LCV is hiring a Development Associate to support the daily operations of the Development department, including gift processing and donor acknowledgments, invoice payment requests, financial reporting and reconciliation and database maintenance. This team works on special events, institutional gifts, individual direct solicitation as well as the major donor mail, email and phone program. The Development Associate position is critical to supporting a robust fundraising program and an opportunity for someone who wants to learn more about fundraising and nonprofit administration.
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Title: Development Associate
Status: Non-Exempt
Reports to: Vice President of Membership and Development Operations
Positions Reporting to this Position: None
Location: Washington, DC
General Description:
LCV believes our earth is worth fighting for because everyone has a right to clean air, water, and a safe, healthy community. To ensure those rights are protected, we help people use their power to shape policy, hold politicians and polluters accountable, and influence elections.
Our over 2 million members, our volunteers and staff, and our more than 30 state affiliates (together, the Conservation Voter Movement) work for a more just and equitable democracy, where people—not polluters—determine our future. This movement is an influential national network with unparalleled influence in Washington, DC, in state capitals, and in communities around the country. We are unmatched in our ability to ensure meaningful action on our key issues. We aim to bring people and communities together across racial, geographic, political, religious, economic and other differences toward collective goals instead of dividing us from one another.
LCV is hiring a Development Associate to support the daily operations of the Development department, including gift processing and donor acknowledgments, invoice payment requests, financial reporting and reconciliation and database maintenance. The Development department engages major donors for the LCV family of organizations including LCV, LCV Action Fund, LCV Victory Fund, and LCV Education Fund. This team works on special events, institutional gifts, individual direct solicitation as well as the major donor mail, email and phone program. The Development Associate also provides administrative support to the Membership & Online Engagement department and works cross-departmentally with the Legal and Finance teams on reporting and FEC compliance. The Development Associate position is critical to supporting a robust fundraising program and an opportunity for someone who wants to learn more about fundraising and nonprofit administration.
Responsibilities:
- Work with Finance department to process incoming mail, log checks, code and enter high donor gifts, grants and bundling checks, and process major donor and event credit card donations.
- Produce daily high donor reports and online revenue reports.
- Work with the Finance team to ensure correct tracking and allocation of donations.
- Produce and send all major donor, grants, and special event acknowledgments.
- Take lead in ensuring the department’s compliance with FEC regulations and best efforts.
- Process bundling checks to GiveGreen candidates in compliance with FEC rules and regulations.
- Complete FEC “Best Efforts” follow-up to LCV Action Fund, LCV Victory Fund, and GiveGreen major donors as necessary.
- Work with Legal department to ensure all gifts accepted are in compliance with legal guidelines and that donor acknowledgement and other communication materials are legally appropriate.
- Work with Senior Director of Development Marketing to coordinate production of major donor mailings, by merging letters and response devices, printing all mailing pieces or working with an outside vendor to get all pieces printed; organize the mailing of the packages; create mail source codes and update the database promotions so we can track delivery.
- Provide support to the institutional giving team including updates to the database regarding grant deadlines and maintaining electronic files of all reports and paperwork.
- Process all Development department and Membership & Online Engagement department invoices in accordance with budget specifications.
- Make updates to donor database as requested or noted in returned mail from all programs; update addresses for returned major donor mail.
- Communicate with donors on issues of gift allocation and compliance.
- File donor correspondence, including copies of acknowledgment letters and donation materials.
- Maintain department supplies including stationery and other supplies for each entity, postage stamps and other relevant materials.
- Contribute to LCV’s commitment to integrating racial justice and equity into the work we do and ensuring an inclusive organizational culture.
- Provide additional administrative and logistical support to the Development department as needed.
Qualifications:
- Work Experience: Required - At least 1 year of administrative experience; relevant internship experience will be considered. Must have experience working with a database. Preferred - Experience in a nonprofit or political organization. Experience working with IRS or FEC compliance regulations. Experience working with the Salesforce database.
- Skills: Required - Highly attentive to details and able to take ownership of routine tasks. Excellent interpersonal, written and oral communications skills. Strong organizational skills; exhibits strong judgment; self-starter; works well in a fast-paced environment. Ability to handle multiple tasks and work for several people; ability to shift priorities as needed. Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite and Google Drive. Preferred - Ability to create mail merges, pivot tables and formulas in Microsoft Word and Excel.
- Cultural Competence: Shares our commitment to increasing racial diversity in our movement and organization, integrating justice and equity into the work we do and ensuring an inclusive organizational culture.
- Conditions: This position is based in Washington, DC.
To Apply: Send cover letter and resume to hr@lcv.org with “Development Associate” in the subject line by February 14, 2020. No phone calls please.
LCV is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a racially just, equitable and inclusive workplace.
