The Development Assistant is a key player on the NRDC Action Fund team. This person will report to the Director of Development but work closely with all team members as the support tasks relate to communications, fundraising, event planning, and political involvement. This person will support the Director in executing the fundraising plan to build a diverse pipeline of prospects and donors. Key job duties include researching donors and prospects, mailing acknowledgements and renewals letters, writing briefing memos before meetings and events, entering data and maintaining records in Salesforce, and engaging with donors.
Areas of Responsibility:
- Track daily and weekly online gifts plus major gifts log.
- Create and maintain list of individuals for Director of Development & Executive Director to thank via phone call, email, or handwritten note
- Research individuals and prepare briefing memos of giving histories, engagement with staff, and issues of interest that can be shared/presented to the Director of Development, and sometimes the President before meetings/events
- Track the reports due to grantors, work with colleagues to submit financial and narrative, help draft proposals for new grants, and research grantor prospects.
- Evergreen light research of individual prospects and donors to solicit.
- Work with research team on c3 side to understand the donor database, segment populations based on giving capacity, political affiliation, and issues of interest.
- Enter notes from Director of Development and Executive Director’s phone calls, meetings, emails, thank you notes, and events into donor’s records to track the history of engagement between Action Fund staff and donors
- Responding to initial requests for information on the Action Fund.
- Requesting meetings and inviting donors to events with Director of Development.
- Representing the Action Fund when attending internal or externally hosted events.
- Assisting colleagues on the Action Fund staff and flexibility to play a jack/jill-of- all-trades role as a team player.
Skills/Experience:
- Detail oriented with excellent organizational skills
- Self-directed, with the ability to prioritize and simultaneously work on multiple projects.
- Ability to quickly learn and navigate databases.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office, Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Outlook.
- Passion for environmental issues and understanding of NRDC’s issue areas.
- Knowledge of 501(c)(4) and PAC fundraising restrictions and related political activities a plus.
- Writing skills focused on donor briefings and short memos; grant writing a plus.
- Experience and comfort working with high profile individuals; excellent interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work accurately and with composure under deadline pressure.
- Experience working in the non-profit sector preferred.
Job Function:
Organization Info
Listing Stats
Post Date:
Nov 2 2017
Active Until:
Dec 3 2017
Hiring Organization:
Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.
industry:
Nonprofit