[Hiring] Development Officer @Saga Education

Employment status: Full-Time

Reports to: Senior Director of Advancement

Application period: 5/7/25 - 5/20/25

Start date: ASAP

Salary range: $90,900 - $106,700, commensurate with experience

Who We Are

Saga Education is the nonprofit leader in high-impact tutoring, with an ROI that is among the best nationwide. We leverage the power of human capital and technology to accelerate student outcomes and foster educational excellence for students. Rigorous research shows that high-impact tutoring raises grades and builds student confidence and a sense of belonging. Saga co-designs and collaborates to develop and implement high-quality tutoring models, offering learning technology and resources to enable effective tutoring. To find out more about Saga Education, visit saga.org.

We are proud to have helped tens of thousands of students over our first decade—now the goal is to partner with states and districts to support the millions of students who struggle with early literacy and 6th–12th-grade math. Find out how you can be a part of the meaningful change needed to accelerate educational excellence. Visit saga.org/change.

Saga Education | Change the Equation

What You’ll Do

Reporting to the Senior Director of Advancement, the Development Officer will play a key role in the strategic planning and execution of a comprehensive fundraising program that supports Saga Education’s long-term growth, sustainability, and success. This individual will lead efforts to identify, cultivate, solicit, and steward mid-level individual and institutional donors. Responsibilities include managing a portfolio of prospects, preparing and submitting compelling grant proposals, and maintaining strong relationships with funders. This is an exciting opportunity for a proactive and mission-driven fundraiser with exceptional writing and verbal communication skills to contribute meaningfully to a growing organization.

Responsibilities:
• Collaborate with the Senior Director of Advancement to determine fundraising priorities for Saga Education.
• Develops and executes engagement and solicitation strategies for qualified gift prospects, taking ownership of implementation and follow-through.
• Leads the qualification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship of a portfolio of individual and institutional donors, ensuring regular, strategic, and personalized engagement.
• Prepares high-quality written materials, including comprehensive grant proposals, related budgets, reports, contact summaries, thank-you letters, briefings, and other correspondence in support of fundraising efforts.
• Tracks and meets established performance metrics and fundraising goals.
• Accurately documents all prospect interactions and fundraising activities in Salesforce, providing regular updates to the Senior Director of Advancement.
• Collaborates across the Advancement team, contributing to a supportive, respectful, and productive work environment through open communication and shared knowledge.
• Works cross-functionally with internal stakeholders to ensure alignment of project narratives, budgets, and monitoring and evaluation plans with fundraising priorities.
• Manage deadlines in a fast-paced environment and offer editorial support to relationship managers across fundraising teams when needed.
• Supports and helps sustain ongoing fundraising improvement efforts, including maintaining existing systems and processes, contributing to resource management, facilitating internal communications about new tools and practices, and providing administrative support for key development initiatives.

What We’ll Use To Measure Success
• Mission Alignment - You recognize challenges in education and demonstrate a commitment to continuous growth and improvement
• Communicates Effectively - You deliver clear, multi-mode communication to various audiences
• Ensures Accountability - You hold yourself and others accountable to meet commitments
• Develops Talent - You develop people to meet their career and organizational goals
• Collaborates - You build partnerships and work collaboratively to meet shared objectives

What You Bring
• You have a Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent work experience.
• You have 4 - 6 years of progressive experience in fundraising and a firm understanding of nonprofit fundraising best practices.
• You have a proven track record with corporate and foundation grantmaking and donor solicitations.
• You are skilled at building and growing relationships with foundations, donors, and businesses.
• You have superior writing and communication skills as well as significant experience writing for donor audiences or other related writing or fundraising experience, including writing solicitation materials and case statements that support the realization of major gift or grant funding.
• You have excellent knowledge of CRM technology, project management tools, and other appropriate software.
• You have experience in individual or annual giving, preferred but not required.

What We’ll Provide

Saga Education offers competitive compensation and benefits, including health insurance, IVF coverage, paid parental leave, an optional FSA, and telehealth benefits. Saga provides a generous PTO package, which includes a paid Winter Wellness Break, an optional 401(k) with discretionary matching, and company-provided technology. All employees have access to our comprehensive Employee Assistance Program and Saga 360 Wellness Program.

Saga is committed to equal employment opportunities for all employees and applicants, including veterans and individuals with disabilities. In compliance with the ADA, we provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. If you need accommodation during the application or interview process, contact [email protected].

Thank you for applying to Saga Education.

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