Advancement Manager

The posting, as Envision Consulting wrote it

ADVANCEMENT MANAGER

ABOUT PACIFIC COUNCIL

As a nonprofit, nonpartisan membership organization, the Pacific Council engages members and the community through programs that connect local experience to global affairs, including renowned speaker events, conferences , international and national delegations , leadership development, and community volunteer efforts.

POSITION OVERVIEW

The Pacific Council on International Policy is seeking a highly organized, strategic, and detail-oriented Advancement Manager (A M ) to support the execution of the Council’s fundraising, sustaining membership, and organizational priorities. Working closely with the President & CEO and senior leadership, the successful candidate will serve as a key advancement partner, helping ensure the CEO is prepared, informed, and supported in cultivating donors, members, institutional partners, and other key stakeholders.

The AM will manage critical advancement functions including corporate, foundation, and individual prospect research; donor strategy and stewardship; executive briefing preparation; sustaining member billing; CRM management; and development operations. The role will also help translate executive priorities and conversations into clear next steps, coordinate follow-through across internal and external stakeholders, and ensure high-priority relationships and initiatives continue moving forward.

While primarily a non-frontline fundraising role, the AM should bring a strong understanding of fundraising strategy, donor cultivation, stewardship, and the development cycle, along with the judgment, initiative, and organizational skills necessary to anticipate needs and serve as a trusted partner to the President & CEO and senior leadership.

This is a hybrid position including in-person team meetings and events.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Prospect & Institutional Research

• Conduct high-level research to identify, profile, and evaluate prospective individual major donors, corporate partners, foundations, and other institutional funding opportunities.
• Build and maintain qualified prospect pipelines and target lists to support sustaining member recruitment, individual giving, corporate sponsorships, and grant opportunities.
• Analyze prospect capacity, giving history, philanthropic interests, organizational affiliations, and existing relationships to identify opportunities for cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship.
• Translate prospect and institutional research into actionable fundraising intelligence, providing the President & CEO and senior leadership with recommendations that inform donor strategy, relationship development, and engagement priorities.

CEO Partnership, Donor Strategy & Executive Support

• Partner closely with the President & CEO to manage and advance high-priority donor, member, corporate, foundation, and stakeholder relationships.
• Prepare comprehensive briefing materials for CEO donor and stakeholder meetings, synthesizing prospect rese

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and discretion when handling confidential donor, partner, executive, and organizational information.

• Strong proficiency in Salesforce CRM, Google Workspace, and Microsoft Office Suite.
• Experience in a membership-based or policy-focused organization is a plus.
• Willingness and ability to attend occasional evening and weekend events as needed.

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS

Pacific Council offers a competitive compensation package commensurate with experience, with a salary range of $85,000–$100,000 , and a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, and vision insurance; a 401(k) plan; life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance; short- and long-term disability benefits; health savings and flexible spending accounts; voluntary critical illness and accident insurance; adoption assistance; commuter benefits; and caregiver support.

The organization is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to fostering diversity and inclusion. The organization promotes equal opportunity for all employees and applicants. In doing so, we comply with local, state, and federal laws and regulations to ensure an equal employment opportunity for everyone. We don’t discriminate in employment opportunities or practices based on race, ancestry, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, disability, citizenship, military service obligation, veteran status or any other basis protected by federal, state or local laws. Our policies and personnel practices are intended to ensure that all of us are treated equally with regard to recruiting, hiring, and advancement, and our decisions on employment are made to further the principle of equal employment opportunities for employees .

Envision Consulting was retained to search for its Advancement Manager

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