Development Assistant

Job Description

Communicates with donors and prospects; maintains the Prospect Portfolio. Enters new prospects and other information on the application; maintains files and information relating to events/programs. Provides administrative support to the Development Communications and Donor Engagement team and its Vice President as required; utilizes departmental computer software.

Job Responsibility

• Serves as a liaison between donors, prospects, committee members, etc.

• Maintains files and information relating to event/programs.

• Assists in organizing volunteers and staffing for special events.

• Drafts, transcribes and types various correspondences, as required.

• Performs receptionist duties, as required; answer telephones, direct calls, and take messages.

• Prepares profiles for potential new prospects.

• Enters and maintains prospect information in database.

• Prepares PowerPoint presentations.

• Works with vendors to facilitate the purchase of personalized gifts for donors.

• Manages mailing lists using Excel.

• Manages requests for use of Northwell's event suites to cultivate and steward donors.

• Manages calendar, and workflow approval process for VP.

• Performs related duties as required. All responsibilities noted here are considered essential functions of the job under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Duties not mentioned here, but considered related are not essential functions.

Job Qualification

• High School Diploma or equivalent required.

• Experienced and working knowledge of Microsoft Office suite, required.

• 0-1 years of relevant experience, required.

• Experienced and working knowledge of Adobe suite, preferred.

• Familiarity with other web-based project management tools (i.e. SmartSheet, AirTable) preferred.

• High-level attention to detail and ability to work autonomously, preferred.

• *Additional Salary Detail

The salary range and/or hourly rate listed is a good faith determination of potential base compensation that may be offered to a successful applicant for this position at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the future.When determining a team member's base salary and/or rate, several factors may be considered as applicable (e.g., location, specialty, service line, years of relevant experience, education, credentials, negotiated contracts, budget and internal equity).