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Assistant Director of Development, Fundraiser Support Management

Cambridge, MA, us💼 Full-time🗓 2026-08-17 → 2026-09-26

Core

Oversees a cohort of development assistants to ensure frontline fundraisers receive top-tier support and manage a cohesive management structure including performance, workflow, and hiring.

Role type

Senior IC development operations manager

Builds

Support infrastructure for fundraising teams

Domain

Higher education fundraising operations

Deliverable

product features

Required skills

Staff supervision and coaching, performance management, recruitment and onboarding, workload balancing, stakeholder collaboration, process improvement, conflict resolution, CRM/database proficiency

Preferred skills

Prior management experience in development or complex environments, change management, negotiation and influencing

Technologies

Office productivity tools, databases/CRMs, communication platforms

Responsibilities

Lead day-to-day management of development assistants including hiring and scheduling; Own the full year performance management cycle; Conduct regular one-on-one check-ins; Partner with frontline officers to assess support effectiveness; Oversee staffing and project assignments; Collaborate on HR matters and policy interpretation; Coordinate Group Leader management engagement; Design training and development plans; Execute cohort meetings; Oversee special projects and process improvements.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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