Job Description: The role of the Associate Development Director is to work as a team member in the Development department coordinating and administering fundraising functions with an emphasis on the annual appeal campaigns, maintaining donor database records and communications, building donor relationships, and other projects as needed.
Responsibilities are as follows:
- Develop and oversee the coordination of our annual Friends fundraising appeal strategies and online Webathon appeal
- Coordinate donor communication
- Maintain donor records and database input
- Prepare appropriate fundraising status reports
- Develop creative approaches to accomplish fundraising goals
- Coordinate the pursuit of new funding sources
- Coordinate social media fundraising strategies
- Assist in the development of fundraising brochures/ads
- Assist in the development of Planning Giving campaign
- Special projects as assigned
Qualifications:
- Bachelors degree required
- Two to three years of relevant fundraising experience, with experience in direct fund acquisition and solicitation
- Strong communications skills – written & oral
- Excellent interpersonal skills with ability to build & maintain positive relationships with donors and prospective donors, and a wide range of other stakeholders
- Highly organized with excellent administrative abilities
- Must be able to effectively manage many tasks simultaneously
- Work effectively with minimal supervision
- Ability to work independently, as well as collaboratively as a team player
- Good judgment, problem solving & decisions making skills
- Must possess the highest standards of ethics
- Experienced with Microsoft Office Suite
- Live in the Kansas City metro area
To apply, please submit a cover letter and resume to [email protected].