas.