Development & Events Manager

About Us: Urban Roots is a Saint Paul organization whose mission is to cultivate and empower youth through nature, healthy food, and community. Urban Roots focuses its programs on the East Side of Saint Paul, MN and our vision is a world where all communities have unlimited access to nature and healthy food.  We place the tools of personal and community development in the hands of young people and families.

Urban Roots, formerly the Community Design Center of Minnesota, was incorporated in 1969. Over the past 50 years, Urban Roots has provided a range of community development services in Minneapolis, Saint Paul and southern Minnesota, including architecture, urban planning, economic development, and organizational development—with a common thread of empowerment, engagement, and innovation. Since 1996, we’ve operated our food and environmental programs on the East Side of Saint Paul, engaging thousands of under-resourced youth in education, training, and work projects that provide service to the community, develop young leaders, and improve health and the environment. We offer three programs to engage and support youth in paid internships—Market Garden, Cook Fresh, and Conservation.

Position Summary:

The Development & Events Manager works closely with the Executive Director to help ensure Urban Roots raises the financial resources needed to meet our mission. In this position, the ideal candidate will have the skills to expand our fundraising and income generation through events and donor stewardship. This includes an eye for detail and thoughtful communication skills. This position is for 24 hours per week, 52 weeks per year.

Essential Functions: 

• Grants Management (5%)
  • Assist Executive Director with some grant administration, including maintaining a grants calendar.
• Marketing (5%)
  • Manage and coordinate social media schedule & email communications.
• Events Management (30%)
  • Plan, coordinate and execute fundraising events including event logistics, attendee management, event preparation, staffing, volunteers and post-event wrap up.
• Individual Giving (60%)
  • Creating, maintaining and stewarding relationships with current and prospective donors.
  • Coordinate fundraising efforts, including solicitation mailings and management of print and digital mailing lists.
  • Oversee the process of donation and gift acknowledgements. 
  • Creating templates for gift acknowledgements
  • Creating a schedule for and written materials for recurring donor engagement
  • Identify printed materials needed for donor engagement
  • Matrix for new donors 
  • Oversee the management of the donor database, including maintaining records of donor information, donations, and history of engagement with Urban Roots, in addition to regular data quality improvements.
  • Serve on strategic board committees related to scope of work.
• Other duties as assigned by the Executive Director.

Qualifications:

• 2-4 years experience with fundraising and event management.
• Strong attention to detail, including outstanding written and verbal communication skills; ability to communicate ideas and information, confidently, effectively and compellingly to both internal and external stakeholders.
• Strong attention to data quality.
• Ability to cultivate new partnerships for creative fundraising opportunities.
• Proficiency in Salesforce or other CRM systems.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, Google Suites and other standard office tools. 
• Commitment to Urban Roots values, which include collaboration, inclusion, stewardship and experiential learning.

Compensation: $22/hr DOE, health benefits, retirement package, paid vacation, holiday and sick time.

To apply: Please submit a cover letter, resume and three professional references to info@urbanrootsmn.org. Please include “Development & Events Manager” in the subject line. No phone calls please.

Urban Roots is an equal opportunity employer. We seek to build a staff reflective of our values of equity and inclusion with regard to race, culture, ethnicity, class religion, physical ability, age,  gender identity and sexual orientation. Urban Roots is committed to fostering the leadership of BIPOC individuals (Black, Indigenous and People of Color), women, LGBTQ people, immigrants, and others living in marginalized communities.