Development Officer

ACCESS • Dearborn, MI

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About The Position

The Development Officer plays a crucial role in supporting and managing fundraising activities to achieve development goals and objectives. This position requires specialized knowledge in fundraising and development, which can be obtained through experience or formal training. The Development Officer is responsible for cultivating and nurturing relationships with current and potential donors, ensuring that fundraising goals are met effectively.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, Public Relations or related field
• At least 2 years development or business experience with a track record of successfully meeting goals
• Knowledge of intermediate concepts, principles and practices of fundraising/development
• Knowledge of donor relations and stewardship
• Knowledge of database architecture and development
• Proficiency in Blackbaud (Altru) software is preferred
• Skill in operating standard office equipment and using required software applications, including Microsoft Office
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships at all levels of the organization and with external business partners and donors
• Ability to incite enthusiasm and influence, motivate and persuade others to achieve desired outcomes
• Ability to organize and prioritize multiple tasks and meet deadlines
• Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing
• Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively within a team environment
• Ability to effectively utilize tools/resources to work efficiently
• Ability to demonstrate the highest level of personal and ethical standards
• Ability to analyze and troubleshoot problems
• Ability to provide a high level of customer service

Responsibilities

• Maintain development functions, including annual giving, appeal mailings, gift processing and fundraising events
• Cultivate, steward, and facilitate solicitation of donors for assigned area
• Cultivate and nurture relationships with current and potential individual donors, corporate, and foundation prospects
• Implement sponsorship efforts for major fundraising events for assigned area
• Oversee all gifts, acknowledgements and other constituent-related information in the Development donor database for assigned area
• Execute all direct mail and online fundraising appeals (e.g., thank you letters, invoices, sponsorship follow up and database updates)
• Work with Communications department to develop and implement a comprehensive marketing and public relations strategy to support fundraising efforts
• Monitor all financial contributions and donations and ensure accuracy of records, receipts and databases
• Oversee individual ticket sale process for major fundraising events
• Reconcile allocations in donor database vs. allocations in Fiscal department to ensure consistency
• Maintain donor database to ensure software is functioning properly and train other donor database users (including, but not limited to preparing queries, exporting information, running reports, etc.)
• May create, maintain and analyze organization merchant accounts
• May conduct Annual Employee United Way and Annual Fund campaign
• May make travel arrangements for employees within the organization as needed
• May create and review content for special event marketing
• Maintain currency in fundraising and development techniques
• Operate standard office equipment and use required software applications
• Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Industry: Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 101-250 employees