Development Associate TED Fellows Program
Development Associate TED Fellows Program
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Job Description
Position Overview:
The Development Associate will report to the programs director and support fundraising and partnerships for the program.
This is a role in which you gain handson experience in fundraising and relationship building by supporting our development program. We are looking for someone with some experience in fundraising or relationship management who wants to learn more and apply those learnings to grow the programs fundraising capabilities.
Youll be supporting and cultivating a community of donors advisors and partners who share a commitment to supporting emerging global innovators and leaders. This role requires supreme attention to detail excellent writing research and organization skills and a customerfocused mentality for hightouch relationships and event support. A wonderful opportunity for an effective detailoriented selfstarter.
Responsibilities:
Writing and Research
Drafting reviewing and copyediting correspondence and collateral for key stakeholders and their teams
Researching prospective donors advisors and partners for the program
Developing hightouch communications and collateral for the TED Fellows community including newsletters and mass mailings
Researching and collating articles to inform pipeline of vetted prospective donors advisors and partners
Compiling dossiers to reflect values alignment and flag reputational risks or concerns
Excellent communication skills and strong customerservice focus
Event and Meeting Support Network Cultivation
Facilitating planning and scheduling meetings events for key donor advisor and partner activities and gatherings
Cultivating and nurturing relationships with individuals that support and strengthen the TED Fellows network
Manage Directors calendar and events for donor advisor and partner meetings and network cultivation
Tracking invitation RSVPs and event preferences
Compiling prep briefing and pitch materials for potential donors advisors and partners
Providing onsite event support as needed
Supporting Director on meeting and event preparations followup and tracking
Information Management
Build out a system for organizing and tracking key donor and partner communications and engagement preferences as well as comms calendar
Ideating executing and improving on systems that support partner data
Maintaining data to ensure a secure and centralized hub for relationship management
Exporting relevant reports and analytics; informing and implementing improvements to the overall relationship management system.
Sharing relevant donor community updates across the Fellows team and collaborating with other verticals and TED teams as needed
Work with Senior Program Manager and Director to create and distribute Fellows end of year Impact Report to donors VIPs and the community.
Qualifications :
- 35 years work experience
Experience in nonprofit sector networkbuilding customer service or fundraising
Demonstrated ability to handle confidential and sensitive information in a professional and ethical manner.
Strong document management and quality control capabilities
Attention to detail; able to catch errors or inconsistencies
Excellent written communication skills: ability to write clearly succinctly and aligned to the target audience.
Research; experience generating background briefs and materials against a rubric or criteria
Organization; finds joy in categorizing sorting and organizing data and information
Ability to travel as needed
Desired Personal Characteristics
Ability to pivot and prioritize projects based on urgency; Comfortable working in a fastpaced environment
Creative problem solving skills finding solutions to nascent and nuanced relationship management tools and functions including finding and trying new tech solutions. Ability to think creatively about alternative solutions as well as funding and partnership models.
Selfmotivated able to work without direct guidance particularly in remote environments.
Reputation for integrity and good judgment; models ethics and builds trust
Eager to learn and grow in the role and excited to join a dynamic evolving team
Thrives in a work environment with both independent and collaborative work
Motivated by contributing to a social impact initiative and supporting a dynamic network of emerging and established innovators
This is a fulltime temporary role based in New York and offers the possibility of becoming permanent after three to four months. Remote work flexibility is available depending on the candidates qualifications.
Additional Information :
Salary Range: $8090K USD commensurate with experience.
TED Conferences LLC is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability status protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. We invite all qualified candidates to apply online with their resume.
Remote Work :
Yes
Employment Type :
Fulltime
Employment Type
Remote
Company Industry
Key Skills
- Crisis Management
- Microsoft Word
- Office Experience
- Conflict Management
- Constant Contact
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Research Experience
- Salesforce
- Administrative Experience
- Public Speaking
- Google Suite
- Writing Skills
