Posted on September 4, 2012

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Development Associate

Health Leads is seeking a smart, curious, detail-focused and organized professional to assume the new role of Development Associate at its Providence region. The Development Associate will be responsible for ensuring that the region’s donors have a positive and rewarding philanthropic experience and supporting all Providence-based development activities, which includes drafting compelling grants and proposals, coordinating site visits for potential donors and stakeholders, leading the region’s annual fundraising campaign and providing comprehensive support for the Executive Director’s development activities, including assisting in research, meeting preparation, communication, and engagement.

The Development Associate will have an exceptional eye for detail and be capable of responding to a wide range of requests for fundraising planning needs, systems development and implementation and will be able to work effectively with a variety of staff across the organization while working with the Executive Director to build a fundraising operation for the region’s 350k budget that will continue to grow over the next several years. Overall, this person must have an entrepreneurial spirit and the strong desire to identify and help support funder relationships. This part-time position will be working remotely and reports to the Providence Executive Director.

Organization:

Health Leads is a national non-profit with the goal that one day, all doctors will be able to prescribe solutions that improve health, not just manage disease. The diagnosis and treatment of non-medical, but health-critical, conditions should be a standard part of patient care.

With Health Leads, a doctor can “prescribe” food, housing, or other critical resources – just as they would medication. Patients take their prescriptions to the clinic waiting room, where Health Leads’ college volunteers are ready to connect them to these resources. Last year, Health Leads trained and deployed 1,000 college volunteers to connect nearly 9,000 low-income patients and their families in six cities to the resources they need to be healthy. To learn more about Health Leads and our impact, please visit www.healthleadsusa.org.

Responsibilities:

Manage region's foundation relations

• Write and submit foundation, individual and corporate proposals, reports and letters in a timely manner
• Maintain calendar of proposal submission dates and grant report deadlines for current donors and prospective funders
• Leverage Executive Director, national staff and local and national community champions to advance potential donor’s interest in and partnership with Health Leads

Manage administrative development activities in the Providence region

• Maintain donor cultivation, stewardship and research through Salesforce database including donor and gift tracking
• Analyze pipeline and fundraising reports against regional fundraising targets
• Conduct prospect research, maintain prioritized prospect list and coordinate with national development department to prepare donor profiles and briefings
• Support the creation and maintenance of the Local Council, coordinating mailings, special events, meetings, presentations and other needs
  

Steward communication and relationships with current and potential donors

• Generate and edit general correspondence with current and prospective donors for executive director, executing as requested
• Work closely with the Executive Director to set engagement strategy and schedule meetings with prospects
• Track and maintain communication with current and prospective donors, including corporations, foundations and individuals
• Assist in managing business and community volunteers who serve on the Local Council and in other volunteer capacities to assist Health Leads
• Help facilitate communication and follow up with community champions and the Local Council members

Coordinate special development events, site visits, local outreach and media

• Participate in the organization and execution of all logistics for special events and site visits including assisting in the creation of guest lists, invitations, special materials, etc. and maintaining RSVP lists, provide background research on guests and donors, prepping executive director and event staff/site visit participants as needed, and liaising with participating vendors
• Collaborate with the national development department to ensure all marketing materials and community visibility opportunities meet national guidelines and the Health Leads brand
• Work with Executive director to help advance the PR strategy of the region

Execute the annual giving campaign for the Providence region

• With the National Development department and the Executive Director, prepare promotional materials for the annual campaign.
• Work with staff, board members and volunteers to produce personalized letters and oversee donor acknowledgments
• Track Local Council annual giving and generate reports on campaign progress and results.
• Maintain accurate and updated individual solicitation records in the Salesforce database

Qualifications:

• At least 3 years of progressive development, campaign or comparable experience.
• Exceptional writing skills. Previous experience in grant writing preferred.
• Proven skill in developing external partnerships and in managing high-stakes relationships.
• Exceptional strategic thinking, initiative and attention to detail
• Superb interpersonal skills, including sense of humor and ability to communicate professionally with constituents.
• Passion for the mission of Health Leads with a strong commitment to its core values: belief in collective strength and the power of shared work, constant and courageous learning, celebration of our and each other’s victories, and stepping up as leaders in a common vision.
• Demonstrated ability to work in a fast-paced environment, lead projects, meet concurrent deadlines, organize time and priorities, and to do so in collaboration with diverse stakeholders.
• Experience with non-profit organizations, management, program operations and boards.
• Strong skills in Microsoft Office Suite, especially Excel and PowerPoint. Previous experience with Salesforce CRM software a plus, but not required.
• Willingness to travel to Health Leads sites for stakeholder engagement activities as needed and attendance at evening and weekend events will sometimes be required
• Candidates must be in the Rhode Island or Greater Boston area.

Bachelor’s degree required

Application Instructions

Please visit our careers page (https://careers-healthleads.icims.com/jobs/1047/development-associate/job) to apply. All inquiries for contracted work will not be accepted at this time.