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Current Postings:

Advancement Associate, Marian House

Job Summary:
The Advancement Associate provides administrative support to the Advancement Office and participates in all fundraising, marketing and public relations activities including, but not limited to; donor and public relations, direct mail appeals, proposal development, and special events.

Duties and Responsibilities:
The Advancement Associate is assigned duties, by the Director of Advancement, to provide a variety of support services to the Advancement Office with high attention to detail and timeliness. Examples of such duties include:

  • Process donations and prepare acknowledgement letters and other correspondence.
  • Maintain foundation, corporation and individual donor files.
  • Continually manage donor database records, regularly updating and correcting records.
  • Coordinate productions and mailing of appeal letters.
  • Maintain guest lists, gather and prepare registration materials and other duties as assigned for fundraising events.
  • Prepare media materials for distribution. (i.e. copying, filing, mailing, e-mailing)
  • Handle all administrative details associated with the Advancement office (i.e. prepare and distribute notices, agendas, minutes, etc.).
  • Conduct preliminary research on prospective corporate foundations and individual donors.
  • Assists with grant writing and data collection needed for proposal development.
  • Assists with the development and execution of online, integrated, and interactive campaigns.
  • Cooperate in the agency’s team approach to service provision by participating in program activities as appropriate and requested. This will occasionally require presence outside regular business days and office hours.
  • Other duties as assigned by the Director of Advancement, Advancement Committee Chair, Executive Director

Minimum Qualifications:

  • Associate's or bachelor's degree in a related field.
  • Experience in administrative support in a not-for-profit development office preferred.
  • Proficiency in computers, Microsoft Applications, Donor Database management experience
  • Excellent verbal and written communications skills
  • Ability to present information concisely and effectively, both verbally and in writing
  • Ability to organize and prioritize work
  • Ability to work independently with little supervision
  • Excellent interpersonal skills
  • Holds valid drivers license and maintains access to a reliable automobile
  • Background and ability to understand, appreciate, and carry out the Marian House mission; interpersonal skills to engage staff and volunteers in doing same.

Equipment Used
Personal Computers, Laser Printers, copier, scanner, fax machine, intra-office telephone system.

Special Requirements:

  • An essential attribute for this position is the intuitiveness to grasp implications of alternative choices on a wide variety of situations and potential problems
  • Ability to respect the diversity of population served and embraces those of different race, culture, social class, ethnicity, or sexual preference
  • Ability to operate a motor vehicle; reliable transportation for work; Maryland driver’s license preferred
  • Ability to communicate clearly both verbally and in writing; ability to receive communication clearly
  • Ability to ambulate independently as the job requires
  • Ability to maintain safety for self and others in an emergency
  • Ability to handle stress without significant impairment to functioning
  • Ability to absorb new information, skills, and attitudes
  • General awareness of one’s own and others’ feeling states, and ability to identify them
  • Ability to form a therapeutic relationship with clients and to establish positive collegial relationships with coworkers.
  • Ability to organize, to keep records and manage a workload efficiently
  • Commitment to the mission of Marian House
  • Must be able to work a flexible schedule and adapt to changes in accordance with clients and the agency’s needs
  • Sitting for extended periods
  • Manual dexterity
  • Ability to move supply cartons and equipment
  • Ability to move throughout office complex frequently in the course of the business day

If interested please contact:
Susannah Bergmann
Marian House
949 Gorsuch Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21218
sbergmann@marianhouse.org

Development Director, The HANDLE Institute

Part-time

The HANDLE Institute is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization that trains and certifies clinicians that provide services to individuals, schools, and other institutions worldwide. The HANDLE approach effectively addresses a wide range of learning, behavior, and developmental issues and is a gentle, natural, non-drug treatment modality, offering hope and help to those wishing to reach or regain their full potential. To learn more, please go to our website: www.handle.org.

We seek a part-time development director to work with our executive director and Finance & Fundraising Committee to create and execute an annual development plan that includes identification, solicitation, recognition and stewardship of individual, corporate and foundation donors.

Requirements:

  • Three years experience in nonprofit fundraising
  • Success in implementing successful individual and major gifts programs
  • Experience working collaboratively with an executive director and board of directors
  • Experience with database software, Microsoft Office product suite including Word mail merge and Excel spreadsheets
  • Excellent communication and writing skills
  • Experience organizing special events
  • Ability to oversee database administration, upkeep, and necessary development to keep pace with fundraising
  • Need to live in Bay Area/northern California to facilitate regular communication with executive director. Ability to work independently in own home office with meetings at office located in San Rafael, CA

Compensation negotiable.

To apply, please email cover letter, resume, and brief writing sample to pamela.york@handle.org

The HANDLE Institute is an equal opportunity employer.

Regional Director of Development—New England, Syracuse University

Syracuse University seeks a highly motivated Regional Director of Development to engage alumni within the New England area. The Regional Director will be responsible for cultivating, soliciting, and closing major gifts from donors located in the northeast, with a focus in the Boston area. He/she will report to the Assistant Vice President for Regional Advancement.

The position requires enthusiasm, strategic thinking, exceptional communication skills, regional and national travel and an appreciation for working collegially in a comprehensive research university setting. Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree a plus.

Syracuse University is a private research university, with 13,040 full-time undergraduate and 3,814 full-time graduate students representing the 50 states and 124 foreign countries. Founded in 1870, it is home to 11 schools and colleges offering undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees in Architecture, Arts and Sciences, Education, Engineering and Computer Science, Human Services and Health Professions, Information Studies, Law, Management, Citizenship and Public Affairs, Public Communications, and Visual and Performing Arts.

Syracuse is a medium-sized city situated in the geographic center of New York State approximately 250 miles northwest of New York City. The metro-area population totals approximately 500,000 and offers many social, cultural, and recreational options, including parks, museums, festivals, a symphony orchestra, professional regional theater, and numerous malls and movie theaters. Syracuse and Central New York present a wide range of seasonal recreation and attractions ranging from water skiing and snow skiing, hiking in the Adirondacks, touring the historic sites and wineries along the Finger Lakes to biking trails along the Erie Canal. According to the latest edition of the Places Rated Almanac, Syracuse ranks in the top 10% of Best Places to Live.

Competitive salary and outstanding benefits make working for Syracuse University a rewarding experience. Benefits include: remitted tuition; dependency scholarships; four weeks' vacation; health and dental insurance; and a generous tax-deferred 403(b) retirement plan.

For a detailed job description with desired qualifications and information on how to apply for the Regional Director of Development—New England position (Job# 026120), please visit us online at www.sujobopps.com. The online application deadline is June 20, 2010.

Women and members of other traditionally underrepresented groups are encouraged to apply. Syracuse University is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.

Assistant Director of Parent Giving, Trinity College

Hartford, Connecticut, United States, 06101

The Assistant Director of Parent Giving works with the Senior Associate Director of Parent Giving and the Annual Giving team to raise annual support for the College. The Assistant Director is responsible for working with the Senior Associate Director and other Annual Giving staff to plan the Parents Fund calendar, set goals, determine and execute strategies for all annual giving solicitation efforts including mailings, student calling, e-mail, social media, volunteer and staff solicitations. The Assistant Director is a staff liaison for Parent Director volunteer group and he/she manages a portfolio of 100 Parents Fund prospects and conducts a minimum of 50 visits per year.

Bachelor’s degree is required. Up to three years’ professional experience in fund raising, sales, or marketing also is required, as well as strong organizational and computer skills, demonstrated ability to work with volunteers, and the ability to work effectively both independently and as a strong team player. Must show evidence of leadership qualities, initiative, and energy; enjoy public speaking, travel, and meeting new people; have a strong sense of personal and professional integrity, sound judgment, initiative, creativity, flexibility, sensitivity and the ability to keep confidences. A valid U.S. driver’s license is required.

Review of applications will begin immediately, and will continue until the position is filled. To apply, please submit cover letter, resume and the names and telephone numbers of three professional references to: resumes@trincoll.edu. Internal candidates should respond within five days for preferential consideration.

Trinity College is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply. Applicants with disabilities should request, in advance, any needed accommodation in order to participate in the application process.

Associate Director of Reunion Giving, Trinity College

Hartford, Connecticut, United States, 06101

The Associate Director of Reunion Giving works with the Director of Annual Giving and the Annual Giving team to raise annual support for the College through those alumni celebrating their reunion. The Associate Director also must collaborate and coordinate with the alumni relations, leadership gifts, and gift planning departments. He/she will be actively involved in planning the Annual Fund calendar, setting goals, and determining and executing strategies for all annual giving solicitation efforts including mailings, student calling, social media, volunteer structure and solicitations, and staff solicitations. Specific responsibilities include the development efforts of the 15th, 20th, 25th, 30th, 35th, 40th and 45th reunions; works collaboratively with the Director of Gift Planning on the 50th reunion.

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent is required; liberal arts discipline preferred. A minimum of three to five years’ professional experience in fund raising, sales, or marketing also is required, as well as strong organizational skills, direct experience managing staff and volunteers, willingness to travel, and the ability to work effectively both independently and as a strong team player. Must show evidence of leadership qualities, initiative, and energy; enjoy public speaking, travel, and meeting new people, and be entrepreneurial and forward thinking. Strong written and computer skills including MS Office Suite, relational databases, and on-line social media are a must.

Review of applications will begin immediately, and will continue until the positions is filled. To apply, please submit cover letter, resume and the names and telephone numbers of three professional references to: resumes@trincoll.edu. Internal candidates should respond within five days for preferential consideration.

Trinity College is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply. Applicants with disabilities should request, in advance, any needed accommodation in order to participate in the application process.