Responsibilities:
As our Development Associate you will enter contributor data and process all contribution gift types, learning and adopting new procedures as we improve systems and diversify fundraising strategies. You will respond to and resolve issues with constituent requests. You will prepare correspondence relating to contributions that require the personal attention of our senior staff. You will review your own and others’ work for accuracy and adherence to business rules. You will attend regular meetings where you will share your observations and ideas, particularly a weekly Constituent Relations meeting.
Skills, Experience and Attributes You Will Need to Be Successful:
• 1-2 years fundraising experience in a non-profit environment helpful.
• Proficiency in database management.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word and Excel
• Accurate typing is critical. Speed is helpful.
• Proofreading skills.
• Knowledge of Mail Merge helpful.
• Knowledge of Raiser’s Edge, Donor Perfect or other fundraising databases helpful.
• Organizational skills, especially the ability to embrace and implement principles of file management
• Ability to handle matters with a high level of integrity.
Attributes:
• Mission-driven: You care profoundly, about serving people and ensuring underserved communities receive access to health services.
• Detail oriented conceptual thinker: You understand that coordinating responses to our financial contributors is a critically important aspect of our mission and getting their data correct is a top priority toward that goal.
• Organized: You keep multiple discrete tasks moving forward with clear delineation of next steps, and the ability to report on the current status of any given tasks.
• Open-minded: You understand that “what we need today may be different than what we need tomorrow.” You are flexible and open to change.
• Action oriented: If a problem arises, you inform management and work with them to deal with it quickly and effectively.
• Team player: You work with your colleagues to help AKF effectively manage relations with financial contributors and other constituents.
What’s Attractive to the Right Candidate?
• Your work is literally saving lives – your work will support our overall mission and bring help to those in need.
• We work with a large variety of gift types. You will be exposed to a broad range of fundraising strategies and non-profit management in general.
• We are good financial stewards. You can feel good about the fact that 96 cents of every dollar donated goes directly to program support.
• The American Kidney Fund is a financially sound non-profit organization. You can be secure in its stability.
