Senior Development Associate (two openings)

WGBH • Boston, MA

79d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Development Associate (SDA) provides donor relations support to the Major Gifts team connected with all fundraising, stewardship, and cultivation activities. Reporting to an Associate Director of Major Gifts, the SDA is a versatile writer, responsible for producing broad scope and highly individualized donor communications, writing reports, documenting communications, supporting briefing and proposal development, tracking deadlines, providing event support, and tending to other related tasks. The SDA partners with the Major Gifts Officers on these activities and works closely with one or more national production unit(s) and other GBH departments, supporting the Major Gifts team as liaison for these areas to ensure the department has accurate and timely content to share with key donors and prospects.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience required.
• Three to five years of experience, preferably in a development or nonprofit environment required.
• Exceptional communication skills, especially written, are essential.
• Must be able to write in different voices, for various media platforms.
• Experience in a fundraising environment is highly desired.
• Strong organizational, computer, and interpersonal skills.
• Familiarity with relational databases and knowledge of database management practices is required.

Nice To Haves

• Interest in a career in development.
• Interest in participating in GBH Employee Resource Groups.

Responsibilities

• Work with Major Gifts Officers and other account managers on donor qualification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship activities.
• Manage implementation of donor engagement and stewardship strategies and evaluate and prepare associated status reports.
• Ensure that donor and gift database records are updated and current, including cultivation plans and activity entry, and maintenance of donor files.
• Draft emails, acknowledgment letters, tax receipts and other written correspondence.
• Coordinate donor events and meetings.
• Support the production of briefings and other relevant materials for Major Gifts Officers in preparation for prospect visits or meetings.
• Proactively keep the Major Gifts team informed of upcoming proposal and stewardship deadlines.
• Help with relevant administrative support, including research requests, database entry and reports, correspondence, and other tasks.
• Stay abreast of GBH projects and activities by attending other departments' team meetings, reading proposals and treatments, etc.
• Work on special projects and requests as they arise.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Broadcasting and Content Providers
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees