The Development Specialist will help to ensure the organization’s donor database is up-to-date and gifts are recognized in a timely manner. The successful candidate will be able to create reports using input from other members of the Community Engagement Team, while also using his/her critical thinking skills to analyze the data and identify giving trends.
This position will play a key role in supporting the organization’s philanthropic agenda by serving as the point-person for the input, tracking and reporting of donor activity in the donor database system. Additionally, the Development Assistant serves as the agency-wide donor stewardship coordinator, ensuring all gifts are appropriately recognized and donor intent is operationalized.
What We Offer

• A team of bright, collaborative, dependable, and fun colleagues
• An exciting, welcoming workplace
• A clear, mission-driven purpose to create hope and opportunity by putting kids first
• Employee recognition program
• Retirement offerings
• Opportunities for development
• Programs focused on your personal wellness
• Discounts on pet insurance for your furry family
• * Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
• * Supplemental accident, critical illness, and hospital indemnity insurance
• * Accrued paid time off, plus paid time off for holidays, your birthday, and volunteering
• * Employee Assistance Program
• * Public Student Loan Forgiveness Program
• available for full-time staff.

What You Will Do

• Administers the YSS donor database, including entry of donations
• Ensures the appropriate stewardship of donations and the compliance of appropriate agency obligations to deliverables
• Oversees and coordinates training and use of database by other agency users
• Provides administrative support to the Community Engagement Team, including arranging meetings, travel arrangements and undertaking any other tasks as may be deemed reasonable and appropriate
• Conducts and maintains research on prospective donors; uses this information to provide briefings, as required
• Maintains current knowledge of national trends in donor behavior and data mining techniques
• Serves as YSS’ point of contact with the donor database system) and makes agency requests for support
• Develops and maintains additional donor database information as requested
• Coordinates with Community Engagement Team and community-based centers on additional donor database needs, etc.
• Collects and maintains information for organization and development officer performance measures
• Ensures that all donations are consistently acknowledged across all YSS programs
• Processes thank you letters for all donations including in-kind contributions
• Processes monthly reminder notices for all outstanding pledges
• Maintains all records of planned gifts and bequests from donors
• Prepares all donation reports, as requested
• Reconciles campaign, Friends/donor reports monthly with the Fiscal Department
• Provides lists of donors for agency publications and mailings, as requested
• Authors letters, documents, tables and forms, as needed
• Supports the preparation and sending of mass email

What You Will Need

• A Bachelor’s degree in business, communications, public relations, philanthropic studies or related field.
• Three years of experience in working with donor databases, development, marketing or similar fields is required. Attention to detail, excellent written and verbal communication skills and basic computer skills necessary.
• Experience with software used in performing duties of the job (Blackbaud, Raiser’s Edge) is a plus.