Development Associate

About the Role

The Development Associate assists with fundraising, marketing/community outreach, and administration. This role requires a strong writer, an organized, positive individual with an entrepreneurial spirit who is comfortable working without supervision and as part of a team. The Development Associate will juggle a variety of duties.

Key Responsibilities

Institutional Giving

• Write grant proposals and reports
• Research funding sources, including government and private foundation grants
• Proofread proposals and prepare grant packages for submission to funders
• Assist with foundation site visits
• Manage grant database and calendar of submission and report deadlines
• Write and send acknowledgements of grants to donor agencies

Marketing, Communications and Outreach

• Assist with preparation and distribution of development materials including brochures, newsletters and other promotional items, including signage, flyers, website and social media content and miscellaneous donor correspondence
• Coordinate and promote the monthly foodbank
• Coordinate annual National Health Center Week events every August
• Participate in marketing team meetings

Create and Track Fundraising Events

• Create and organize fundraising events and campaigns
• Develop reports that describe the progress and effectiveness of each campaign
• Assist with large donor events

Individual Giving

• Draft and send acknowledgements of donations to donors
• Assist updates for donors and annual giving campaign
• Manage individual donor database

Administrative Support

• Assist with Development Department calendar, including internal meetings, and external meetings with partnering agencies, private foundations, County, State, and government agencies
• Register Development staff for conferences and trainings
• Execute grant due diligence and distribute award documents to appropriate departments
• Take minutes at board development committee meetings
• Organize and maintain Development files including contracts/agreements
• Assist with federal, county and foundation audits as needed
• Provide day-to-day administrative and project support and manage special projects as assigned

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Strong writer
• Organized
• Positive attitude
• Entrepreneurial spirit
• Comfortable working without supervision
• Comfortable working as part of a team
• Database management
• Social media content creation
• Event coordination
• Collateral material creation
• Grant proposal writing
• Donor correspondence
• Grant database management
• Community outreach
• Fundraising event coordination
• Marketing material preparation
• Website content assistance
• Social media content assistance
• Foodbank coordination
• Event promotion
• Fundraising campaign creation
• Reporting on campaign effectiveness
• Donor acknowledgement drafting
• Donor database management
• Departmental calendar management
• Grant due diligence execution
• Award document distribution
• Meeting minute taking
• File organization and maintenance
• Audit assistance
• Administrative support
• Project management