Title: Development Associate

Department: Development Status: Hourly, Part-time, Non-Exempt Status: Hourly, Part-time, Non-Exempt Supervisor: Development Director

Position Description: Description: This position works under the direction of the Director of Development and provides administrative support for the Development Department. This department is responsible for soliciting, cultivating, and tracking donations, museum membership, grants, and corporate giving through a wide variety of strategies ranging from mailed appeal letters to fundraising events.

## Responsibilities:

- • tracking, and reporting development gifts and memberships utilizing a • tracking, and reporting development gifts and memberships utilizing a constituent relationship management database (Altru).
- • monthly membership renewal solicitations and new member appeals, including • monthly membership renewal solicitations and new member appeals, including database queries and mail merges.
- • donor communications (email and print) and appeals, including database queries, • donor communications (email and print) and appeals, including database queries, mail merges, and mailings.
- • a leading role in the department's ongoing effort to maintain complete and • a leading role in the department's ongoing effort to maintain complete and accurate donor and member records in Altru and hard copy files. Ensure confidentiality of all constituent information.
- • and track all giving with regular reports, reconciling data entry with finance • and track all giving with regular reports, reconciling data entry with finance department.
- • membership and donor activity reports. • membership and donor activity reports.
- • mailing lists and donor lists for donor recognition. • mailing lists and donor lists for donor recognition.
- • all contributed gifts, including donations and memberships. • all contributed gifts, including donations and memberships.
- • that cash receipts, stock, bequests, and in-kind gifts are recorded and • that cash receipts, stock, bequests, and in-kind gifts are recorded and acknowledged in a timely manner and coded accurately.
- • support for development-related events as needed. • support for development-related events as needed.
- • the highest level of customer service to donors, members, and others inquiring to • the highest level of customer service to donors, members, and others inquiring to the Development Department.
- • with tracking of grant applications and reporting deadlines utilizing Altru and • with tracking of grant applications and reporting deadlines utilizing Altru and other tools, such as Excel.
- • with Development events as needed. • with Development events as needed.
- • in organization-wide projects as needed. • in organization-wide projects as needed.

## Key Relationships:

- • under the direction of the Development Director. • under the direction of the Development Director.
- • closely with the Membership Manager to ensure timely and accurate membership • closely with the Membership Manager to ensure timely and accurate membership processing and to support membership communications, events, and solicitations.

Development Associate 2/1/2022