Development Manager

About Junior Achievement of Southern Nevada

Junior Achievement’s learning experiences promote transferable skills and competencies students need to take advantage of economic opportunity and achieve economic mobility. Our lessons use financial literacy, work readiness, and entrepreneurial concepts to emphasize the importance of continuing education and training beyond high school, especially in high-growth, high-demand fields. At the same time, our experiential learning approach ensures students gain the critical and creative thinking, collaboration, communication, and technical literacy skills needed to become lifelong learners to navigate “what’s next” in our ever-changing world .

Position Summary

The Development Manager supports Junior Achievement of Southern Nevada's fundraising and community engagement efforts through the planning and execution of special events, donor and sponsor cultivation, grant research, and development operations. Reporting to the Director of Development, this position manages the day-to-day planning and logistics of JASN events while building relationships with corporate sponsors, donors, volunteers, and community partners that strengthen the organization's visibility and financial sustainability.

The Development Manager works closely with event committees and organizational leaders to develop successful fundraising experiences, manage event revenue and expenses, maintain accurate donor and event records, and identify opportunities to grow JASN's fundraising capacity. The ideal candidate is highly organized, relationship-oriented, creative, and comfortable balancing detailed event execution with donor engagement and broader development priorities. This is a full-time, in-person, exempt position.

Essential Functions

Event Strategy & Execution

Plan, coordinate, and execute ongoing and new fundraising and donor cultivation events in alignment with annual development objectives and JASN's strategic priorities

Develop comprehensive event plans, timelines, schedules, budgets, and resource requirements and coordinate execution across staff, volunteers, vendors, venues, and committee members

Partner with event committee chairs to coordinate meetings, communicate priorities, document decisions, and ensure timely follow-through

Manage event logistics from planning through setup, execution, tear-down, and post-event evaluation.

Negotiate venue and event expenses in partnership with the Director of Development and appropriate committee leadership

Develop and maintain quality standards and processes that support consistent, effective event execution.

Lead post-event evaluation to identify successes, challenges, lessons learned, and opportunities for improvement

Identify and develop new event opportunities that can increase revenue, organizational visibility, and community engagement

Donor, Sponsor & Community Engagement

Cultivate and maintain relationships with corporate sponsors, donors, in-kind partners, volunteers, and other community stakeholders

Lead event sponsorship efforts and develop year-round approaches to donor and sponsor cultivation, recognition, and stewardship

Partner with the Director of Development to identify prospective major donors and opportunities to deepen existing donor relationships

Identify potential grant opportunities using available research tools and provide relevant prospect information to the Director of Development and President

Support grant-development efforts and help ensure required submissions are completed accurately and on schedule

Recruit, coordinate, and recognize volunteers necessary to support successful event execution

Represent JASN professionally in interactions with donors, sponsors, volunteers, committee members, vendors, and community partners

Development Operations & Performance

Develop and manage detailed event budgets, monitor income and expenses, and maintain accurate financial documentation in partnership with the Director of Development

Maintain accurate and timely donor, prospect, sponsorship, in-kind gift, and event information within JASN's database and gift-management systems

Monitor event performance measures and results and support organizational leaders and the Board in evaluating fundraising and event effectiveness

Maintain appropriate records related to event income, expenses, correspondence, volunteers, marketing, media coverage, and in-kind contributions

Ensure fundraising and event activities align with JASN's mission, values, organizational plans, applicable regulations, and ethical fundraising standards

Identify potential major-gift opportunities arising through event and donor engagement and communicate them to the Director of Development

Communications & Marketing

Develop event-related proposals, sponsorship materials, solicitations, donor communications, and other fundraising collateral

Coordinate event marketing needs in partnership with JASN staff, including digital communications, social media, website content, email outreach, printed collateral, and public relations

Support development of press releases and media communications associated with fundraising events, subject to appropriate organizational review

Partner with the Director of Development and broader JASN team to identify opportunities to strengthen event visibility, participation, and community awareness

Required Qualifications

5+ years of relevant experience in development, fundraising, event management, sales, corporate/community engagement, or a related field

Demonstrated experience planning and executing events or other complex initiatives involving multiple stakeholders, timelines, and logistical requirements

Experience cultivating professional relationships with corporations, donors, sponsors, clients, community partners, or similar external stakeholders

Strong organizational and project-management skills, with demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment

Strong verbal and written communication skills, including confidence communicating with external stakeholders and presenting to groups

Demonstrated ability to write clear, persuasive fundraising, sponsorship, donor, or other external-facing communications

Strong attention to detail and ability to maintain accurate records, budgets, and database information.

Demonstrated initiative, creativity, problem-solving ability, and results orientation

Experience recruiting, coordinating, or working with volunteers

Proficiency with Microsoft Office and comfort learning and utilizing donor databases and other organizational systems

Ability to appropriately handle confidential and sensitive information

Ability to work occasional evening and weekend hours as required to support fundraising events, donor engagement activities, and other organizational priorities

Ability to meet the physical and operational requirements associated with event execution, including working across multiple environments and lifting at least 25 pounds

Ability to successfully complete required background checks and other employment requirements

Desired Qualifications

Experience managing fundraising events and generating event sponsorship revenue

Experience with donor cultivation, stewardship, and prospect development

Experience researching grant opportunities or supporting grant-development activities

Experience developing event marketing collateral or coordinating digital, print, social media, or public-relations activities

Experience maintaining donor/prospect records and gift-management systems

Experience developing and managing event budgets and monitoring fundraising performance

Experience with Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Acrobat, or comparable design tools

Compensation

The salary for this position is $50,000 annually, with the exact salary depen