Development Associate
Position location: Seattle, WA
Annually: $0 to 0
Party: Democrat
Job Type: Full-time
Posted: 14-Aug-2018
Job Description.
Fuse is hiring a Development Associate to help strengthen and grow our organization, and to support innovative election and issue campaigns aimed at engaging more people in our democracy and advancing progressive change in Washington. The Development Associate is a critical position in our fundraising program that helps make our strategic organizing and communications campaigns possible.
The Development Associate will be responsible for assisting in the overall operations of the development department at Fuse. This includes managing our monthly donor program, supporting grant and donor management, event planning, marketing, and communications to donors. Applicants should be ambitious, innovative, results oriented, and interested in working in nonprofits, fundraising, politics, and/or advocacy. The goal of this position is to strengthen and grow our programs to build a more progressive political landscape in Washington state.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Maintain and expand our base of monthly donors through personal phone and email solicitations and stewardship actions
Support efforts to cultivate mid-level Fuse donors and identify prospective supporters
Help to plan fundraising and donor stewardship events
Maintain database, tracking, and acknowledgement systems
Work with development and program staff to expand foundation funding
Support organizational development strategies, including advancing Fuse’s racial equity goals
Provide administrative support for fundraising operations
Required Qualifications.
Excellent listening and people skills
Strong writing and editing skills
Excellent phone communications skills
Experience building long-term relationships with volunteers or donors
Experience managing a database or CRM
Event planning and project management experience a plus
Experience working on issue or electoral campaigns a plus
Driver’s license and access to a car a plus
Preferred Qualifications.
Application Process.
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