Membership & Development Manager

We seek a strategic and highly organized Membership Manager to join the Membership & Development department at the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association (MOFGA).

The Membership & Development Manager will lead our efforts to cultivate, retain, and expand MOFGA’s membership while ensuring we meet our annual membership and fundraising goals. This role requires a self-motivated professional who can balance donor cultivation strategy with the operational management necessary to support a thriving membership program. This position will work closely with the Director of Membership and Development, MOFGA leadership, and the membership and development team.

The ideal candidate will strengthen existing membership relationships, serve as a community ambassador for MOFGA, collaborate with our Advancement Manager to establish a new mid-level and major donors pipeline and serve as an ambassador for MOFGA within the community.

Minimum Qualifications:

• 5+ years of professional fundraising experience, including membership and moves management skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to communicate professionally with a culturally diverse group of volunteers, co-workers, and donors.
• Excellent organizational and project management skills and ability to prioritize workload on time to complete assignments with many deadlines and competing requirements.
• The candidate must be a motivated self-starter able to manage their time independently.
• Adept at utilizing donor management software databases.

Position Requirements:

• Willingness to be hands-on in a role that requires a high level of energy and professionalism.

• Willingness to travel in Maine and regionally as necessary and work occasional nights and weekends, including working during the annual Common Ground Country Fair.
• Regular commitment to work onsite in Unity to partner with staff across all teams.

Responsibilities:

Membership

• Serves as primary liaison and ambassador for all members of MOFGA, ensuring a responsive and high-quality member experience.
• Lead strategic recruitment, retention, and stewardship initiatives to grow the membership base year-over-year.
• Partner with the Communications and Outreach Team to coordinate multi-channel membership communications and campaign messaging.
• Collaborate with the Fair Gates team to ensure all members can utilize their membership benefit of admission to the Common Ground Country Fair.
• Plan and execute membership events and assist with other development events as needed.
  
  

Membership Operations & Systems Management

• Gift Processing & Acknowledgments: Partner with the Operations team to oversee prompt gift recording, data integrity, and member acknowledgment workflows.
• Database & Analytics: Utilize the donor database to track donor interactions, maintain up to date donor records, manage segmentation strategies, and partner with the Data Systems Manager to build targeted queries and strategic reports.
• Performance Metrics & Budgeting: Track metrics and analyze ROI across all membership initiatives; manage assigned budget allocations proactively to maximize existing resources.
• Systems & Technology: Collaborate with the Director of Membership and Development to evaluate and implement innovative technology solutions for annual giving.

Appeals

• Plan and implement the Annual Appeals and Membership Drive strategy, which includes goals, objectives, budgets, and operational plans. This includes but is not limited to:
  • Prior year performance analysis and realistic goal-setting
  • Creation and execution of a multi-channel fundraising strategy (email, social, web, mail, phone, events).
  • Creating and implementing a segmented audience strategy that recruits new members/donors and effectively moves donors to new levels of giving through identification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship.

Monthly giving program (Perennial Friends)

• Drive growth in the monthly giving program by recruiting new donors, managing existing participant retention, and recovering lapsed monthly givers. into the monthly giving program
• Maintain tailored communication streams specifically for monthly givers within overall fundraising campaigns.

Other duties

• Assist colleagues across program areas when directed, including working onsite at the annual Common Ground Country Fair.
• Carry out all of the responsibilities in accordance with the mission statement, goals, and philosophy of the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association.
• Other duties as assigned.

MOFGA’s success is dependent upon the collaborative spirit among its staff members and volunteers. Employees are expected to be ready and willing to assist colleagues in all program areas when directed to do so by their supervisors. This includes having all staff work at the Common Ground Country Fair.