Description

Position Summary:

The Senior Fundraiser is a key member of the Development Department and plays a central role in advancing Imagine Children’s Museum’s fundraising success. This position is responsible for managing and implementing the annual Champions for Children fundraising breakfast, developing and executing donor engagement strategies, and utilizing high-quality donor data management to support organization-wide development goals. The Senior Fundraiser works collaboratively across departments to design effective fundraising campaigns, deepen donor relationships, support major and corporate giving efforts, and grow a strong pipeline of annual donors, new donors, and museum members transitioning into philanthropic supporters.

Essential Functions & Major Responsibilities:

Fundraising Campaigns & Donor Engagement

• Collaborate with Development staff and cross-departmental partners to develop targeted fundraising campaigns for annual donors, new donors, and member-to donor conversion.
• Create and support donor touchpoints, recognition activities, and stewardship communications.
• Implement segmented outreach strategies designed to strengthen donor retention and acquisition.

Fundraising Events

• Lead planning, implementation, and evaluation of the annual Champions for Children fundraising breakfast.
• Manage timelines, budgets, vendor relationships, communications, volunteer support and event logistics.
• Coordinate internal teams and external partners to deliver a compelling event that drives strong philanthropic engagement.
• Track event performance and recommend strategies for increasing participation and revenue.

Data Management & Strategic Insights

• Support accurate and comprehensive donor records, and reporting using the organization’s CRM, DonorPerfect.
• Develop and share data-driven insights to improve fundraising outcomes, including donor trends, segmentation opportunities, and campaign performance metrics.
• Produce reports and analysis to support leadership, major gift efforts, corporate giving, and strategic planning.

Cross-Departmental Collaboration

• Partner with Marketing, Guest Services, Learning Experiences, and other departments to coordinate messaging and integrate fundraising into broader organizational initiatives.
• Support Development team goals and contribute to department-wide planning and strategy.

Requirements

Position Requirements:

• Demonstrated success coordinating fundraising events and donor engagement activities.
• Strong data management skills, with experience using CRM systems (e.g. DonorPerfect, Raiser’s Edge, Salesforce, or similar).
• Excellent written and verbal communication abilities.
• Strong project management, organizational, and multitasking skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively, build relationships, and work effectively with diverse stakeholders.

Education and/or Experience:

• A minimum of 5 years of experience in nonprofit fundraising, development operations, event planning, or related fields.
• Associate’s Degree preferred.
• Experience with donor segmentation and developing fundraising campaigns preferred.
• Knowledge of the local philanthropic community preferred.
• Experience supporting major gifts or corporate giving programs preferred.
• Familiarity with the mission of children’s museums or youth-serving organizations

Supervisory Responsibility:

None

Work Environment: 

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee works in a typical interactive exhibit environment with moderate noise levels. 

Physical Demands: 

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Regularly required to sit for long periods of time and occasionally lift and or move up to 25 pounds.
• Independent body mobility to access a standard office environment with shelves and drawers of varying heights.
• Vision sufficient to read a computer screen, 12 point and finer printed text, and handwritten documents.
• Manual dexterity to operate a computer keyboard on a daily basis.
• Speak and hear sufficiently to communicate clearly in person, over the telephone, and in small groups.
• Mental stamina for problem solving and dealing with stressful situations; prioritizing multiple tasks; interpreting and applying oral/written instructions.
• No ongoing and consistent extraordinary physical effort or strain involved in this position.

This is a full-time position, onsite in Everett. The pay is $35-$40 an hour depending on experience. The schedule is Monday-Friday, 8:30am-5:00pm, with occasional evenings and weekends required for events.

Occasional local travel for this role is very minimal and would be less than 10%. 

Benefits: All full-time employees receive accrued sick time, vacation time, anniversary appreciation day, medical/vision/dental insurance, Life AD&D, FSA, 401k, EAP, free museum membership, discounts, and other museum perks!

Please submit a cover letter with your application.

Review of applications will begin on Monday, April 27th, and the position will remain open until filled. Candidates must submit their application by April 26th.