Strategy and Plan

• Support and deliver long-term development strategies and organization fundraising - with the Founder, Executive Director and Development Consultant - for the organization and specific CARA programs.

• Work with Founder and Development Consultant to create strategic opportunities for funding and relationship building

• Create campaign materials for general and program-specific fundraising

• Support annual fundraising strategies and campaigns

• Implement annual plans, develop performance measurements to track progress

• Prepare, edit and distribute all donor solicitation materials and acknowledgements including foundation grant applications.

Fundraising Channel

• Support and oversee a proactive, multi-source fundraising program including patrons, international agencies, foundations, corporations, donations and individual giving.

• Actively support building relationships with individuals and organizations to support the ambition of CARA. Ensure regular and personalized communication, online or in person as needed

• Establish a system of proactive ongoing research to track individual and foundation prospects

• Assist in the preparation - including gathering supplemental material and writing - of compelling grant proposals; track, memorialize and maintain compliance

• Build relationships with donors and ensure regular and personal communication

• Assist with CARA events and meetings including special tours, site visits, cultivation events and CARA programs. Assistance will include tracking RSVPs and day-of logistics

• Maintain an accurate and vigilantly up-to-date contact database including a schedule of donor cultivations as agreed with CARA team

• Accurately process and rigorously track all gifts and prepare reports

TEAMWORK AND BOARD

• Create and maintain a weekly agenda tracking overall development goals, program specific goals, and ongoing campaign next steps

• Interface with external program partners for joint development strategies

• Annotate prospect meetings and maintain communication/develop further engagement strategies with Founder/ED

• Work with Deputy Director on creating and tracking development budget and revenue

• Create and maintain internal communication systems between development and other departments

• Prepare and manage written correspondence for CARA including digitizing and storing archives in CARA’s relationship management database

• Creation of materials for board and other meetings including presentations and reports

• Schedule annual calendar of Board meetings and assist with governance including distribution of Board packets and materials, contact lists, minutes, meeting schedules and logistics.

• Ensure integrity in all operations and excellent standards of donor care, ensure CARA values and principles are integrated and applied in all areas of fundraising

• Maintain development-related calendars and manage calls for CARA staff as requested

• Organize and maintain files and records for CARA

• Oversee general email inbox and field queries

COMMUNICATIONS

• Support CARA team as liaison with communications partner on PR and marketing campaigns

• Facilitate e-newsletters; liaise with relevant internal and external collaborators to collect and assemble content

• Support relevant team members and partners in executing social media strategy

• Maintain up-to-date website content in concert with web designer and communications partners

• Maintain up-to-date mailing lists across all platforms for the organization

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent and six years of relevant experience

• Knowledge of fundraising, marketing, and public relations practices

• Personal experience of supporting pitching, securing and building partnerships

• Fastidiously organized and detail oriented

• Self-motivated with excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Values supporting others through reliable implementation

• Ability to be resourceful and a creative problem solver

• Experience with relationship management databases, gift tracking and donor cultivation moves management