Community Development Associate

Cook Children's Health Care SystemFort Worth, TX
Onsite

About The Position

The Community Development Associate supports Cook Children’s Health Foundation by assisting in all areas of the National and Regional Partnerships Department. The Associate will build and maintain effective working relationships and establish rapport with key constituents to include employees, foundation staff, community partners and donors. The Community Development Associate will provide support for department fundraising initiatives including Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals and Community Partner Events. In addition, this position will be responsible for maintaining the database health for the department’s constituent records, assist in data needs and support Cook Children’s Health Foundation events and initiatives as needed. This position is unique because it provides strong opportunities to learn basic components of a comprehensive development program.

Requirements

  • High School Diploma required.
  • Excellent written and oral communications skills with the ability to draft letters and articles, as well as interact with donors, patients, families and the public.
  • Ability to manage multiple tasks, as well as be self-motivated, flexible, work well under pressure and with a team.
  • High proficiency in the use of computer applications, organizational skills, customer relationship management and a willingness to learn new systems as necessary is crucial.
  • Ability to manage sensitive and confidential information with integrity.
  • Must maintain primary residence within the state of Texas, along with all licenses and credentials required for your position throughout your employment.

Nice To Haves

  • Bachelor’s degree preferred.
  • Minimum of one to two years of experience working with comprehensive fundraising programs, communications programs or high-profile special events is preferred.
  • Experience with Raiser’s Edge or other customer relationship management platforms is preferred.

Responsibilities

  • Completing Gift Processing Transmittal Forms and delivering financial gifts to DIS team.
  • Tracking donations as directed by supervisor and work with the National & Regional Partnerships team for appropriate mailing and recognition lists.
  • Developing and maintaining accurate contact lists for corporate partner and event contacts in internal database.
  • Responsible for the migration of CMN to the RENXT database.
  • Assisting the CMN team with preparation and distribution of campaign promotional materials for corporate partners and events.
  • Coordination of the internal volunteer team for campaign execution.
  • Overseeing campaign communication and collateral distribution for minor CMN partners.
  • Updating online calendars to promote initiatives.
  • Assisting with planning, organization and attendance at special events as requested.
  • Executing content and development of promotional messaging for foundation communication, social media, web site, cmnhospitals.org blog, internal communications and other available channels.
  • Executing donor relations activities for individual cmnhospitals.org donors, as well as assisting with acquisition list to build Cook Children’s donor pipeline.
  • Accurately maintaining and filing all reports before deadline as required by Children’s Miracle Network including the quarterly Performance Metrics Report and annual Impact Survey.
  • Managing department budget for program purchases, travel and expenses.
  • Entering actions into Raiser’s Edge for team members as needed.
  • Supporting team in coordination and scheduling of donor events, on and off campus, as directed.
  • Assisting team in ordering supplies and promotional materials.
  • Assisting in building Team Raiser / Luminate fundraising pages.
  • Maintaining department calendars for campaigns and events.
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