Development Associate

POSITION SUMMARY

The Development Assistant position requires a dedicated and socially conscious individual with excellent data research skills, marketing experience, and attention to detail. While maintaining the Cain Center’s Mission, Vision, and Values, this role will assist Cain Center's Development team in creating and implementing strategies that ensure sustainability and organizational growth.

Duties for the Development Assistant will include preparing progress reports, tracking contributions, preparing and managing mailing lists, assisting with event planning, assisting with grant research as it relates to development operations, ensuring timely acknowledgment of contributions, and tracking revenue. Expertise in supporting development efforts will assist our organization in improving business opportunities, strengthening relationships with clients and donors, streamlining development processes, encouraging organizational growth, researching and identifying funding opportunities, and promoting the organization’s mission and values to external stakeholders.

The ideal candidate for this role should possess excellent networking abilities, good people skills, exceptional communication skills, and time management skills. The noteworthy development assistant should enhance the efficiency of administrative functions, sustain organizational growth, maintain positive relations with donors, and help ensure the integrity of development processes. This position reports directly to the Senior Development Associate.

• Analyzing market trends and conditions
• Maintaining relations with donors and clients to include timely and accurate acknowledgement of contributions
• Tracking contributions and creating periodic progress reports
• Assisting with the scheduling of meetings with volunteers, sponsors, and donors as needed
• Assisting with the designing and detailing appeal strategies
• Building and maintaining client