Development Associate

Position Summary

This position is to help raise the generosity needed to care for over 4,000 wild animals every year! Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network is seeking a positive and organized team member to join our team as Membership and Development Associate. This job is job is onsite and not remote or hybrid. Successful candidates will have excellent communication skills, strong writing ability, and significant public relations experience. The Development Associate will assist in the management of the organization's membership program, donor CRM, fundraising calendar, donor communications, event planning, and organization reporting. They will implement a targeted, strategic fundraising plan to include cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship of individual donors to meet revenue goals.

The person who fills this position needs to be highly organized, efficient in Google/Microsoft/Adobe Suites, tech savvy, and adaptable to a fast paced work environment. A positive attitude is a must. We are looking for a candidate that embraces data management, gratitude for supporters, event coordination , creative campaigns, and can contribute to a big picture vision of saving wildlife.

Essential Duties:

Membership

• Manage Gratitude and Stewardship programs for SBWCN's members
• Manage member events

Donor Management

• Demonstrated experience as an active listener, using diplomacy and tact to build strong relationships and motivate donors
• Proven ability to handle confidential information with discretion
• Prioritizes competing needs, handles matters expeditiously and proactively, and follows through on projects to successful completion while managing work across multiple deadlines
• Participate in weekly Management / Fundraising team meetings
• Assist in updating donor database and maintain up-to-date donor records: adding and updating records, adding new gifts, managing pledges, managing campaigns
• Assist in Processing donor solicitations - daily individual donor gifts and acknowledgements (receipts, thank you letters, hand-written notes, tribute cards, etc.)
• Assist in pulling reports and researching donor prospects
• Source and recruit donors through various techniques (newsletters, databases, forums, e-mail, social media, etc.)
• Coordinate staff and donor appreciation efforts
• Stay up to date with Wildlife Center happenings, current needs, and activities
• Provide Event Support for fundraising and educational events

Communications & Website

• Provide support to communications team with social media, e-newsletters, and website development
• Assist with targeted donor email campaigns, including Annual Giving Campaign, Giving Tuesday, online matches, and program-specific campaigns.
• Fulfill online gift shop orders, assist with SBWCN merchandise inventory, and reorder items when necessary
• Provide ideas and content for bi-weekly e-newsletters and quarterly mailed newsletters

Fundraising and Events

• Provide support to organization's event coordination, including the annual benefit fundraiser and open house events
• Assist in events related to community outreach, donor recruitment, and volunteer recruitment
• Provide support and assistance in fundraising appeals, newsletters, and annual reports
• Coordinate volunteers for development needs
• Assist in analytics in the SBWCN donor database and create fundraising repo