Senior Manager, Development & Communications

Organization: AfriThrive, Inc.

Location: Maryland / Hybrid

Reports to: Chief Executive Officer

Supervises: Development & Communications staff, consultants, and vendors

Status: Full-Time, Exempt

Salary Range: $75,000–$85,000 annually, commensurate with experience

The Senior Manager, Development & Communications reports to the CEO and serves as a member of AfriThrive’s Leadership Team. The Senior Manager leads the organization’s day-to-day development and communications functions, working across the organization to ensure that development, fundraising, marketing, communications, donor and sponsor engagement, and public relations efforts are strategically aligned with AfriThrive’s mission, goals, strategic plan, and brand standards.WHO WE ARE

AfriThrive is a growing nonprofit advancing health equity and food security for immigrant, refugee, and underserved communities. We use food as a tool to improve health, preserve culture, strengthen communities, and build more resilient local food systems.

Across the Greater Baltimore-Washington region, our work spans healthy food access, Food as Medicine, sustainable agriculture, youth development, and community engagement. As AfriThrive enters its next stage of growth, we are strengthening our leadership, partnerships, and systems to diversify revenue, deepen our impact, and expand our reach.

Who You Are

• You are an experienced development and communications professional who understands that successful fundraising is built on relationships, trust, compelling stories, demonstrated impact, and disciplined execution.
• You are both strategic and hands-on. You can develop a fundraising strategy, cultivate a donor, strengthen a major proposal, coach a team member, assess a pipeline, shape a compelling organizational story, and help leadership determine where to focus next.
• You are a strong writer, compelling storyteller, skilled relationship builder, and effective people manager. You enjoy building teams and systems, improving processes, and creating accountability. You are comfortable taking ownership of a growing function while collaborating effectively across an organization.
• Most importantly, you are energized by the opportunity to translate meaningful community impact into sustainable resources, partnerships, and opportunities for growth.

What You Will DoLead Development Strategy & Revenue Growth

• Develop and execute a comprehensive fundraising strategy that grows and diversifies revenue
• Build and manage a qualified fundraising pipeline with clear revenue targets, priorities, ownership, and next actions.
• Lead institutional fundraising, including prospect development, funder cultivation, proposals, grants management, reporting, and stewardship.