The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises, helping to restore health, safety, education, economic wellbeing, and power to people devastated by conflict and disaster. Founded in 1933 at the call of Albert Einstein, the IRC is one of the world’s largest international humanitarian non-governmental organizations (INGO), at work in more than 40 countries and more than 25 U.S. cities helping people to survive, reclaim control of their future and strengthen their communities. A force for humanity, IRC employees delivers lasting impact by restoring safety, dignity and hope to millions. If you’re a solutions-driven, passionate change-maker, come join us in positively impacting the lives of millions of people world-wide for a better future.

Job Background/Overview:

Since its inception in 1933, the IRC delivers lasting impact to refugees fleeing from war or disaster by offering lifesaving care, life-changing assistance, and empowering individuals and communities to become self-reliant. The External Relations department was created in early 2020 and is comprised of 3 main but complementary functional areas: Private fundraising, Communications and Advocacy. The department is building a bold strategy that will improve IRC’s ability to ‘punch above its weight’ in private income, advocacy, and brand awareness.

Supporting this endeavor is the Global Partnerships and Philanthropic Services (GPPS) Unit. Reporting to the Senior Director, GPPS consists of functional specialists across a variety of high-value fundraising support functions providing all elements of cultivation, support, and stewardship to high-value donors, partners and supporters, comprising of the following pillars: Program Services, Program Impact, Funding Impact, Operational Partnerships/Contributions in Kind, and Employee Engagement and Workplace Giving. This role sits within Funding Impact, which focuses on donor engagement, communications, emergency fundraising, and major IRC campaigns, such as World Refugee Day and Year End.

The Manager will be part of a strong team dedicated to donor engagement, recognition and cultivation. They serve as an integral part of the team, overseeing the departments donor acknowledgement process, writing a variety of engagement and recognition content for donors, and keeping high-value fundraisers abreast of new and appealing IRC initiatives and media pieces for cultivation.

Major Responsibilities:

• Lead on all donor communications regarding crisis anniversaries, world moments, and key press opportunities for the organization

• Collect content for monthly donor newsletter and support in its writing each month

• Lead on certain IRC campaigns such as International Women’s Day, IRC’s annual Watchlist, etc. to ensure HV fundraising teams’ needs are incorporated into content and engagement assets for each moment

• Support on larger IRC campaigns by reviewing and refining content with the support of the Senior Officer, Funding Impact

• Supervise the donor acknowledgement and tax receipt process for high value donors (all private high net worth individuals, corporates and foundations) to ensure donors receive accurate and timely acknowledgement of their gifts

• Plan, research, write, and coordinate design of donor anniversary reports for donors who have been giving to the IRC for 5, 10, 15, 20, 30, 40+ years

• Identify and maintain a diverse range of IRC signatories and voices for all communications with donors

• Liaise with Prospect Analytics team to ensure all donor engagement activities and preferences stay up to date in Salesforce and coordinate report generation for communications and reporting

• Work on other projects as needed

Key Working Relationships:

**Reports to:**Director, Funding Impact

Essential Qualifications:

• Minimum 3 years of experience in communications; donor engagement and stewardship; fundraising; and/or a related field.

• Proven ability to maintain positive, collaborative, productive relationships with staff at all levels

• Sound verbal communication skills to work with a wide array of people and personalities

• Excellent writing skills and the ability to write concisely in various styles for a range of groups and individuals, including internally and externally with donors

• Strong organizational and time-management skills

• Demonstrated ability to balance multiple tasks, without sacrificing quality through strong attention-to-detail

• Proficient in Microsoft Office and Adobe Acrobat

• Sound judgment in maintaining confidentiality of donor information

• Specific experience with fundraising and donor engagement a plus

• Knowledge of CRM usage is required and knowledge of Salesforce a plus

• Passion for the IRC’s mission and commitment to private sector partnerships

Working Environment:

This role may require working remotely or hybrid depending on location. Applicants must have a home or alternate workspace they can effectively complete their work from during regularly scheduled hours.

Compensation:

Posted pay ranges apply to US and UK-based candidates. Ranges are based on various factors including the labor market, job type, internal equity, and budget. Exact offers are calibrated by work location, individual candidate experience and skills relative to the defined job requirements.

US Benefits:

The IRC offers a comprehensive and highly competitive set of benefits. All US employees are eligible for sick time, a 403b retirement savings plans: up to 4.5% immediately vested matching contribution, plus an 3-7% additional IRC contribution, and an Employee Assistance Program which is available to our staff and their families to support in times of crisis and mental health struggles.

In addition, full-time employees are eligible for 10 US paid holidays, 20-25 paid time off days, disability & life insurance, medical, dental, and vision insurance (employee contribution starting at $135, $7, and $5 per month respectively) and FSA for healthcare, childcare, and commuter costs. Part-time employees are eligible for a proportionate amount of paid time off. These additional benefits apply to employees who work at least 6 months within a 12 month time period.

**Standard of Professional Conduct:**The IRC and the IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in the IRC Way – our Code of Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, Accountability, and Equality.

Commitment to Gender, Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion: The IRC is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive, respectful, and safe work environment where all persons are treated fairly, with dignity and respect. The IRC expressly prohibits and will not tolerate discrimination, harassment, retaliation, or bullying of the IRC persons in any work setting. We aim to increase the representation of women, people that are from country and communities we serve, and people who identify as races and ethnicities that are under-represented in global power structures.