Development and Events Associate; BUILD

Posted on December 09, 2019

Founded in 1999, BUILD uses entrepreneurship-based, experiential learning to ignite the potential of youth in under-resourced communities and equip them for high school, college and career success. BUILD’s unique program offers students a four-year entrepreneurship experience designed to develop 21st Century Skills and motivate student engagement in school. Starting in 9th grade, BUILD students work with their peers and community mentors to develop business ideas, pitch to funders and launch real businesses.

As they journey through high school, BUILD provides students with support in navigating the college application process and the opportunity to explore college and career options, while expanding their businesses or opting into community internships.

BUILD currently serves high school students at programs located in the San Francisco Bay Area;
Washington, DC;
Boston, MA; and New York City.

BUILD is made up of a diverse, results driven and passionate team who believe in the potential of every student and the power of entrepreneurship-based, experiential learning to transform the education landscape. We work in a collaborative environment where perseverance, flexibility, cross-cultural understanding and an entrepreneurial spirit are encouraged and celebrated. For more information, please visitwww.build.org .

BUILD Bay Area/LA’s ability to build a dedicated team with the right mix of skills and passion for our mission is critical to our continued success in the Bay Area and Los Angeles. Therefore, we are passionate about sourcing exceptional talent. We seek achievers, leaders, visionaries and change-makers. At BUILD Bay Area/LA, each team member brings their skills to a challenging and evolving vision of how we can profoundly influence our students, their schools and their communities.

BUILD Bay Area/LA is seeking a dynamic Development and Events Associate (DEA) to support the development team and serve as an executive assistant to the Regional Executive Director. The DEA will gain a deep understanding of the fundamental underpinnings of fundraising as well as education and youth development programming. This role requires the DEA to collaborate with staff members across all disciplines, interface with donors and board members, and seamlessly assist the program and development teams at multiple student showcase and fundraising events.

The DEA must possess a multi-disciplinary skill set, a flexible spirit and resourcefulness because his/her assignments will be as varied as the initiatives taken on by the BUILD Bay Area/LA Development Team and Regional Executive Director.

The DEA will be responsible for gift recording and processing, donor acknowledgement, data collection and entry as well as donor research. The DEA will also provide administrative support to the Regional Executive Director. This self-starting, highly motivated individual will be (or become) a power user on the donor management system (Raiser’s Edge/Salesforce) with the ability to input and extract current, accurate information for the team.

Additionally, the DEA will support BUILD’s fundraising ability by:

• Researching existing funders and providing actionable, detailed reports on potential funders.
• Supporting the planning and execution of fundraising events to cultivate and steward donors.
• Assisting in the preparation of donor and board presentations, fundraising collateral and grant applications and reports.

This is a full-time position at BUILD Bay Area/LA and reports to the Director of Philanthropy.

Position Responsibilities:

Prospect Research & Lead Generation (35%)

• Using a broad spectrum of sources, research, organize, and evaluate a prospect’s financial capacity, ability to give, inclination to give, charitable interests, and connection to the organization.
• Identify and maintain a pipeline of new corporate and foundation partners as well as individual donors.
• Support the Regional Executive Director, Director of Community Partnerships and Director of Philanthropy with scheduling and preparing for meetings with new and existing…