Donor Engagement and Administrative Support

• Support Director of Development and CEO in tracking donor outreach efforts, preparing materials for individual donor meetings, researching donor engagement history and logging donor interactions in Salesforce.
• Coordinate logistics for donor cultivation and stewardship activities, including personalized thanking efforts, event follow-up and donor recognition programs.
• Prepare donor research profiles and reports from donor prospecting efforts.
• Support with site-visit logistics, and other donor engagement and volunteer opportunities.
• Assist in coordinating direct mail appeals and email fundraising campaigns, including pulling target lists, reviewing content and coordinating with printers and other vendors.

Event and Campaign Coordination

• Provide administrative support for donor cultivation and stewardship events, including organizing guest lists, preparing materials and handling event follow-up.
• Work with development consultants to coordinate fundraising appeals, emails and catalogs.
• Track, record and report progress of all campaigns and appeals.
• Maintain department calendars for individual giving campaigns, donor communications and special events
• Coordinate and maintain communication with monthly donors

Other Fundraising Duties

• Assist in donor follow-up strategies after fundraising events, particularly for guests of board members, honorees and corporate partners
• Support Sr. Coordinator, Events and Communications with vendor management, communications and other event-related tasks as needed.
• Pull donor reports, such as team raise to-date summaries, for development team and board meetings.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• Act as a role model within the organization to uphold and implement UFC’s organizational values:
  o Embrace program evaluation that leads to excellence and impact
  o Build effective and empowering partnerships with the youth, community, and each other
  o Create a fun and exciting environment that inspires learning and innovation
  o Communicate openly, honestly and with humility across all groups
  o Work together as one organization
• Staff hold a commitment to:
  o A culturally responsive Trauma-Informed Approach to our population and client centered advocacy
  o Strong knowledge of the communities served and centralize this cultural understanding into the work.
  o Support in Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI)
  o Evaluating the completeness, accuracy and relevance of data to determine information value and improve client services.

• Passionate about United Friends’ mission and commitment to young people in foster care
• Bachelor’s degree + 2 years of related experience in a non-profit fundraising/development department
• Excellent writing and communication skills, particularly for donor outreach and reports
• Track record of handling confidential donor/constituent information with sensitivity and integrity
• Ability to successfully handle multiple projects simultaneously, often with shifting priorities
• Ability to establish and cultivate respectful relationships with people from diverse backgrounds
• Demonstrated ability to effectively work as part of a team
• Conveys thoughts and ideas clearly, listens well, communicates in a solution-oriented manner
• Takes initiative and works well independently and collaboratively
• Demonstrates competency with Microsoft Office Suite

• 1-2 years experience and proficiency working in donor databases such as Salesforce
• Experience with prospect management systems and working within constituent databases
• Familiarity with direct mail appeals, donor communications and fundraising campaigns
• Basic competency in design programs InDesign, Illustrator, or Photoshop
• Demonstrated success in maintaining relationships through technology (e.g., phone, email, social media)