Posted: Jun 17, 2025

Donor Engagement Manger

Girl Scouts of Central Illinois - Peoria, IL

Full-time

Salary: $60,000.00 - $65,000.00 Annually

Application Deadline: Jul 11, 2025

Girl Scouts of Central Illinois offers professional opportunities for talented, forward-thinking individuals who share our vision of helping girls and young women change the world for the better.

Here's your opportunity to enhance your career while making a difference in girls’ lives and in the world. At Girl Scouts of Central Illinois, you can build a rewarding career connecting individual donors to the exciting and life-changing work of Girls Scouts.

This position is a full-time exempt, benefit eligible position, including: medical, dental, life, long-term disability, EAP, 12 paid holidays a year and 31 days of PTO (in Year 1!). Additionally, we offer a 403b and match after 1 year, and offer the option to enroll in many other supplementary benefits. We offer a casual work environment and the week between Christmas and New Years off! We also offer 2 days work from home (not including February and March) after 6 months of employment.

The Donor Engagement Manager (DEM) is responsible for leading the philanthropic fundraising efforts in Peoria and surrounding area. The DEM is responsible for executing a relationship-based fundraising strategy to increase the pipeline of donors, cultivate, solicit and actively steward a portfolio of donors. The DEM must communicate a strong value proposition that leads to increased funding and engaged donors, matching GSCI projects and needs with donor interests.

The primary role of the DEM is to solicit major gifts from individuals, organizations, and businesses/corporations.

· Identify, cultivate and solicit major donor prospects for significant contributions to GSCI, including planned gifts.

· Maintain accurate and timely records/contact reports of all interaction with donors utilizing fundraising software.

· Oversee implementation of creative stewardship and personal recognition for major donors.

· Track and report progress using specific metrics and be accountable to annual fundraising goals.

· Work closely with the CEO to pursue effective and donor-centric cultivation, solicitation and stewardship strategies.

· Conduct face to face solicitation meetings with donors.

· Work closely with GSCI’s Fund Development and Program teams.

· Perform other duties as necessary or assigned.

This position will also be responsible for organizing one fundraising and cultivation event every other year in the Peoria area, based on need and the overall fundraising plan for the area. This position also collaborates with the Fund Development team to support other fundraising strategies, such as annual giving.