Development Specialist

The Development Specialist supports the Resource Development department by managing donor relations, volunteer tracking, event planning, and administrative tasks to enhance fundraising efforts for IRC in Atlanta and surrounding areas. This full-time role involves database management, donor engagement, and coordination of fundraising activities.

Responsibilities

• Assist with the creation and production of annual appeals, monthly solicitation and cultivation materials, daily gift acknowledgements and other written materials to engage current and prospective donors, deepen donor commitment and enhance giving in a prompt, efficient and thoughtful manner within agreed timelines.
• Conduct research on current and potential funders to prepare briefing and debriefing materials for face-to-face meetings with major funders conducted by the Senior Leadership Team.
• Support special events planning, preparation and implementation, including managing and tracking attendees, donations, volunteer support, and all other associated logistics.
• Use Salesforce to accurately track and maintain donor databases and donations processing systems.
• Use Golden Volunteer Platform to produce accurate and timely monthly reports pertaining to volunteer time submissions, applications, and approvals.
• Use Salesforce to create and accurately maintain segmented donor portfolios based on pre-determined criteria to drive targeted cultivation of donor segments in partnership with the Development Supervisor and Grants Coordinator.
• Maintain accurate records pertaining to volunteer engagement and recruitment including tracking the attendance at university events and tabling activities, active volunteer and intern lists, and upcoming volunteer groups.
• Enter monthly volunteer tracking Integra submissions in a timely manner in accordance with Finance department deadlines.
• Provide general administrative support to the Resource Development department including managing calendars and deadlines.
• Assist with in-kind donations drives and other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent preferred, preferably in Nonprofit Management, Business Administration or Public Administration with a concentration in fundraising.
• Minimum of one (1) year of professional work experience required.
• Experience with Salesforce donor management database and email content management platforms preferred.
• Excellent Microsoft Office skills and ability to learn new computer applications rapidly.
• Organizational skills in a complex, multi-tasking environment.
• Outcome-driven work style, establishing clear expectations and ongoing measurement of performance toward achieving targeted outcomes.
• Proven ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines, to work independently as well as in a team.
• Ability to communicate effectively and diplomatically with current and prospective individual, corporate and in-kind donors and volunteers, partner agencies, multi-cultural clients and colleagues on all levels.
• Experience working with refugees and immigrants, international work and/or non-profit experience is highly desirable.
• Commitment to the mission of the IRC.

Skills

• Non-profit Management
• Fundraising
• Salesforce
• Email Content Management
• Microsoft Office Suite
• Organizational Skills
• Project Management
• Donor Relations
• Volunteer Tracking
• Event Planning
• Database Management
• Donor Engagement Strategies
• Multicultural Communication
• Independent Work
• Team Collaboration

Languages

English