Development Manager --Georgia Florida Territory

Summary

Foundation Fighting Blindness is a nonprofit organization focused on supporting individuals and families affected by blindness and advancing scientific progress. The Development Manager leads fundraising, volunteer engagement, community relationships, and chapter activities across Atlanta, Tampa Bay, and Jacksonville, with responsibility for achieving territory revenue goals and coordinating events and outreach.

Responsibilities

• Plan and carry out fundraising strategies that grow revenue year over year across assigned communities
• Build and maintain strong relationships with volunteers, donors, local businesses, sponsors, and community partners
• Work closely with volunteer committees to plan and execute successful fundraising events and activities
• Partner with the Regional Director and internal teams to set priorities, milestones, and measures of success for the territory
• Recruit, support, and motivate volunteer leaders, helping them feel connected, effective, and appreciated over time
• Serve as the Foundation’s primary representative in the community—sharing resources, building awareness, and communicating scientific progress in accessible, meaningful ways
• Use the donor database to track engagement, understand giving potential, support outreach, and inform fundraising decisions
• Tailor approaches to the unique strengths and needs of each community, offering guidance that helps chapters grow and succeed
• Manage community materials and resources needed to support events and local engagement
• Build enough scientific understanding to confidently explain the Foundation’s work and describe the impact it has on individuals and families

Skills

• Must have 3-5+ years of experience in fundraising, community engagement, development, volunteer management or a related non-profit role
• Demonstrated success meeting or growing revenue goals, including individual giving, corporate sponsorships, peer‑to‑peer fundraising, or event‑based fundraising
• Strong relationship‑builder with the ability to engage and sustain authentic connections with volunteers, donors, community partners, and local businesses
• Experience recruiting, supporting, and working effectively with volunteer leaders, including committees or chapter‑based volunteers
• Comfortable serving as a visible, public‑facing representative within local communities
• Well organized, with the ability to manage multiple priorities, stakeholders, and events across a defined territory
• Experience using a donor database or CRM (such as Salesforce, Raiser's Edge, or similar) to track engagement, run reports, and support fundraising efforts
• Clear and compassionate communicator, able to explain complex information in ways that are accessible and meaningful
• Able to work independently while collaborating closely with internal teams in a remote environment
• Willingness to learn and communicate scientific or technical information at a high level to support education and engagement
• Proficient with everyday technology tools, including Microsoft 365, Zoom, databases, and calendars
• Experience working with chapter‑based or volunteer‑led networks

Qualifications

Must Haves

• Must have 3-5+ years of experience in fundraising, community engagement, development, volunteer management or a related non-profit role
• Demonstrated success meeting or growing revenue goals, including individual giving, corporate sponsorships, peer‑to‑peer fundraising, or event‑based fundraising
• Strong relationship‑builder with the ability to engage and sustain authentic connections with volunteers, donors, community partners, and local businesses
• Experience recruiting, supporting, and working effectively with volunteer leaders, including committees or chapter‑based volunteers
• Comfortable serving as a visible, public‑facing representative within local communities
• Well organized, with the ability to manage multiple priorities, stakeholders, and events across a defined territory
• Experience using a donor database or CRM (such as Salesforce, Raiser's Edge, or similar) to track engagement, run reports, and support fundraising efforts
• Clear and compassionate communicator, able to explain complex information in ways that are accessible and meaningful
• Able to work independently while collaborating closely with internal teams in a remote environment
• Willingness to learn and communicate scientific or technical information at a high level to support education and engagement
• Proficient with everyday technology tools, including Microsoft 365, Zoom, databases, and calendars

Nice to Haves

• Experience working with chapter‑based or volunteer‑led networks

Benefits

• Bonus Eligible: 5%
• Company-provided HP or Mac laptop, monitor, and printer
• $120 monthly technology stipend
• Remote/Home-Office work arrangement
• Full-time, Monday–Friday schedule with flexibility