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Advancement Associate

Employer
American Journalism Project
Location
Remote
Salary
$76,296 - $83,926
Closing date
Dec 30, 2022

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Focus Areas
Philanthropy / Social Responsibility
Job Function
Development / Fundraising
Position Type
Full Time
Degree Level
Bachelors
Willingness to Travel
up to 25%
Experience Level
Administrative

POSITION SUMMARY The Advancement Associate will help grow the resources available to social entrepreneurs across the U.S. by building and supporting the American Journalism Project’s strategic partnerships and fundraising infrastructure. This role will play a central role across key areas of our development operation, including research and strategic writing. They will have the following responsibilities:

Grant writing and reporting 

  • Develop and write grant proposals and grant reports, and incorporate feedback from internal stakeholders
  • Manage proposal preparation process and grant reporting process to ensure timely stakeholder review and high-quality submission
  • Support on ensuring compliance with grant conditions and regulations, coordinating with program and finance teams as needed

     

Donor communications and strategic writing

  • Contribute materially to the Philanthropy Team’s body of strategic writing and ad hoc projects at the direction of Director of Growth Strategy and Chief Development Officer
  • Support on ensuring language and messages are synced across fundraising efforts; this can range from updating language in strategic materials, such as the organization’s concept note, to maintaining org-wide and program-specific LOI templates, and more.
  • Coordinate with program teams to ensure accurate representation of work in development materials
  • Maintain accuracy of Philanthropy Team materials, including quarterly talking points, stats docs, and external reading list

     

Donor qualification and research

  • Proactively identify new prospects through research, including assessment of qualification for fit with the American Journalism Project
  • Research donor prospects using wealth screening tools, online research, and databases
  • Produce in-depth, well-written research briefs to equip our external-facing staff for outreach and meetings
  • Coordinate handoff of qualified prospects, including meeting prep as directed
  • Maintain current research database through ongoing review and updating core research briefs with relevant news and developments

     

Events support

  • Support and help execute special events, including donor engagement events, board presentations, and special fundraising events
  • Contribute to drafting event scope in coordination with the Communications Team, developing run of show, briefing speakers, and drafting invitation language

     

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