United Way of Greater Los Angeles

Events

• Own end-to-end planning and execution for UWGLA's signature events, including WalkUnitedLA, from venue and vendor selection through run-of-show and staffing
• Own end-to-end planning and execution for 10-20 additional donor, corporate, employee, and community engagement activations annually — venue, vendors, budget, run-of-show, and staffing — designed to cultivate donors, strengthen community ties, and advance brand positioning
• Manage logistics and day-of execution for donor events led by Development, ensuring seamless handoff between strategy and production
• Create and maintain task lists, checklists, and timelines for each assigned event, ensuring deliverables are completed on time and within budget
• Implement branding and messaging details (signage, collateral, run-of-show scripting) so each event consistently reflects UWGLA's mission and values
• Design and produce tiered sponsorship assets and benefit packages (signage, program recognition, VIP access, speaking slots) as a sellable menu for Development's tiered corporate engagement model
• Package post-event assets (photos, recap content, impact moments) for donor communications
• Execute sponsor and partner visibility opportunities through tailored on-site activations
• Develop and maintain delivery timelines for sponsorship recognition and activation commitments, tracking fulfillment against what Development has promised partners
• Ensure fulfillment of event recognition opportunities for individual and corporate donors and partners
• Help ensure outstanding event experiences for donors and volunteers through solid planning and execution
• Maintain a comprehensive annual event calendar spanning donor, corporate, employee, and community events, ensuring coordinated execution across programs
• Oversee staff, vendors, contracts, budgets, and timelines for all assigned community and donor events
• Collaborate across Development, Marketing, and Program staff to align event execution with fundraising, marketing, and programmatic goals
• Partner with department colleagues to ensure timely production of supporting event promotions, collateral, digital campaigns, and media opportunities
• Track events against plans and objectives to ensure events build brand awareness, deliver key messages to target audiences and highlight organizational impact
• Maintain a consistent visual identity and messaging framework across all event collateral
• Mentor and coach event staff to grow skillsets, support individual professional development goals, and inspire team members to both lead and follow
• Provide direct but respectful constructive feedback in real-time and during formal review periods to elevate team performance, maintain accountability, and reach goals

Senior Events Manager

Accountant

• Serve as the primary Finance point of contact for assigned programmatic teams and grantees, modeling a responsive, solutions-oriented approach.
• Build and own strong grantee relationships that drive timely contracting, payment setup, invoicing, reporting, and compliance.
• Lead finance-focused Technical Assistance for grantees — coaching, office hours, and templates on invoicing, budgeting, documentation, and reporting — and track participation and effectiveness.
• Manage the grantee Help Desk for finance matters, resolving invoicing, payment, compliance, approval, and systems questions, and documenting activity for County reporting.
• Drive coordination across Finance, Program, Grants, Legal/Contracts, and Data teams to move awards from selection through contract execution to payment.
• Own a master tracker of all grantees, covering award and contract status, budget, payment structure, required documents, banking setup, and open items.
• Drive each grantee from award notification through full contract execution, ensuring all paperwork is complete before payment begins.
• Direct the collection and review of fiscal setup documents, including signed agreements, W-9s, ACH/banking details, and vendor setup forms.
• Follow up directly with grantees to resolve missing, incomplete, or inconsistent documentation.
• Ensure all contract and payment setup information is accurate and audit-ready before any disbursement is processed.
• Own the end-to-end grantee payment process, from invoice intake and review through Sage Intacct upload, AP coordination, and confirmation of disbursement.
• Review grantee invoices for completeness, accuracy, budget alignment, allowable cost support, and consistency with the grant agreement.
• Track each payment from submission through disbursement, maintaining accurate records of dates, amounts, and unresolved issues.
• Drive timely payment resolution with grantees, Finance leadership, Program staff, and Accounts Payable, escalating concerns as needed.
• Maintain detailed financial tracking by grantee, program, allocation, and balance to support quarterly, year-end, and closeout reporting.
• Ensure grant transactions are accurately coded and prepare journal entries, reclasses, and accruals for assigned grants and payments.
• Own audit-ready financial records for the assigned portfolio, retained in accordance with record retention and audit requirements.
• Track key deadlines for invoicing, reporting, compliance, and closeout, and proactively flag significant or recurring grantee delays.
• Coordinate with program and monitoring staff on grantee fiscal issues, and escalate suspected fraud, waste, or internal control concerns to Finance leadership.
• Lead improvements to financial tracking systems, dashboards, and reports while safeguarding confidential financial and participant information.
• Prepare financial reports, reconciliation schedules, and disbursement summaries for leadership, funders, auditors, and County reporting across all cycles.
• Serve as a key point of contact for organizational, funder, and County audits, preparing schedules, supporting documentation, and variance explanations.
• Own grant and contract closeout, including final invoice review, reconciliation, confirmation of balances, and identification of unused funds.
• Coordinate with internal teams to ensure final programmatic and fiscal information is complete before closeout submission.
• Drive process improvements across the grant lifecycle, participate in internal and grantee meetings, and perform other duties as assigned.

Senior Grants Accountant

Data Scientist

• Build and maintain data pipelines connecting the CRM, giving platform, and program systems to advance the donor data & relationship management infrastructure priority.
• Apply data governance standards to keep donor, program, and financial data consistent across systems.
• Maintain a subaward agreement directory, updated within 24 hours of any change, with shared access provided to the County for reporting and oversight.
• Establish Service Provider performance and fidelity requirements aligned to standard measures for each funded strategy, plus measures specific to individual program characteristics and capacity.
• Track equitable distribution of program funds by geographic area, priority population, and organizational size/capacity each solicitation cycle.
• Build and maintain Tableau/SQL dashboards delivering real-time impact data to the board, leadership, and funders.
• Produce monthly narrative, data reports, presentation decks summarizing program activities, performance, and Service Provider compliance/monitoring findings.
• Submit annual and contract close-out reports, including final programmatic and fiscal reports, fund reconciliation, and outcome summaries.

Data & Evaluation Manager

Communications

• Develop and execute the marketing and communications strategy that advances UWGLA’s five-year revenue goal of $40M
• Serve as chief brand steward, ensuring consistent, mission-aligned messaging
• Serve as strategic communications advisor to the CEO, fundraising leadership, and Executive Team
• Partner with Development leadership and technology consultants on donor data, CRM, and AI infrastructure
• Lead integrated marketing campaigns and donor engagement strategies
• Own marketing strategy and execution for the under-$1,000 donor segment
• Oversee website, email, social media, and digital advertising to grow online giving
• Direct donor and funder communications
• Lead cause marketing and corporate sponsorship activation
• Direct UWGLA’s impact storytelling
• Create a communications cadence and calendar for key constituents
• Manage the marketing and communications department budget
• Establish marketing and communications KPIs and reporting
• Lead and develop an integrated team spanning brand and creative, communications and PR, digital marketing, content, social media, events, and analytics

Vice President, Marketing and Communications

Director

• Develop and execute strategies to grow revenue from major donors contributing $10,000 or more annually.
• Manage a portfolio of major donors and prospects, leading cultivation, solicitation, stewardship, and renewal efforts.
• Secure five- and six-figure gifts that advance UWGLA's strategic priorities and long-term revenue goals.
• Build personalized engagement and solicitation strategies that deepen donor relationships and increase philanthropic investment.
• Lead the growth and management of the Tocqueville Society, UWGLA's leadership giving society for donors contributing $10,000 or more annually.
• Develop and execute strategies to increase Tocqueville membership, retention, engagement, and annual giving.
• Define and evolve Tocqueville member benefits, recognition opportunities, communications, and engagement strategies.
• Create pathways that encourage Tocqueville members to increase their giving, deepen their involvement, and become long-term champions of UWGLA's mission.
• Develop and execute strategies to grow revenue from mid-level Leadership donors contributing between $1,000 and $9,999 annually.
• Create donor upgrade pathways that move workplace, annual, and Leadership Giving donors into higher levels of giving over time.
• Lead donor reactivation efforts focused on lapsed Leadership Giving, Tocqueville, and major gift donors.
• Build and maintain a robust pipeline of qualified Leadership Giving, Tocqueville, and major gift prospects.
• In coordination with department leadership, establish fundraising goals, revenue forecasts, and performance metrics for individual giving programs.
• Analyze donor giving trends, portfolio performance, and engagement data to identify growth opportunities and inform strategy.
• Develop and execute strategies to acquire new individual donors and expand UWGLA's base of philanthropic support.
• Monitor fundraising performance and implement adjustments that strengthen donor retention, increase giving levels, and achieve revenue goals.
• Mentor and coach a diverse team of development professionals to grow skillsets, support individual professional development goals, and inspire team members to both lead and follow.
• Provide direct but respectful constructive feedback in real-time and during formal review periods to elevate team performance, maintain accountability, and reach goals.

Director, Individual Giving

• Develop customized, multi-dimensional engagement strategies for corporate partners that integrate employee giving campaigns, corporate grants, sponsorships, matching gift programs, and volunteer engagement.
• Identify and cultivate new corporate partners aligned with the organization’s mission, programs, and funding priorities.
• Leverage corporate partnerships to connect employees directly to programs and community impact opportunities, strengthening the connection between corporate engagement and mission outcomes.
• Manage corporate sponsorship strategy for signature events and initiatives while aligning corporate partnerships with broader fundraising and program priorities.
• Design and lead high-impact workplace giving campaigns with corporate partners to drive employee participation and revenue growth.
• Advise corporate leaders and employee resource groups on best practices to increase participation rates and average gift size.
• Develop toolkits, messaging frameworks, and engagement moments that inspire employee involvement and advocacy.
• Work with the Partner Engagement team to integrate workplace ambassador and champion programs that drive participation and internal momentum within companies.
• Serve as the primary relationship manager for a portfolio of corporate partners and institutional funders.
• Cultivate relationships with corporate executives, CSR leaders, HR teams, employee resource groups, and other key stakeholders to secure and expand strategic partnerships.
• Develop and execute strategies to retain, upgrade, and reactivate corporate and workplace giving partners while identifying opportunities for new partner acquisition.
• Pursue unique opportunities for six and seven figure contributions from top institutional partners.
• Supervise and mentor institutional giving staff, providing coaching, goal setting, and performance management.
• Establish clear fundraising processes, metrics, and accountability systems to drive performance across institutional and corporate giving programs.
• Partner closely with marketing and communications, community impact, finance, and volunteer engagement teams to deliver compelling partner experiences and engagement opportunities.
• Use data insights to refine fundraising strategies and improve campaign outcomes while contributing to broader corporate revenue planning.
• Other duties as assigned.

Director, Corporate – Employee Giving

Account Manager

• Build and run the annual campaign calendar for each assigned account, covering kickoff, peak giving period, and close-out.
• Activate and equip Workplace Ambassadors at each account with the toolkits, talking points, and materials needed to drive participation.
• Coordinate campaign logistics, materials, and messaging with Marketing & Communications and Development colleagues to ensure each account's campaign launches on schedule.
• Monitor campaign progress in real time and adjust tactics mid-campaign to hit participation and revenue targets.
• Serve as the primary relationship owner for an assigned portfolio of corporate accounts, managing both workplace campaign contacts (HR, campaign coordinators) and corporate giving contacts (CSR, community affairs staff).
• Sustain and deepen corporate partner relationships through ongoing engagement, including 1:1 meetings, site visits, and volunteer leadership opportunities.
• Identify and qualify new or lapsed corporate accounts, and analyze regional giving and sponsorship trends, to grow the overall portfolio pipeline.
• Lead account renewal conversations and negotiate next-year campaign and giving goals directly with each account's stakeholders.
• Secure corporate sponsorship revenue to support flagship initiatives such as WalkUnitedLA.
• Develop and maintain a strong working knowledge of UWGLA's full program and engagement portfolio, including the volunteer, sponsorship, and hands-on involvement opportunities owned by the Community Impact team.
• Use account-level knowledge of each corporate partner's goals, focus areas, and values to proactively pitch the program engagement opportunities most likely to resonate with them.
• Facilitate hands-on involvement, sponsorship, or volunteer connections between corporate partners and specific UWGLA programs, such as the community college internship program, to deepen partner investment beyond the campaign itself.
• Partner closely with the Community Impact team to stay current on new and evolving program opportunities, and to coordinate logistics once a partner commits to getting involved.
• Partner with Marketing on account-specific campaign collateral, digital giving pages, and communications timelines.
• Coordinate with Finance and Development Operations to ensure account giving and sponsorship data flows accurately into the giving platform and donor database.
• Coordinate with Development’s engagement team as needed for impact stories or speakers tied to individual account campaign events.
• Maintain accurate account and partner data in the CRM to capture the full breadth of each relationship.
• Prepare post-campaign and post-partnership performance summaries, identifying what worked and what to adjust going forward.
• Build and maintain standardized campaign playbooks, timelines, and toolkits usable across the portfolio.
• Support rollout and adoption of new giving platform features within assigned accounts, including employer onboarding and recurring-giving promotion.