Development Associate

Development Associate

The Development Associate will be a member of the Development Team and is the primary

administrative and technical person on the Committee’s donor records database (Raiser’s Edge NXT). Among other tasks, the Development Associate will:

• Conduct the data entry and processing of all donor pledges, gifts, contributions, and acknowledgments.
• Serve as the main point of contact and lead for the annual Associates Campaign, a peer-to-peer fundraising campaign each spring.
• Work effectively with finance to record and reconcile contributions.
• Ensure the data hygiene of donor, newsletter, and communications constituents.
• Coordinate fundraising events together with the development team.
• Produce reports to support development, communications, and litigation/program strategies and funding.
• Stay up to date on best practices in database technology and in the Committee’s donor databases.
• Identify opportunities for improved practices and procedures.
• Provide ongoing training and user-friendly policy and ‘help’ materials to relevant staff on donor database.
• Work collaboratively with staff to make sure our databases meet program needs.
• Provide support as needed on all development functions.

Preferred Experience and Skills:

• 1 – 2 years direct experience working with relational database. Experience with a donor database CRM in a nonprofit environment strongly preferred, preferably Raiser’s Edge NXT, with experience including use of analytic tools, queries, and report.
• Comparable database experience and fluency considered;
• Experience with events management;
• Demonstrated awareness and sensitivity to the needs and concerns of individuals from diverse cultures, backgrounds and orientations;
• Able to contribute to the creation of a diverse, equitable and inclusive culture that encourages and celebrates differences;
• Excellent interpersonal and oral communication skills;
• Ability to thrive in fast-paced environment while balancing multiple priorities;
• Strong attention to detail;
• Self-starter and excellent team player; and
• Experience working in a non-profit environment and with attorneys is a plus.