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Boards of land trusts are critical to the success and permanence of their organizations and building the strength of the national land trust community. The Land Trust Alliance is launching a new initiative for engaging land trust board members designed to increase the effectiveness of their boards and their organizations. While the Alliance has always provided information and services to board members, we are forming an inter-departmental team to focus on their needs, develop new programs and tools, and ensure they are aware of how their engagement with the larger conservation community helps their land trust as well.
The Land Trust Board Services Manager will work with members of the Alliance’s Education, Communications, National Services and Development departments to create and deliver education and marketing materials specifically designed for land trust board members. It is our hope that this engagement will improve the effectiveness of land trust board members throughout the country and build a close relationship between board members and the Land Trust Alliance, the organization that represents and serves them. The expected outcomes are significant expansion of the services we provide land trusts and increased financial support to the Alliance that allows us to build stronger land trusts.
Summary of Position
We are currently recruiting for a Manager, Land Trust Board Services, part of a dynamic and growing development team to help develop and implement a new and critically important program for the Alliance and the land trust community as a whole - our Land Trust Board Engagement Strategy. This strategy is designed to strengthen the effectiveness of land trusts through targeted services, information, tools, training and networking opportunities for land trust board members throughout the country. The program will increase awareness among land trust board members about the nature of the Alliance's work and the value it provides to local land conservation efforts. In so doing, we anticipate and will encourage increased financial and program support from land trust board members - support that is additive to support of their local land trusts.
Responsibilities
- Reports directly to the Director of Development
- Assists the Vice President overseeing the strategy development, as well as members of the education, national services, and communications teams as part of a multi-department task force responsible for implementing the land trust board engagement strategy
- Coordinates all fundraising elements of this program including a “moves management” program - working with solicitors nationally and regionally in partnership with land trust executive directors - to set the strategy for the research, cultivation, solicitation and stewardship of land trust board members who may be inclined to support the Land Trust Alliance in addition to their local land trust(s).
- Responsible for coordinating with the Donor Relations Manager and Grants Manager on travel strategy for solicitors, including the identification of priority land trusts and land trust board members for trips, appointment setting, briefings, debriefings, and related follow up activities
- Works closely with the Donor Relations Manager to successfully plan and execute of Alliance events for land trust board members, Alliance donors and prospective donors.
- Manages the relationships with a group (30+/-) of leadership donors who contribute or have the potential to make a commitment in the $1,000 - $4,999 range.
- Supervises the Membership Coordinator, who is responsible for four organizational membership programs – land trusts, government, professional partners, and non-profit partners – including renewal mailings, benefits fulfillment, members’ communications and services.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree and a minimum of five years’ Development experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Proven record managing membership systems designed to raise gifts from individuals.
- Ability to cultivate and steward relationships with donors.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Experience working with Senior Management and Board members.
- Ability to work effectively without daily supervision and as part of a team.
- Ability to work quickly, meet deadlines, and multi-task.
- Organization and attention to detail.
- Willingness to travel for occasional events and other functions.
- Willingness to work a flexible schedule including occasional weekends.
- Experienced with prospect research.
- Computer proficiency, especially with Microsoft Office and database programs.
- Understanding of the Land Trust Alliance and its programs.
- Knowledge of private land conservation techniques and/or land trusts a plus.
Compensation
Competitive salary and benefits provided commensurate with experience.
Contact
Send resume and cover letter via email to hr@lta.org. If email is not an option, applications will be accepted by mail to Human Resources Manager, Att: Leadership Services Manager, Land Trust Alliance, 1660 L Street, NW, Ste 1100, Washington, DC 20036. Resumes accepted until June 30, 2011.
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