Posted: Oct 20, 2025

Development Manager

Full-time

Application Deadline: Nov 3, 2025

Oaknoll has an exciting new position for a Development Manager! Interested candidates should include their resume and a cover letter expressing your interest and unique qualifications for the position no later than 12:00pm on Monday, November 3rd.

As the Oaknoll Foundation Development Manager, you will be responsible for planning, developing, and implementing fundraising initiatives to support the mission, vision, and values of Oaknoll. Your efforts will serve not only to support future development of our services, but also to cultivate relationships with donors, families, community members, and organizations in the surrounding community, allowing us all to CREATE the future we wish to see together. Oaknoll is a not-for-profit retirement community that provides resident-centered care and services through our CREATE culture.

CREATE is an acronym for our values: caring, respect, enthusiasm, awareness, teamwork, and encouragement. We believe that people should experience joyful, active, and connected lives as they age. We believe people should have the opportunity to receive competent, caring, and compassionate health care when they need it. We believe our community is both special and unique because of the people who live here, the people who work here, and the relationships that they build together. We strive to make the lives of our residents and our staff meaningful and fulfilling. If you want to share in these values and the relationships that they allow us to build, we are looking for YOU!

The Oaknoll Foundation is currently seeking a full-time Development Manager to join our administrative team. Your core responsibilities as a Development Manager will include, but are not limited to: Demonstrating resident centered care/service in all situations, treating all people you interact with courteously and respectfully. Developing and executing an annual fundraising plan aligned with organizational goals. Planning, coordinating, and overseeing fundraising events such as galas, dinners, and donor appreciation events. Maintaining records of donors and their donations, ensuring accurate tracking of gifts in donor management systems and providing tax receipts for all donations received. Preparing reports on fundraiser performance and donor engagement. Collaborating with the Marketing Director to create fundraising materials, newsletters, and campaigns. Working with executive leadership and the members of the Board to identify fundraising opportunities and engage them in donor outreach. You will also be responsible for representing Oaknoll at resident, family, or community events, promoting community relations, outreach, and public relations initiatives. You will work closely with the Foundation Board, assisting with reviewing scholarship applications, selecting recipients, and updating the Foundation website as needed. You will be expected to maintain up to date knowledge on trends and best practices in fundraising, senior living, and non-for-profit management.

Job Requirements

Candidates must have a bachelor's degree in communications, marketing, business, or a related field.
Candidates must have a minimum of 2 years of fundraising experience; with experience in senior living, healthcare, or nonprofit sectors preferred.
Candidates must display strong interpersonal and relationship-building skills with a diverse range of stakeholders.
Candidates must maintain excellent written and verbal communications skills, including in correspondence with donors.
Candidates will need to travel locally to visit donors, community events, and other meetings as necessary.

Why choose Oaknoll? Not only are we a community focused not-for-profit, but we offer a wide range of employee benefits including: competitive pay, paid time off, retirement plan with company contributions, 40% off employee meals, free use of our gyms and pool, weekly access to a Nurse Practitioner free of charge, onsite parking, tuition reimbursement, scholarship program, and student loan repayment assistance, along with medical, dental, vision, life, FSAs, and voluntary short-term and long-term disability insurances for eligible employees.

Come check us out and learn why Oaknoll is right for you!

About Oaknoll

Oaknoll Retirement Residence is an independent, not-for-profit, continuing care retirement community in Iowa City, IA. We provide resident-centered service, driven by our values of caring, respect, enthusiasm, awareness, teamwork, and encouragement. We’re proud of our excellent reputation as a premier place to live and work. There’s a strong sense of family at Oaknoll, so coming to work is like coming home.

Oaknoll Retirement Residence is an Equal Opportunity Employer that welcomes and encourages all applicants to apply regardless of age, race, sex, religion, color, national origin, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, or other reason prohibited by law.