(Career Progress) JOB - Major Gifts Assistant - Public Citizen's Development Department (DC, DuPont Circle)

Major Gifts Assistant, Major Gifts

This is an outstanding opportunity for someone who is passionate about progressive politics to expand and strengthen their career in the fundraising sector. 

Public Citizen is the nation's leading public interest organization taking on corporate power across a broad range of issue areas. Founded in 1971 to advance health, safety, justice and democracy, we use all available advocacy tools – including research, grassroots mobilization and advocacy, lobbying, litigation, administrative petitioning and strategic communications – to influence policy debates. Over our four decades, we have compiled an extraordinary record of achievement.

Headquartered in Washington, DC, Public Citizen operates with an annual budget of $15 million and a staff of 85, and has more than 300,000 members and supporters. Public Citizen does not accept money from corporate or government sources -- we fiercely guard our independence -- and relies on the support of members and private foundations, and publication sales.

We are seeking a development professional to serve as our Major Gifts Assistant.

This position reports to the Director of Major Gifts and will work as a part of the Major Gifts team in a large development office. 

As part of the Major Gifts team, your tasks will include:

• The Major Gifts Donor Acknowledgement Program;
• Data retention, management, standardization, accuracy, and mining;
• Assisting with event coordination;
• Detailed monthly financial reconciliation reports;
• Reconciling donations each month received through multi-channeled outreach efforts
• Generating revenue reports of major donor program for Board meetings;
• Leading the annual audit with accounting for major gifts;
• Assisting with the major donor budget planning and forecasting;
• Daily tasks such as filing, sorting and opening all development mail, scanning checks, and batching donations; and
• Other tasks as assigned.

Requirements and Qualifications:

• Strong commitment to the public interest.
• Excellent communication and solicitation skills, both oral and written.
• A basic understanding of database systems and Microsoft Office.
• Ability to work effectively with a wide variety of people in a fast-paced environment with multiple priorities and frequent deadlines.
• Level-headedness and good judgment; a sense of humor; willingness to learn.

How to Apply:

Please send cover letter and resume to: Development Jobs, devjobs@citizen.org. No phone calls please. 

Posted: 

06/25/2014

06/06/2014

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