Sacred Heart Community Service is hiring a
Funds Development Associate
JOB DESCRIPTION
Sacred Heart Community Service (SHCS) located in San José, CA is looking for a Development Associate to track and coordinate the organization’s growing donor engagement efforts. The person in this position must be highly organized, detail oriented, and work together with people from across the organization to ensure donations and questions are processed and acknowledged with speed, confidentiality, and grace. The ideal candidate must be committed to Sacred Heart’s vision of a community united to ensure every child and adult is free from poverty. For over 56 years, SHCS has been one of the leading institutions fighting poverty in Santa Clara County through a strategy that combines addressing the consequences of poverty through impactful programs while building power with people to push for systemic change.
**Position Summary
**Sacred Heart Community Service is seeking a multi-faceted funds development professional to support our funds development and communications work. The position will be responsible for performing and creating donor database tasks such as donation tracking and acknowledgement, cultivating volunteers, and building lasting rapport with donors. The Development Associate will provide excellent customer service to all donors, and strengthen the bonds between the giving public and Sacred Heart.
The position works on site in San José, CA five days per week.
Description of Duties
Coordination of Donor Relations and Database Management (75-80%)
Donor and Community Engagement (20-25%)
Leadership (3-5%)
REQUIRED: Proof of full vaccination against COVID-19.
Required Qualifications and Experience
Preferred Qualifications
REPORTING RELATIONSHIP
The Development Associate reports to the Sr. Director of Community Development and joins the team of the Community Development department.
COMPENSATION
This job is full-time, non-exempt at 40 hours per week. The pay range for this position is commensurate with experience ranging from $27-29 per hour. Excellent benefits include fully paid medical insurance for employees and majority paid medical insurance for qualified dependents, dental insurance, vision insurance, 12 paid holidays, 10 paid sick days per year, paid vacation starting at 10 days per year, additional wellness benefits, basic life and long-term disability insurance, professional development and more.
Sacred Heart Community Service is proud to be an Equal Opportunity workplace and an Affirmative Action Employer. SHCS is committed to building a team of people of diverse ethnic, cultural, and experiential backgrounds. We especially encourage members of historically underrepresented and marginalized communities, people of color, women, people living with disabilities, veterans, and LGBTQ+ people to apply. It is the policy of Sacred Heart Community Service to prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type and to afford equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants, without regard to race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, age, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, pregnancy, medical condition or genetic information, veteran status, national origin, disability, marital or other protected status. SHCS will conform to the spirit, as well as the letter of all applicable laws and regulations.