Development Coordinator, Donor Relations

Job Locations US-DC-Washington US-DC-Washington

Job ID

2024-5570

of Openings

Group

Development

Overview

NRDC is a non-profit environmental advocacy organization. We use law, science, and the support of 3.1 million members and online activists to protect the planet's wildlife and wild places and to ensure the rights of all people to clean air, clean water, and healthy communities.

NRDC was founded in 1970 and our people helped write some of America's bedrock environmental laws, including the Clean Water Act and many of the implementing regulations.

Today, our team of more than 700 lawyers, scientists, economists, policy advocates, communications experts, and others work across the United States and the globe from our offices in Beijing;

Bozeman, Montana; Chicago; New Delhi; New York; San Francisco; Santa Monica; and Washington, D.C.

Position Summary

NRDC's Donor Relations team works within our development department and is responsible for the cultivation, stewardship , and engagement of major and principal gift donors whose financial contributions fund NRDC's work.

We are currently seeking a Development Ass ociate for our New York or Washington, D.C. office to facilitate our team's activities and provide administrative support.

Responsibilities

Manage calendar and scheduling, including travel arrangements, for the Donor Relations Directors;providescheduling support for other members of the Donor Relations team as needed.

• Maintain calendars for the team's internal activities .
• Undertake financial tasks such as preparing expense reports , processing invoices and pulling monthly budget statements .
• Complete d ata entry and report generation using the Salesforce database for the Donor Relations Team.
• Manage g eneral administrative tasks such as filing, mailing, printing, copying, distributing documents , and making team purchases ( e.

g. equipment, conferences) .

• Oversee and manage Donor Relations team files, Asana projects, and intranet site.
• Provide support building and maintaining team Asana boards and projects , including processing new Donor Relations project requests .
• Prepare general background materials for special projects as assigned.
• Participate in department and organization-wide teams and projects, as needed .
• Support management and distribution of promotional materials.
• Serve as backup for monitoring team mailboxes, onboarding new consultants, supporting events and campaigns, and processing contracts.
• Help create and maintain team processes and protocols.
• Provide in-office support as needed.

Qualifications

• Commitment to environmental advocacy and to NRDC's goals and values .
• 1-3 years of relevant experience .
• Excellent written and oral communication skills .
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite (including word processing, editing, graphics), Excel, and file- sharing platforms .
• Nonprofit database experience, Salesforce preferred .
• Excellent organizational aptitude and attention to detail .
• Well-developed interpersonal skills .
• Works well with diverse internal and external constituencies .
• Experience and comfort interacting with high-profile individuals .
• Self-directed; able to manage competing priorities and workflow, and to nimbly handle multiple tasks and deadlines .
• A collaborative, cooperative spirit; ability to be a team player .
• Works well in a fast-paced environment .

NRDC is committed to advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion, both in our work and in our workplace. We believe that celebrating and actively welcoming diverse voices and perspectives is essential to solving the planet's most pressing environmental problems, and we encourage applications from candidates whose identities have been historically under-represented in the environmental movement.

We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Internal equity will be reviewed and considered to determine a final offer . For this position, the salary range is $55,800 to $61,500 .

Our offices are open and we are operating in a hybrid model. We offer NRDCers flexibility , and we ask them to come into the office and spend meaningful time there in collaboration with their colleagues.

We call this purposeful presence.

As a science-based organization, NRDC aims to do our part to help contain the COVID-19 public health crisis. For the sake of health, safety, and equity, we ask that people be vaccinated unless they have an approved medical or religious accommodation or other exemption in accordance with state and local law.

We consider a person to be vaccinated two weeks after receiving one full course of a CDC-approved vaccine. In accordance with state or local law, new hires will be asked to attest to vaccination, those wishing to do so may request medical or religious accommodations or other exemptions via NRDC Employee Relations.

NRDC treats all vaccine-related data confidentially, in keeping with local, state, and federal laws.

To apply, visit www.nrdc.org / careers and upload your resume and cover letter. Please mention where you saw this posting and upload any additional materials that showcase your abilities.

Due to the high volume of applications, we will contact only those candidates we would like to interview. Please no phone calls, emails, or in-person resume drop-offs.

If you experience technical problems while applying or if you are a person with a disability and need assistance applying online, please reach out to iCIMS Customer Care at 1-800-889-4422.

For more about NRDC, visit www.nrdc.org .

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Last updated : 2024-05-08