VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT: DEVELOPMENT & FUNDRAISING MANAGER

Written By Sushma Barakoti

Development & Fundraising Manager (Grants + Strategic Communications, Contract)

Organization: Refugee Women’s Network (RWN)
Location: Metro Atlanta, GA (Hybrid)
Compensation: $30–$40/hour (based on experience) | Up to 40 hours/week (Contract)

About Refugee Women’s Network (RWN)

Refugee Women’s Network (RWN) is a community-based nonprofit dedicated to empowering refugee and immigrant women and families across Metro Atlanta. Through culturally responsive programs in community health, economic empowerment, and leadership development, RWN supports women in achieving long-term stability and self-sufficiency.

Position Overview

RWN is seeking a Development & Fundraising Manager with a strong track record in grant writing, institutional fundraising, and individual giving strategy, particularly with government agencies and large foundations.

This role is focused on securing and managing funding while strengthening RWN’s overall development systems, including donor engagement and CRM management. The ideal candidate brings both grant strategy and strong narrative skills, using storytelling to support proposals, individual giving campaigns, and organizational visibility.

This is a high-impact, flexible role for a consultant or experienced professional who can build and execute a diversified funding pipeline, manage donor systems, and translate programmatic work into compelling, fundable narratives.

Why This Role

This is an opportunity to directly shape the growth of a trusted, community-rooted organization with strong programmatic work and expanding funding opportunities. RWN has established partnerships with academic, clinical, and public health institutions and is seeking a development professional who can translate that work into sustained, diversified funding across grants, individual giving, and institutional partnerships.

Key Responsibilities

Grant Writing & Institutional Fundraising

  • Lead development of government and institutional grant proposals (federal, state, and large foundations)

  • Identify and track funding opportunities aligned with RWN programs (community health, workforce, and economic empowerment)

  • Manage the full grant lifecycle: prospecting, proposal development, submission, and reporting using Bloomerang CRM

  • Collaborate with program staff to gather data, budgets, and outcomes for proposals

  • Ensure compliance with grant requirements and reporting timelines

  • Support development of multi-year funding strategies and pipeline planning

Individual Giving & Donor Management

  • Support development and implementation of individual giving strategies, including annual campaigns and donor engagement efforts

  • Manage and maintain Bloomerang CRM, ensuring accurate donor records, tracking of contributions, and reporting

  • Segment donor audiences and support targeted outreach and stewardship efforts

  • Assist in building systems for donor cultivation, retention, and growth

  • Support donor communications, acknowledgments, and reporting

Development Communications & Storytelling

  • Translate program impact into clear, compelling narratives for grant proposals, reports, and donor communications

  • Support development of materials that strengthen fundraising, branding, and partner engagement (e.g., impact summaries, briefs, newsletters)

  • Help align messaging across development efforts to ensure consistency and clarity of RWN’s mission and impact including creating a yearly impact report

  • Collaborate with staff to elevate community voices in ways that are ethical, accurate, and funder-relevant

Development Strategy & Partnerships

  • Support implementation of an annual fundraising plan with a focus on diversified revenue growth

  • Assist with cultivation and stewardship of foundation, corporate, and individual donors

  • Work with leadership and board on funding opportunities and strategic positioning

Qualifications

Required

  • 3–7+ years of experience in grant writing, nonprofit development, and/or fundraising

  • Demonstrated success securing or supporting government and/or large institutional grants

  • Experience managing or supporting individual giving programs and donor systems

  • Familiarity with CRM platforms (preferably Bloomerang)

  • Experience with funders such as NIH, HRSA, CDC, DHS, SAMHSA, or similar

  • Strong writing skills, including ability to develop clear, compelling funding narratives

  • Experience managing multiple deadlines and complex submissions

Preferred

  • Experience in public health, community health, workforce development, or social services

  • Familiarity with federal grant systems (e.g., Grants.gov, JustGrants, eRA Commons)

  • Experience working with academic or clinical partners

  • Knowledge of Metro Atlanta or Georgia nonprofit landscape

Key Competencies

  • Strategic thinker with strong attention to detail

  • Strong writer who can connect data, story, and impact

  • Ability to manage both funding strategy and systems (CRM, donor tracking)

  • Collaborative and relationship-oriented

  • Commitment to equity and culturally responsive work

Additional Information

  • Flexible, metro-Atlanta hybrid work

  • Opportunity to shape and grow RWN’s development function

  • Potential for role expansion based on funding success

How to Apply

Please submit your resume, cover letter, and a sample grant proposal or writing sample to Info@riwn.org with “Development & Fundraising Manager Application” in the subject line.

Sushma Barakoti