Development Operations Associate

• Manage program revenue projections, financial tracking, and the Grassroots Finance Tracker to monitor performance and maintain accurate forecasting throughout the year.
• Produce weekly, monthly, and quarterly fundraising reports to monitor performance, inform strategy, and identify growth opportunities.
• Partner with senior leadership to evaluate campaign performance and identify opportunities to strengthen fundraising strategies and outcomes.
• Maintain and regularly update the institutional fundraising pipeline and CRM records, ensuring accurate tracking of cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship activities.
• Conduct ongoing prospect research and pipeline development to identify new foundation, corporate, and individual philanthropic partners aligned with GIFFORDS’ mission and funding priorities.
• Track and monitor prospect movement and pipeline progress, helping ensure consistent advancement of cultivation strategies and proposal development.
• Support the Director in strengthening the institutional and corporate fundraising program and preparing the internal pipeline summaries for leadership.
• Manage and produce a variety of donor communications, including acknowledgement letters, general inquiries and high-dollar thank you letters and coordinate emails via ActionKit and FreeWill.
• Collaborate with colleagues across the Development team and other departments to help develop compelling donor-facing materials, cases for support, and weekly revenue reports.
• Other duties as assigned

Required knowledge, skills + experience

• One to two years of part-time or full-time fundraising-related work experience
• Demonstrated problem-solving skills, exceptional attention to detail, self-reliant, and results oriented
• Ability to maintain a high level of confidentiality and discretion
• Strong technical skills, including Microsoft Office, with specific knowledge and experience with Microsoft Excel
• The ability to learn new databases or donation platforms
• Flexible and able to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced environment while maintaining attention to detail
• Proven ability to work well independently
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Support GIFFORDS internal inclusion, diversity, equity, and anti-racism (IDEA) work

Valued non-essential knowledge, skills, + experience

• Non-profit or political fundraising experience
• Previous experience with database systems such as NGP or EveryAction and donation platforms

Salary + benefits The salary range for this position is $55,880 - $59,450 annually, with the exact salary depending on experience. Competitive benefits include employer-funded health, dental, and vision insurance; health, transit, and parking flexible spending accounts; 401k plan with 4% employer match; reimbursement for cell phone and monthly wifi stipend; 25 days of paid time off (PTO) annually plus paid week closure at the end of the calendar year; and 10 paid federal holidays. Applying + the interview process Submit your resume and a brief cover letter (400 words maximum) that outlines three specific ways that you would be a good fit for this position. Our interview process for this position consists of a phone interview, two Zoom interviews, reference checks, and a background check.