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Development Associate

Remote: 
Full Remote
Contract: 
Full time
Work from: 
United States

Offer summary

Qualifications:

Technical fluency in spreadsheets, databases, and online portals with attention to detail., Genuine interest in cultivating high-capacity supporters for working class political power., Strong project management skills and ability to manage work independently., Experience with grant applications and major donor engagement is preferred..

Key responsabilities:

  • Maintain and update supporter data and contact lists in the database.
  • Support grants management by tracking applications and deadlines.
  • Assist in organizing fundraising meetings and preparing materials.
  • Conduct prospect research for institutional and individual supporters.

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Working Families Party SME https://workingfamilies.org/
51 - 200 Employees
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Job description

About the Working Families Party

The Working Families Party (WFP) is the progressive party for the multiracial working class, fighting for a nation that works for the many, not the few. We recruit, train, and support transformational candidates up and down the ballot — and run them to win.  

We believe that no matter where we come from or what our color, most of us want the same things. We want to earn enough to thrive, not just survive, and leave a better future for our kids. We want healthy food and clean water, safe neighborhoods and a safe world. We want to be free.

The Working Families Party is regular people coming together across our differences to make a better future for us all. We’re a multiracial party that fights for workers over bosses and people over the powerful. We want an America which realizes the promise – unrealized in our history – of freedom and equality for all.

The Development Team leads the Working Families Party and Working Families Power’s fundraising strategy to sustain its core operating costs, pursue new campaign fundraising opportunities, and engage wealthy people as stakeholders who are committed to working class governing power. The Team does this primarily by cultivating, stewarding, and growing a portfolio of high-dollar individual and institutional supporters. We also provide coaching and technical assistance to fundraisers in programmatic departments across the organizations. 

The Development Team is looking for a Development Associate to provide essential administrative support to this mission-critical team within the organizations. Responsibilities include supporter data coordination, grants management, and other research and administrative projects. Members of the Development Team are collaborative and independent. We set annual objectives together, but own and drive our work plans and daily priorities with a high level of independence—but our colleagues are never more than a Slack message away. 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities
  • Data Management
  • Keep our database, which is currently EveryAction, supporter and assigned staff data organized and up to date
  • Keep the Development Team’s supporter and newsletter contact lists, pledges, and planned asks up to date.
  • Regularly prepare reports on income progress, renewal deadlines, contact engagement, and actions taken by staff with fundraising contacts.
    • Grants Management
  • Support grants management meetings, ensuring all tasks are assigned.
  • Manage all funder application portals.
  • Ensure grant primary and additional contact information, and their assigned staff, is entered and updated accurately in our CRM software, which is currently EveryAction.
  • Assist the Development Manager focused on grants in tracking grant opportunities, applications, and reports utilizing our grants management software, which is currently Grantseeker.
  • Support the scheduling of timely reminders for grant reporting and renewal deadlines for staff.
  • Assist the Development Managers and Senior Development Manager with submitting grant applications.
    • Administrative Assistance
  • Manage organized Development Team working and reference files including meeting agenda and notes, prospect research, grant letters, etc.
  • Build and maintain a fundraising library site with easy to locate resources for staff with fundraising responsibility, including frequently used attachments, template proposals, talking points, outreach templates, and proposal budgets
  • Document the Development Team processes and record keeping.
  • Support the success of internal and external fundraising meetings including scheduling, creating preparation materials, taking notes, and summarizing takeaways and next steps
  • Proofreading written materials
  • Other tasks to assist members of the Development Team and other staff working on priority fundraising projects
  • Occasionally assist with booking staff travel, meals, and/or lodging for meetings and events
    • Prospecting, Cultivation and Stewardship Assistance:
  • Engage in institutional and individual supporter prospect research projects using internal and external data sources on current and potential supporters
  • Manage the acknowledgement process, including a new donor onboarding process, and formal acknowledgement letters
  • Coordinate high dollar donor appreciation and cultivation projects such as mailings and events, coordinating the help of staff  and external vendors

    • Skills and Qualifications
  • Technology Comfort: Technical fluency in utilizing spreadsheets, databases, and new and different online portals with high attention to detail.
  • Development Interest: A genuine interest in identifying, cultivating, and acknowledging high capacity supporters to support working class political power.
  • Dependable & Detail Oriented: Self directed and demonstrated ability to independently manage their own work. Strong project management skills, for example the ability to plan meetings from beginning to end scheduling through reporting back on next steps. 
  • Creative Problem Solver: Problem solving skills and ability to navigate through multiple staff teams in order to reach resolution.
  • Mission Alignment: A genuine commitment to building governing power by, for and with the multiracial working class through elections.
    • Preferred Skills and Qualifications
  • Familiarity with and comfort using EveryAction, Airtable, and Google Suite
  • An understanding of how to perform fundraising research using public and internal sources of information
  • Experience managing grant applications and reports
  • Experience working with major donors

    • What Else Should You Know
  • Compensation: The final salary for this role will be determined based on our Pay Scale, which takes into consideration years of experience, geographic location, and final job description. The upper end of the salary range is reserved for individuals who significantly exceed the minimum qualifications and years of experience. The final salary offer will fall into one of the following ranges depending on where you live:
  • National Market (most locations): $55,000 to $78,750
  • High Market (e.g., Denver, Portland, Sacramento): $63,250 to $88,125
  • Very High Market (e.g., New York, San Francisco, Boston): $68,750 to $93,750
  • The locations listed above are just examples and not an exhaustive list. We also offer a robust benefit package for full time employees including paid time off; health, dental, vision, and life insurance; flexible spending accounts; retirement plan options; professional development funding; and remote work support. 
  • Location and Travel: You may work remotely from anywhere in the United States. You may need to travel for major events and all staff meetings a few times per year. 
  • Schedule: The position is permanent and full time.
  • Union Affiliation: WFP is a unionized workplace. This is a nonmanagerial role eligible to join WFP's staff bargaining unit after six months of employment. WFP's union employees are represented by the New York Metropolitan Area Joint Board, Workers United union.
    • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
    Working Families is an equal opportunity employer with a commitment to economic and social justice. Women, people of color, LGBTQ people, people with disabilities, and members of other historically disenfranchised populations are strongly encouraged to apply. Any applicant who requires an accommodation in order to apply for or perform the essential functions of the job should contact us at jobs@workingfamilies.org with the subject line "Application Accommodation" to request such an accommodation.

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    Other Skills

    • Reliability
    • Communication
    • Problem Solving
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