Heart’s Cry Children’s Ministry (HCCM) is seeking a Development Assistant to work closely with Executive Director Matt Hedspeth to deepen engagement with their growing support base by creating a sustainable program of communication.

What will you do as Heart’s Cry’s Development Assistant?

• Manage “Extended Family,” Heart’s Cry’s child sponsorship program, and all communications with sponsoring families.
• After training on Bloomerang – Heart’s Cry’s Donor Management software – work with Executive Director to run weekly donor reports and keep track of all communications with donors through Bloomerang.
• Compose Thank You emails and hand-written notes to donors.
• Coordinate and communicate with all teams visiting Panama by creating itineraries, booking lodging, reserving rental cars and processing all required trip forms.
• Help Executive Director manage all fundraising events (timelines, content, budget, logistics, sponsors and communication)
• Miscellaneous tasks including, but not limited to, monitoring emails, printing promotional material and “thank you” calls

Heart’s Cry is seeking candidates with:

• Faith in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior
• Proficiency in MS Office applications including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
• Exceptional organization skills
• Passion for the vision God has given Heart’s Cry to give hope to the abandoned, but not forgotten children of Panama.

Heart’s Cry Overview:

Heart’s Cry Children’s Ministry is located in Panamá with its US base in Raleigh, NC. It has two primary service providers, Casa Providencia and Family Services. Please see this short video for an overview: https://vimeo.com/290726477.

1. Casa Providencia is Panama's first temporary home and therapy center for special-needs orphans. This facility offers the best therapy, nutrition, education, vocational training, and medical attention available, while it works to find adopting families for each of its special needs orphans.

2. Family Services is an in-country adoption agency offering legal counsel, psychological assessments, social services, and educational training throughout the entire adoption or foster care process for Panamanians at no charge. Family Services works with the Panamanian government creating policies and procedures to improve the country's adoption and foster care programs.

Heart’s Cry was founded by Misty and Matt Hedspeth. Initially, they worked with the government to rewrite the adoption laws in the country of Panamá and then built an orphanage for special needs children. The impact that Heart’s Cry has made in only 13 years is astounding. Its potential is even bigger.

The immediate goal at Casa Providencia is to add staff and resources to accommodate additional children and services within the existing facility and framework. The beautiful building was renovated exclusively to serve as an orphanage for these precious children and provides a wonderful transitional home for up to 55. The staff is exceptional and give the children excellent nutrition, growth, safety, and lots of love! Casa Providencia can add children as it receives additional funding, and it currently hosts 25 children with room for an additional 30.

Please visit the website for more https://www.heartscrychildren.com/ and see this recent video update https://vimeo.com/491399415.

Job Type: Part-time

Pay: $25.00 per hour

Expected hours: 20 per week

Benefits:

• Flexible schedule

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday
• No weekends

Experience:

• Fundraising: 1 year (Preferred)
• Microsoft Office: 5 years (Preferred)

Ability to Commute:

• Raleigh, NC 27609 (Required)

Ability to Relocate:

• Raleigh, NC 27609: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person