Red Wiggler Community Farm

Red Wiggler Community Farm seeks an energetic grants manager & fundraiser to serve as its part-time Development Director.

Primary responsibilities:

• Assists the Executive Director in establishing appropriate goals, procedures, timetables, benchmarks and budgets for all fund-raising activities.
• Plans and implements all phases of grant applications and sponsorship requests. Manages the writing of proposals, supporting documents, and other correspondence.
• Oversees the Annual Fund appeals and acknowledgement process and tracking.
• Maintains records in a donor data base.
• Assists the Fundraising Committee with events and with the annual on line silent auction.
• Responsible for producing all necessary fundraising reports for Red Wiggler.

Red Wiggler is searching for a college graduate who:

• Has written successful grants for nonprofit organizations.
• Has experience with Events Management.
• Possesses strong organizational skills.
• Is personable and comfortable multi-tasking.
• Has a strong work ethic and personal integrity.
• Is proactive, results-oriented, and willing to roll-up his/her sleeves to do whatever is necessary to ensure the success of the total development effort.

Background: Red Wiggler Community Farm is located in Montgomery County, Maryland. Founded in 1996, Red Wiggler’s main tenet is to provide gainful employment for adults with developmental disabilities through a unique horticulture program that uses organic agricultural practices. The bulk of this program focuses on building a vocational structure that identifies and builds on the capabilities of our clients with developmental disabilities. We call our clients “growers”. We assign the growers’ farm tasks based on their individual abilities which are nurtured by our staff. Our growers cultivate vegetables on seven acres and then sell or donate this produce to a diverse population.

Salary, hours and benefits:

$20 – $25 per hour depending on relevant experience, 15-25 hours per week with peak hours July-September, Surplus vegetables, Flexible hours

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