The Development Associate will work as part of a close-knit team to help secure funding for NCYL’s high-impact system reform projects. This position plays a key role in ensuring the growth and sustainability of our organization through project management, donor communications, prospect research, and record keeping. This is a great opportunity for someone interested in the behind-the-scenes work that is essential to maintaining an effective non-profit fundraising program.
National Center for Youth Law
The National Center for Youth Law (NCYL) works to amplify youth power, dismantle racism and other structural inequities, and build just policies, practices, and culture in support of young people. Our efforts advance justice through research, community collaboration, impact litigation, and policy advocacy that fundamentally transforms our nation’s approach to education, health, immigration, foster care, and youth justice. Our vision is a world in which every young person thrives and has a full and fair opportunity to achieve the future they envision for themselves.
Team Description
The Development Team’s mission is to ensure that NCYL has the financial resources needed to pursue its mission and vision, and to uphold NCYL’s inclusive, youth-centered, strengths-based, and equity-focused values in all fundraising efforts and activities. We inspire NCYL supporters and educate them about NCYL’s values, impact, and work and build community and nurture strong relationships among NCYL board members, staff, alumni, and supporters through fundraising efforts.
Position
The Development Associate will work as part of a close-knit team to help secure funding for NCYL’s high-impact system reform projects. This position plays a key role in ensuring the growth and sustainability of our organization through project management, donor communications, prospect research, and record keeping. This is a great opportunity for someone interested in the behind-the-scenes work that is essential to maintaining an effective non-profit fundraising program.
Essential Functions
- Manage grant proposal and report deadlines while coordinating grant application and report submissions across campaigns. Troubleshoot foundation portals as needed.
- Process and communicate the receipt of new contracts and grant agreements with internal and external stakeholders.
- Maintain NCYL’s tracking system of grants, contracts, and individual and corporate contributions.
- Collaborate regularly with the finance department on income-tracking and budgets.
- Create and implement strategies and messaging to engage donors and foundation partners, drafting acknowledgement letters as needed.
- Support strategy and implementation of NCYL’s annual end of year giving campaign, major donor campaign, and law firm giving campaign.
- Research new funding opportunities to assess alignment with NCYL goals and creating prospect lists for specific issue areas, campaigns, and geographies.
- Assist with drafting and creating fundraising-related social media content.
Qualifications
- Minimum of 1 year of experience working at a nonprofit organization.
- Preference for candidates with Salesforce and/or non-profit fundraising experience.
- Demonstrated commitment to the youth rights issues that NCYL stands for.
- Exceptional attention to detail and project management skills.
- Ability to work independently, manage multiple priorities, and take action with limited resources.
- Experience with MS Office software suite (Excel, Word, and PowerPoint) or similar applications.
Physical Requirements
Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
Salary, Location & Benefits
This is a full-time, exempt position. Salary is competitive at $66,632.00 annually. A geographic salary differential may be applied if the candidate resides somewhere other than the Oakland, CA, Los Angeles, CA, or Washington, DC areas.
NCYL provides a robust benefits package including health, dental, vision, life, generous vacation and sick benefits, flexible spending account, commuter benefits, employer contribution to a retirement plan, and short-term and long-term disability insurance.
Candidates must reside in Arizona, California, Colorado, Maryland, New York, Rhode Island, Virginia, Washington DC, or Wisconsin. This position requires the ability to work remotely and requires some travel.
This position is eligible for 100% remote work for 2022. It is possible that in 2023, NCYL will require people to work in an office, in which case they will need to be in a location where they can commute to the office regularly. We are actively engaging in this conversation as an organization. We understand that the nature of the workplace has changed in general. We don't yet know what remote work will look like in 2023.
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NCYL is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, age, ethnic background, sex, disability, size, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, color, marital status, personal appearance, family responsibilities, matriculation, or genetic information.