Manager, Prospecting and Acquisition About us: Helen Keller International delivers the essential building blocks of good health, sound nutrition, and clear vision. We work in 20 countries–across Africa, Asia, Europe, and the United States to ensure every person has the opportunity to reach their true potential. About the role: The new role of Manager of Prospecting and Acquisition will lead strategies and a team effort to prospect for and qualify major donors from within our donor base and to integrate lessons learned and techniques across multiple teams at Helen Keller. Reporting to the Vice President, Individual Giving you will have the opportunity to engage in prospect activities, bringing an entrepreneurial spirit to testing, learning, and influencing others.

• Adopt learnings from our current wealth screening to strategize which donors to focus on as potential major donors
• Hire, recruit, and oversee vendor(s) and potentially staff members to make qualifying calls
• Serve as a convener across the team to share lessons learned
• Build systems and functions that support seamless transition of qualified prospects and donors to frontline fundraisers.
• Help Major gifts, Mid-level, Core Donor, and Center for Marketing and Branding team members to learn, test, and integrate learnings

About you: To be successful in this role we see you as bringing 6-8 years of progressive experience in individual giving fundraising, particularly with major donors. You will have the ability to connect with donors with high-paced outreach, ideally knowledge of direct mail or telemarketing. This is a fully remote or hybrid role (2 days a week in our New York office), with a salary of $81,600 to $122,400 + benefits. Please click through for the full job announcement and the email address to send us your CV.