Major Gifts Coordinator

ABOUT CITY HARVEST:

City Harvest is New York’s first and largest food rescue organization, helping to feed millions of New Yorkers who struggle to put meals on their tables. During our 40 years serving New Yorkers in need, we have rescued more than one billion pounds of fresh, nutritious food and delivered it free of charge to hundreds of food pantries, soup kitchens, community partners, and our own Mobile Markets® across the five boroughs. This year, we will rescue and distribute more than 77 million pounds of nutritious food to our neighbors in need. City Harvest works alongside our community partners to boost community capacity, expand nutrition education, and strengthen local food systems. Since our founding in 1982, City Harvest has always been there to feed our city one day, one meal, one New Yorker at a time.

At City Harvest, we offer more than a job; we offer a mission-driven career. In addition to contributing to our fight against food insecurity in New York, we provide a competitive salary, comprehensive benefits (including medical, dental, and vision coverage), employer contributions towards premiums, employer-provided life insurance, and a 403(b)-retirement savings plan with matching contributions. Our staff enjoys discounted perks (movie tickets, gym memberships, cellular plans, etc.), generous time-off policies, and ample professional development opportunities.

JOB OVERVIEW/WHAT A TYPICAL DAY MAY LOOK LIKE:
Provides professional administrative support to the Major Gifts team in order to raise money for City Harvest from individual donors in addition to managing a small portfolio of donors. Maintains primary oversight and informational tracking within Raisers Edge for all donors under management, including all gift information. Also maintains primary oversight of all Finance department related systems including gift information, revenue and expense budgeting, monthly forecasting, reconciliation and variance reports. Also provides administrative support for Generation Harvest, Planned Giving, and any team Marketing department needs, including maintaining all office supplies and inventory.

Point person on all details related to the Raisers Edge informational tracking of all donors under management, including gift details. Executes regular portfolio review and movement of donors between Relationship Managers’ portfolios, mid and major pools, and giving societies.

Manages the annual budgeting process and provides daily oversight into revenue and expense budgets including monthly cash forecast and variance reports and is the team’s primary liaison with Finance. Manages department invoices and expenses and reconciles Major Gifts records with Raiser’s Edge on a monthly basis.

Provides administrative support for Generation Harvest and Planned Giving. This includes coordinating with GH leadership on the execution of quarterly meetings, agenda planning, give/get reporting, meeting notes. For Planned Giving this includes helping to maintain the donor data and processing bequest gifts and any new members to the Future Harvest giving society.

Personally manages a small portfolio of donors, including a number of donors with an Executive Liaison who work together to manage the donors.

Serves as the department’s liaison with Marketing for any collateral materials and office supplies.

Manages seasonal interns and all volunteer support.

WHAT YOUR BACKGROUND SHOUD LOOK LIKE:

• Bachelor’s degree
• Minimum two years experience
• Strong verbal, writing, proofreading, and editing skills are required. Must be able to learn new concepts quickly; familiarity with Microsoft Office and databases, specifically Raiser’s Edge.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS/WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• Regularly required to speak clearly and hear the spoken word well.
• Regularly required to physically operate routine equipment (computers, calculators, etc.).
• Regularly required to utilize near vision ability to read data and documents, including spreadsheets and reports, in printed form and on computer screens.
• Regularly required to move fingers, wrist, arms, legs, and feet in a repetitive manner as necessary to operate tools and equipment.

WHY WORK AT CITY HARVEST?

There are many fantastic reasons to choose a career with City Harvest. In addition to fighting food insecurity in New York, City Harvest offers the following Benefits and Rewards:

• Competitive market salaries
• Generous time off
• Full benefits (medical, dental, vision) - employer contributions towards premiums
• Pet Insurance
• 403(b) retirement savings plan with employer-matching
• Free Mental Health Services with Better Help
• Commuter Benefits
• Employer-provided life insurance
• Professional development opportunities
• Discounted staff perks (e.g., movie tickets, gym memberships, cellular plans)

At City Harvest, we enjoy working in a team-based environment and value the benefits of a diversified workplace. City Harvest is an Equal Opportunity Employer.