Alderwoman Leni Manaa-Hoppenworth is hiring a professional fundraiser or fundraising firm to manage, facilitate, and organize the following tasks.

Duties

Goal Setting and Campaign Accountability

  • Set realistic fundraising goals based on campaign expense needs and historical fundraising capacity.

  • Report campaign fundraising progress to the campaign team weekly

  • Ensure that all legal reporting requirements are satisfied

Call Time

  • Schedule and staff candidate for call time at least twice a week

  • Conduct donor research to help identify donors across the ward

  • Prepare call time sheets and scripts.

  • Complete pledge follow up at least 2x per week

Events

  • Organize and staff one fundraising event per quarter

  • Organize and staff house parties and/or meet and greets once a month

Communications

  • Draft and send weekly fundraising request emails to the campaign email list

  • Draft acknowledgement letters

  • Ensure appropriate Thank yous are distributed in a timely manner

Administration

  • Set up and manage campaign contribution tracking via NGP

  • Maintain campaign contact database

Requirements

  • Excellent communication skills

  • Flexible schedule

  • Experience with campaign fundraising and campaign finance requirements for the State of Illinois and Chicago Board of Elections

  • Familiarity with NGP, Votebuilder, ActBlue, MailChimp. Nice to have: AirTable and Google Workspace expertise.

If you are interested in applying, submit your resume and cover letter (no more than 500 words) to apply@lenifor48th.com.