Development Assistant
J Street is an organization that promotes pro-Israel, pro-peace, and pro-democracy values. The Development Assistant will be responsible for donation processing, donor-data entry, and providing administrative support for fundraising events, while ensuring effective donation-tracking systems are in place.
Responsibilities
- Manage and coordinate the data entry and tracking of all asks, pledges, and outstanding payments
- Process all contributions to J Street in an accurate and timely manner
- Manage and coordinate the gift-acknowledgment process
- Provide administrative and database support to regional team members and regularly collaborate with the Finance team
- Provide necessary reports and data on an ad-hoc basis to both central operations as well as regional team members
Skills
- Highly organized with meticulous attention to detail
- Ability to prioritize multiple tasks and meet numerous deadlines
- Eager to work collaboratively in a fast-paced, team-oriented, and goal-driven environment
- Flexibility adapting to a developing organizational structure
- Excellent editing, and proofreading skills
- Experience with multiple database platforms as well as some experience with basic information design and reporting
- A strong commitment to J Street's pro-Israel/pro-peace mission
- Any experience working with various databases and donor-communications systems
- Some professional development-office experience, including database management, in a medium ($2 million) to large size ($20 million) non-profit
Benefits
- Unlimited personal time off
- Generous parental and family leave (up to 12 weeks)
- Paid federal and Jewish holidays
- Health, dental, and vision insurance (80% employer-paid for you and your family)
- Company-paid life insurance
- 401k with employer match
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Health Saving Account with employer contribution
- Commuter benefits
- Six Week Paid Sabbatical
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