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Development Officer, Early Music America
Job Title: Development Officer
Status: Part-time 20 hours per week/Flexible hours
Reports to: Executive Director
Location: EMA Office-2366 Eastlake Ave East, #429, Seattle, WA 98102
Early Music America (EMA), the leading service organization promoting early music in North America, seeks a talented part-time Development Officer to expand the development program and increase funding from individual donors. As EMA celebrates its 25th Anniversary in 2011, the Development Officer will play a key role in developing cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship strategies to engage the existing donor base and attract new donors to the EMA community. The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 3 years of experience in development with a background in cultivating individual donors and building an annual base of support. EMA is offering a unique work environment with flexible hours as well as the option to work from home a percentage of time.
Essential Job Functions:
- Manage the growth of the individual giving program for Early Music America.
- Develop strategies for cultivating existing donors and reaching out to new prospects.
- Serve as a liaison to the Board of Directors and Development Committee to help coordinate their efforts on key fundraising activities such as: thank you calls to donors, cultivation events, personal solicitations, etc.
- Oversee the Direct Mail campaign (3 mailings per year).
- Develop special approaches for engaging lapsed donors.
- Oversee the acknowledgement and stewardship of individual donors, including making personal calls to thank donors and get to know them.
- Plan and implement 4-6 intimate events per year at a board member’s or donor’s home to raise awareness of the 25th Anniversary, engage and inform donors, and prepare them for a personal solicitation.
- Personally solicit and steward major donors through face-to-face visits, independently and with board volunteers.
- Participate in creating an annual development plan, in collaboration with the Executive Director, to guide fundraising strategies and meet revenue goals.
Qualifications:
- A minimum of three years of professional experience in the field of development with a focus on individual giving.
- Demonstrated success soliciting individual donors for annual and/or major gifts.
- Excellent relationship-building and interpersonal communication skills.
- Experience working with board members and/or volunteers preferred.
- Strong project management skills. Must be able to coordinate multiple projects simultaneously and meet deadlines.
- Creative problem solving skills and excellent follow through.
- Ability to use good judgment and make independent decisions.
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field or fundraising management certificate.
Personal Characteristics:
- Confidence, professionalism, and creativity
- Ability to combine vision with pragmatism and work within limited resources
- Warmth and flexibility, as well as a sense of humor
- Enthusiasm and interest in the field of early music
Compensation and Benefits:
- Competitive Salary
- Flexible Hours
- Flexible Work Site
About Early Music America:
Early Music America (EMA) is the not-for-profit service organization for the field of early music in North America. Founded in 1985, EMA’s mission is to expand awareness of and interest in music from the Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, and Classical periods, performed on period instruments and using historical performance practices. Early Music America believes that early music provides a valuable way to understand history and human culture. EMA's members receive a quarterly magazine, an annual directory, and a wide array of benefits. With its broad membership of professional performers, ensembles, presenters, instrument makers, amateur musicians, and audience members, Early Music America serves as the leading advocate for the field throughout North America.
To Apply:
Please submit cover letter and resume to Maria Coldwell, Executive Director of Early Music America, mcoldwell@earlymusic.org, or by mailing documents to 2366 Eastlake Ave. E. #429, Seattle, WA 98102.
Closing Date:
August 30, 2010
(Posted July 28, 2010)
Additional Opportunities/Announcements
The Library of Congress, Office of Inspector General, is asking for the assistance of the public and the musical instrument community in solving one of their oldest cases. In 1981 two rare Ivory sopranino recorders were reported missing from the Library’s Dayton C. Miller flute collection. The recorders, a rare type of flute, were made around 1700, and are two of only a handful known to exist in the world. Both of the recorders are easily recognizable.
The Library’s Music Division will be hosting the upcoming 39th Annual American Musical Instrument Society meeting for the first time in May 2010. The Inspector General is working with prominent figures in the flute community, and is optimistic that they will help facilitate the recorders’ safe return. The Music Division houses one of the largest collections of flutes and flute memorabilia in the world, and is hopeful that the recorders will be returned to their collection.
Links to information pertaining to the stolen recorders:
Sopranino Recorder in F
additional Sopranino Recorder in F
If you have any information regarding the missing recorders you may report it anonymously to the Library’s Office of Inspector General hotline at (202) 707-6306 or oighotline@loc.gov. The recorders may be returned anonymously to the Library via U.S. mail to the following address:
Library of Congress/Office of the Inspector General
P.O. Box 15051/Southeast Station
Washington, DC 20003-9997
In addition, David Shorey, the former curator of the Library’s Music Division, and current owner of Handmade and Antique Flutes, may be contacted at antiqueflutes@gmail.com to facilitate the anonymous return of the recorders or any information regarding their whereabouts.
(posted 3/12/2010)
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