Assistant Director, Advancement & Engagement, Palm Beach

American Jewish Committee • Florida, FL

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

AJC American Jewish Committee (AJC) is the global advocacy organization for the Jewish people. We create trusted partnerships with leaders around the world to ensure Jews and Israel are safe and thriving. With an unparalleled reach spanning six continents, AJC engages leaders in more than 110 countries through 40 offices and dozens of partnerships with Jewish communities worldwide. Wherever the Jewish people and Israel need us, AJC is there—empowering leaders in government, education, partner communities, and the private sector to counter antisemitism and act as allies. The challenges we face are global. AJC is leading the global response. Join us.

About the Development team: The Development team strategically plans, organizes, and executes fundraising initiatives to secure financial support for the organization's mission and activities. This includes cultivating strong relationships with donors, executing events, implementing campaigns, and ensuring effective stewardship of contributions. We collaborate with regional offices to support and improve fundraising operations at the local level, expanding the organization's reach and impact.

About Your Impact: This position makes an impact at AJC by managing work with moderate, but important impact on the organization's mission and goals. Works with regular oversight to solve moderately complex problems and make moderate and significant decisions. The incumbent manages campaigns and events to secure financial resources to support the agency’s mission and activities. Working under direct supervision, this position is responsible for the cultivation, engagement, solicitation, and stewardship of existing donors and new prospects, coordinating fundraising events, and serving as a Development liaison and resource to assigned Departments or Regional Offices.

About Your Role: Contribute to the development and execution of the department's strategy, goals, objectives, and action plans. Manage, and facilitate fundraising campaigns, programs, events, and initiatives. Identify, research, cultivate, engage, solicit, and steward existing donors and new prospects. Implement new opportunities to expand departmental initiatives beyond existing fundraising programs. Participate and support the work of Boards, committees, task forces, or working groups. Leverage resources to help build awareness of and support for the AJC and department initiatives. Track fundraising progress throughout the year. Manage department contact lists, records, data/databases, and reporting. Create reports and analyze fundraising activities, metrics and impact. Research donors and donor prospects. Coordinate, attend, and/or lead meetings. Serve as a liaison to departments, Boards, committees, and other stakeholders. Develop relationships with and engage strategic contacts, groups, and organizations. Design and disseminate reports and marketing resources to cultivate donor interest and secure funding.

Specific to This Role: Assist the Palm Beach Director of Advancement & Engagement in supporting the region’s fundraising, donor engagement, and community outreach efforts, including donor-facing communications, gift renewals, and prospect cultivation. Manage all aspects of development related programs and events focusing on creating a pipeline of donors beginning at $1,800 through $5,000. Solicit and close annual and multiyear gifts from the pipeline; Collaborate with Regional Director and other team members on all events and programs; Support the Associate Development Director, Advancement, Regional Director, and lay leaders in solicitation and stewardship plans for mid-level donors; Assist with donor stewardship operations, planning and implementing of fundraising/engagement events, management of AJC Palm Beach’s Instagram account, and administrative duties as assigned. Particular emphasis on helping to expand AJC presence and relationships in Northern Palm Beach County and West Palm Beach.

Supervisory Role: Individual contributor.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree (Master's degree preferred)
• Minimum of 5 years of related work experience and intermediate job skills and knowledge
• Passion for the mission, goals, and objectives of AJC
• Committed to AJC’s core values: respect, accountability, integrity, innovation, and collaboration
• Demonstrates professionalism and high standards of conduct
• Ability to write clearly, persuasively, and concisely, with excellent editing, proofreading, and grammar skills
• Ability to work collaboratively with individuals from diverse backgrounds
• Excellent communication skills (written, verbal, and listening)
• Strong organization and project management skills, including the ability to set priorities and meet deadlines
• Capacity to multitask and work in a fast-paced and changing environment
• Willing and able to work outside of standard working hours, including early mornings, evenings, and/or weekend
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, and Outlook), Google Suite applications, and Zoom

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the development and execution of the department's strategy, goals, objectives, and action plans
• Manage, and facilitate fundraising campaigns, programs, events, and initiatives
• Identify, research, cultivate, engage, solicit, and steward existing donors and new prospects
• Implement new opportunities to expand departmental initiatives beyond existing fundraising programs
• Participate and support the work of Boards, committees, task forces, or working groups
• Leverage resources to help build awareness of and support for the AJC and department initiatives
• Track fundraising progress throughout the year
• Manage department contact lists, records, data/databases, and reporting
• Create reports and analyze fundraising activities, metrics and impact
• Research donors and donor prospects
• Coordinate, attend, and/or lead meetings
• Serve as a liaison to departments, Boards, committees, and other stakeholders
• Develop relationships with and engage strategic contacts, groups, and organizations
• Design and disseminate reports and marketing resources to cultivate donor interest and secure funding
• Assist the Palm Beach Director of Advancement & Engagement in supporting the region’s fundraising, donor engagement, and community outreach efforts, including donor-facing communications, gift renewals, and prospect cultivation.
• Manage all aspects of development related programs and events focusing on creating a pipeline of donors beginning at $1,800 through $5,000
• Solicit and close annual and multiyear gifts from the pipeline
• Collaborate with Regional Director and other team members on all events and programs
• Support the Associate Development Director, Advancement, Regional Director, and lay leaders in solicitation and stewardship plans for mid-level donors
• Assist with donor stewardship operations, planning and implementing of fundraising/engagement events, management of AJC Palm Beach’s Instagram account, and administrative duties as assigned.
• Help to expand AJC presence and relationships in Northern Palm Beach County and West Palm Beach.

Benefits

• Medical, vision, and dental plans
• Flexible Spending Account options
• Generous Paid Time Off (PTO) - 15 vacation days per year, that increases with continued employment
• Paid Holidays (many Federal and major Jewish Holidays)
• Hybrid work schedule
• 403(b) participation, after one year of employment
• Transit plan
• Competitive Paid Parental Leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level