Development Associate

• Principal activities will include but not be limited to: • ## Administrative & Operational Support: • Help the Development Team build and execute a strategy for prioritizing the time on their calendars. Coordinate the Development Teams’ internal & external meetings, including collecting inputs for agendas, providing meeting recaps, and sending out follow-up communications and action items across departments. • Ensure completion of meeting action items and follow up for the team and track progress on action items, including for events, document creation, grant submissions, and more. • Monitor project plans, trackers, and other project management systems for updates/input needed from across the Development Team. • Update project management systems on a daily basis. Maintain the Development Teams’ Google Drive, ensuring planning and programming documents are up to date and saved in appropriate folders. • Obtain and submit receipts for reimbursements for CDO, and other staff as needed. • ## Data Management: • Ensure the donor database is comprehensive and up-to-date, tracking relevant donor information, pledges & contributions, strategic next steps, and engagement history. • Troubleshoot any glitches that occur in the donor database with the support of the Operations Team and external consultants. • Generate regular reports on fundraising progress and donor metrics that will help inform decision-making and strategy development. • Assist in the reconciliation process, ensuring that all gifts received by the Development Team have corresponding contribution forms and are allocated to the appropriate entity during bi-weekly check-ins with the Finance Team. • ## Giving Circles Support: • Assist with data entry of all information about the Giving Circle donor pipeline, including engagement, correspondence, solicitations, and donations. • Assist with moving Giving Circles content through the approvals process • ## Donor Prospecting & Management: • Support Development Team members by running donor prospect reports via Donor Search and independent searches. • Provide prospect lists to Relationship Managers based on weekly ActBlue donations. • ## Event Support: • Provide technical support for in-person and virtual Development events, including setting up Zoom meetings/webinars, managing RSVP lists, sending out invitations & follow-ups, sourcing venue & accommodations, and more. • Attend virtual events, and when required, act as “co-host” to spotlight speakers, manage the chat and support guests with technical issues.