Development Associate

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Job description

Development Associate

• Provide detailed analysis reports measuring fundraising activities moving toward closing gifts and stewarding long term relationships.

• Administer prospect research, assignment system and oversee prospect tracking in CRM.

• Research and identify new potential funding sources (foundation, corporate, individual).

• Develop, implement, and maintain policies and procedures for ensuring the integrity of the Raiser's Edge database.

• Proactively identify opportunities for systems and workflow improvements, recognize potential problems, and provide

recommendations for solutions.

• Manage the fundraising calendar to ensure all deadlines are met.

• Directly assist the Director of Development with donor outreach, scheduling meetings and follow-up.

forms, reports, and gift acknowledgements.

• Coordinate individual donor-related fundraising projects and mailings for annual giving, direct mail, social media, and other correspondence.

• Assist with planning, execution and post-event activities related to THE LUNCH, including but not limited to attendee tracking, gift entry, reporting, logistics and other aspects

• Assist with planning, execution and post-event activities related to volunteer activities.

• Periodic weekend and evening tasks are required, such as, but not limited to fundraisers and donor development events.

• Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills, Abilities & Competencies)

• Advanced knowledge of relational databases, and database system management.

• Prior experience using Raiser's Edge preferred.

• Excellent computer skills including Microsoft Office with specific knowledge of Excel.

• Acute attention to detail with strong problem solving and analytical skills.

• Must be innovative with a heightened sense of initiative.

• Ability to prioritize tasks, balance multiple projects, and work under pressure to meet deadlines.

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with a strong customer service approach.

• Ideal candidate will have a minimum of three years' experience working with database systems.

Bachelor's Degree required.

• BA/BS degree, in a related field or other degree, or equivalent experience

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS

Email resume with salary requirements to No phone calls please.

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Goodwill Industries of Dallas, Inc. seeks a highly curious, problem solver comfortable with working in a fast-paced environment. The ideal candidate is a highly effective communicator and extremely proactive with a meticulous attention to detail. A willingness and desire to learn development strategy and tactics is a plus.

This position has high growth potential within the organization and the fundraising department, offering the unique opportunity to have an exciting career in the fundraising field, learning organizational strategy and planning, development fundamentals and tactics, board relations, communication, and marketing, while making a difference in service to individuals with disabilities and disadvantaging conditions.

Position Summary: The Development Associate is responsible for managing individual relationships with donors, oversee stewardship and solicitation of individual donors, directly assisting the Senior Director of Development with gift management, donor events, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship.

About Goodwill Industries of Dallas: Goodwill Industries of Dallas, Inc. is 1 of 156 local Goodwill community-based agencies across the United States and Canada. Goodwill's community-based organizations are flexible and sustainable social enterprises that provide career services, job training and placement. Goodwill is one of the nation's top five most valuable and recognized nonprofit brands, and a leading social services enterprise. Over the past three years, Forbes named Goodwill as one of America's Top 20 Most Inspiring Companies. At a local level last year, Goodwill Industries of Dallas placed 1,592 individuals with disabilities and disadvantages into jobs, earning over $21 million in wages.

Job title: Development Associate

Reports to: Senior Director of Development

The Development Associate will provide oversight and administrative support of Goodwill's database and prospect management systems, Raiser Edge NXT. The employee will execute daily fundraising operations, including prospect identification and research, creation of various types of donor communications, data entry and gift maintenance, donor acknowledgments and tracking of overall donor moves management. The Associate will assist with direct mail, the annual giving program and Goodwill's largest fundraising event, THE LUNCH.

Responsibilities Include:

• Oversee all aspects of Goodwill's database (Raiser Edge NXT), including gift and prospect records, and maintaining donor files.

• Respond to all inbound calls, emails, and correspondence within a timely manner.

• Identify, research, qualify, and engage prospects for events and solicitation.

• Assist the Director of Development to manage donor relationships between current, lapsed, monthly, and mid-level donors.

Goodwill prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, genetic information (including family medical history), political affiliation, military service, non-merit based factors, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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