Development Associate

About Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs

The Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs (WLC) creates legal, economic, and social equity through litigation, client and public education, and public policy advocacy. WLC focuses on racial justice, addressing discrimination in housing, employment, the criminal legal system, education, public accommodations, and immigrant civil rights. The Committee partners with individuals and communities facing discrimination and with the legal community to achieve justice.

Staff is unionized with the National Organization of Legal Service Workers Local #2320, UAW.

The Development Associate joins the Development Team and is the primary administrative and technical person on the Committee’s donor records database (Raiser’s Edge NXT).

• Conduct the data entry and processing of all donor pledges, gifts, contributions, and acknowledgments.
• Serve as the main point of contact and lead for the annual Associates Campaign, a peer‑to‑peer fundraising campaign each spring.
• Work effectively with finance to record and reconcile contributions.
• Ensure the data hygiene of donor, newsletter, and communications constituents.
• Coordinate fundraising events together with the development team.
• Produce reports to support development, communications, and litigation/program strategies and funding.
• Stay up to date on best practices in database technology and the Committee’s donor databases; identify opportunities for improved practices and procedures.
• Provide ongoing training and user‑friendly policy and ‘help’ materials to relevant staff on the donor database.
• Work collaboratively with staff to make sure our databases meet program needs.
• Provide support as needed on all development functions.

• 1–2 years direct experience working with a relational database; experience with a donor database CRM in a nonprofit environment strongly preferred, preferably Raiser’s Edge NXT.
• Experience with events management.
• Demonstrated awareness and sensitivity to the needs and concerns of individuals from diverse cultures, backgrounds, and orientations.
• Able to contribute to the creation of a diverse, equitable, and inclusive culture that encourages and celebrates differences.
• Excellent interpersonal and oral communication skills.
• Ability to thrive in a fast‑paced environment while balancing multiple priorities.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Self‑starter and excellent team player.
• Experience working in a non‑profit environment and with attorneys is a plus.

Applicants with lived experience in communities historically under‑resourced and marginalized due to race, class, gender, disability, etc. are encouraged to apply.

Please include a letter detailing your interest, a resume, and a brief writing sample. Submit your interest letter and brief writing sample as one‑PDF document named your "cover letter" in the system. Applications will be considered on a rolling basis, and the position will remain open until filled.

54,050 – 54,050 USD per year (Experience – O years)

54,050 – 54,050 USD per year (Experience – 1 year)

54,590 – 54,590 USD per year (Experience – 2 years)

56,135 – 56,135 USD per year (Experience – 3 years)

57,680 – 57,680 USD per year (Experience – 4 years)

59,225 – 59,225 USD per year (Experience – 5 years)

Entry level

Full‑time

Other

Legal Services