Donation Development Coordinator

Housing Works • Long Island City, NY

22h • $45,000 - $50,000

About The Position

The Donations Development Coordinator of Fashion handles building new business partnerships with the Fashion community while deepening engagement with existing donors. Through research and networking with fashion brands and companies, they lead solicitation for annual Fashion for Action and Thrift Shop Events and daily product while assessing donated products and creating strategic plans to reach sales plan. Housing Works requires employees working in our Health Services division to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, unless approved for a legal accommodation. If you need an accommodation for any reason, including related to this job requirement, please contact Human Resources. Job candidates should be aware that scammers may pose as employers and create fake job postings in order to extract personal information from individuals for financial gain. Housing Works will never ask job candidates for personal information, such as social security numbers or bank account details, over the phone. If you suspect that a job posting may be fake or wish to confirm that a job posting from Housing Works is genuine, please contact us at [email protected] Housing Works was founded in 1990; With a long-term commitment to AIDS advocacy. Housing Works established New York State’s first harm reduction-based, OASAS-licensed outpatient drug treatment program. Other services include Health Home care management, behavioral health, and syringe exchange programs. A pioneer in the social entrepreneurship movement, Housing Works operates 10 high-end thrift shops in Manhattan and Brooklyn and a much-loved Bookstore Cafe in Soho. For more information, visit www.housingworks.org Housing Works fights for funding and legislation to ensure that all people living with HIV/AIDS have access to quality housing, healthcare, HIV prevention, and treatment, among other lifesaving services. This position is included in a bargaining unit of Housing Works’ New York City employees represented by a labor union known as the Retail Wholesale and Department Store Union (“RWDSU”). Accordingly, the RWDSU has the exclusive right to bargain over the terms and conditions of employment related to this position and this position may become covered by the terms of a collective bargaining agreement (a “CBA”) between Housing Works and the RWDSU

Requirements

• High School Diploma, GED
• College Degree preferred

Responsibilities

• Solicit fashion focused donations for annual events and general thrift shop support
• Create targeted lead lists through research
• Convert leads into actual donations and achieve annual unit goals
• Submit daily, monthly, and quarterly reports to management
• Attend meetings to extensively report on accepted/pending donations
• Process donation requests into online database (Salesforce), quickly and accurately
• Act as a liaison between donors and dispatch office communicating pick up request schedules
• Supply broad support to individual donors
• Understand the Housing Works mission and be able convey to potential donors how their donation directly supports our mission.
• Work with marketing to build donor recognition/reward through social media and website postings
• Be available to help with annual events throughout the organization
• Attend targeted events found by the Development Team for networking purposes

Benefits

• We have three comprehensive healthcare plans to choose from based on your priorities and budget. Housing Works covers most of the plan; you pay a portion, based on your salary.
• Staff begins accruing PTO immediately for a total of up to 30 days earned in the first year.
• We offer employees an educational benefit. This money is available for tuition loan reimbursement, tuition costs, and text books.
• Housing Works provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements. Housing Works complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. Housing Works also does not request prior salary information during the hiring process. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED