The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is a non-profit environmental advocacy organization. We use law, science, and the support of 3.1 million members and online activists to protect the planet’s wildlife and wild places and to ensure the rights of all people to clean air, clean water, and healthy communities. NRDC was founded in 1970 and our staff helped write some of America’s bedrock environmental laws, including the Clean Water Act, and many of the implementing regulations. Today, our staff of more than 700 lawyers, scientists, economists, policy advocates, communications experts, and others work across the United States and internationally from our offices in New York; Washington, D.C.; Chicago; Santa Monica; San Francisco; Bozeman, Montana; and Beijing.

• Manage a portfolio of 100-150 individuals in accordance with established team goals on meetings, solicitations, donor retention, salesforce management, and events. Understand both the quantitative and qualitative elements of your portfolio’s performance and growth over time.
• Implement a robust communications system leveraging all available resources to communicate regularly with your full portfolio including once a month donor “newsletter”
• Develop strategies in consultation with the Membership team and drive relationship cultivation to upgrade members from direct mail solicitation to personal solicitation. Set strategy and personally cultivate and solicit high-level gifts from current and prospective donors via email and face to face meeting.
• Approach work with creativity and persistence, including but not limited to pursuing specific donor networks and interest groups where you might reach a diverse range of prospective donors.
• Provide comprehensive, timely and innovative stewardship opportunities for existing donors in consultation with the Donor Relations team and New York Major Gifts Team colleagues. Elevate the importance of stewarding all gifts and programs in ways that strengthen donor interest in, satisfaction with and commitment to NRDC.
• Collaborate with and support NRDC’s executive leadership with respect to cultivation, solicitation and stewardship efforts, use their time and talents appropriately, and ensure their effectiveness as spokespersons and fundraisers for NRDC. This work includes authoring donor briefings and correspondence, event scripts, talking points and the like.
• Produce and partner with the NRDC’s Events team to plan events in the region that maximize major donor and prospect cultivation opportunities.
• Effectively navigate institutional resources to enhance your efficacy as an NRDC representative with donors. This includes staying informed of institutional priorities, regional work and achievements, and current events on key environmental issues.
• Adeptly manage Salesforce and other processes such as tracking donor gift projections and list management for your portfolio.
• Lead on team projects from time to time as needed.
• Other duties as needed