Posted on November 4, 2009

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Development Associate, Operations

The Wildlife Conservation Society invites qualified persons to apply for the Development Associate, Operations position.

Objective: To provide department-wide budget and operational support; IT management; and support to the Gift Processing Team.

Responsibilities include:

• Provide assistance with department-wide budgetary responsibilities for $6 million annual expense budget and $40 million revenue budget, including:
• Reconciling and analyzing monthly revenue received to-date versus budgeted projections.
• Tracking of department's overall revenue and expense budgets, and analyzing department's expense trends
• Working with Development Operations staff to develop annual revenue and expense budget projections
• Liaising with Development staff and other WCS departments including the Accounting, Budget and Purchasing Offices
• Provide support to the Development department, including but not limited to:
  • Managing weekly and biweekly time sheets for Development employees including time effort reporting.
  • Supervising season intern.
  • Ordering office supplies, maintaining department-wide calendars, scheduling meetings, arranging for work orders and maintenance
  • Sorting and delivering office mail
• Manage department's overall IT needs by:
  • Managing (i.e., monitoring, tracking and forecasting) the department's IT expense budget
  • Managing content of Development and Membership sites of WCS intranet
  • Managing department's printer and copier needs, including scheduling service calls, purchasing ink/toner cartridges, and maintaining inventory of supplies
  • Collaborating with WCS's IT department on hardware/software needs and purchases
  • Assisting in the creation of a department-wide knowledge management system.
  • Preparing New Hire/Termination forms for submission to IT department
• Work with Development Assistant, Gift Processing, to perform gift processing during particularly busy months by:
  • Processing contributed income to WCS via the Development department
  • Creating/printing/copying gift transmittal forms and distribute to appropriate people within Development and Accounting offices
  • Gift entry into Raiser's Edge; making adjustments to gifts as necessary
  • Processing charge cards for credit card contributions
  • Updating information in Raiser's Edge, as required
  • Writing and mailing acknowledgement cards and letters for gifts up to $1,499

Qualifications:

B.A/B.S. with 2-3 years of fundraising or related nonprofit experience and Raiser's Edge (or similar fundraising database) experience are required. Attractive salary, plus benefits.

To Apply: Please apply online at the Web site linked below.

Find out more by visiting the organization's web site»

Job Type: Development/Fundraising
Organization Type: Nonprofit Organizations