Position:              Development Assistant, Partnerships & Business Development, East Team

Category:            Part-Time, Temporary

Location:             New York, NY

Posting Date:     July 2011

Organization Overview

DonorsChoose.org engages the public in public schools by giving people a simple, accountable, and personal way to do something about educational inequity. Public school teachers from every corner of America post classroom project requests on our site. Then, “citizen philanthropists” can support the projects that most inspire them. To date, more than 180,000 teachers and 5 million students from low-income families have received $85 million of books, art supplies, field trips, and other resources. Fast Company recently named DonorsChoose.org the first nonprofit to make the list of the World’s 50 Most Innovative Companies, and GOOD magazine highlighted DonorsChoose.org as one of 30 Places We Want to Work. Learn more at DonorsChoose.org/about.

Team Overview

The Partnerships & Business Development (PBD) team designs innovative philanthropic partnerships with corporations and foundations.  This team is responsible for generating $24 million in classroom project funding, often through award-winning cause marketing campaigns with partners such as HP, Bing, Sonic Drive-In, Crate & Barrel, Groupon and American Express.

Position Overview:

The Development Assistant will support the development efforts of a 4-person team and report to the Vice President for the PBD Team, East.  Core responsibilities are as follows:

Partnership Administration & Project Management:

· Administer our managed giving programs for corporate and foundation funders including – Project Funding, Double Your Impact, Almost Home, Gift Cards, Employee Giving

· Create and maintain partnership records in our customer relations database, Salesforce.com, including contact and relationship records and logging of ongoing email, call and meeting notes

· Research existing donors and notes to ensure maximum giving potential of each funder

· Provide general support to the PBD team including mailing invitations, copying and assembling meeting materials, ordering office supplies, maintaining marketing materials

· Perform data analyses of current partnerships

· Research corporate and foundation donors giving less than $100K to ascertain additional giving capacity

Grants Management & Reporting:

· Spend out grant funds

· Assemble classroom thank you packages for donors

· Write and assemble compelling emails, proposals, and grants for foundations and corporations

· Analyze and present data for grants, media requests, board meetings

Position Qualifications

The right candidate is motivated by our mission and entrepreneurial, goals-driven culture. We seek a team player who is:

· A college graduate with up to two years of work experience (Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required)

· Highly organized, detail-oriented, results driven and motivated by project management

· A fast learner who enjoys detail-oriented work to ensure team goals are met

· Able to coordinate multiple projects simultaneously

· A strong verbal and written communicator

· A problem-solver with a customer-service orientation and strong analytical skills

· Comfortable with tasks relating to administration and office management

· Adept with Microsoft Outlook, Word and Excel, and willing to learn new software programs

· Experience with Salesforce a plus, but not required

· Excited to work in a fast-paced, start-up environment with aggressive growth plans

· Eager to take on challenges with a sense of humor. Bonus points given to kickball players, karaoke singers and Colbert Report watchers!

Compensation and Benefits

This is a part-time, temporary position with a time commitment of 20-30 hours/week (schedule is flexible). Compensation is $14 per hour.  The position is for an immediate start and is based in DonorsChoose.org’s national office in midtown Manhattan.

To Apply

Please email ONE attachment with a resume and thoughtful cover letter indicating how you learned of the position to Janelle Lin, VP, East Region at eastrecruiting(at)donorschoose(dot)org.  Please be sure to include “Development Assistant” in the subject line.  Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.  Please note that we will only be responding to those who we believe are most qualified for the position. No calls, please.

DonorsChoose.org is an equal opportunity employer committed to developing the skills and leadership of people from diverse backgrounds.