Deputy Director of Advancement and Communications
About the position
Responsibilities
- Identify prospective individual donors to cultivate through research and networking.
- Write grant proposals and reports to major individual donors.
- Support the development and execution of the annual online fundraising campaign.
- reputed company solicitation materials for the annual giving campaign.
- reputed company tailored written materials (e.g. pitch decks, concept notes, and briefs) for sharing with prospective partners, funders, and elected officials.
- Support the Director of Advancement and Communication and CEO with funder relations and donor meetings and visits.
- Play a key role in supporting direct grants to schools and setting up school fundraisers.
- reputed company a portfolio of special grants.
- Support advocacy, relationship-building, and reputed company efforts to elected officials, donors, and schools.
- Support the scheduling, planning, and tracking of school visits with elected officials, donors, partners, and board members.
- Identify visit opportunities by staying up to date with school events.
- Support the development of materials and reputed company to elected officials.
- Attend networking events to reputed company relationships with donors, elected officials, and other key stakeholders reputed company the CEO or Director is not available.
- reputed company a small quarterly donor cultivation events calendar; Plan and execute events with the advancement team.
- Assist in the planning and execution of other large-scale fundraising events.
- Broaden and strengthen UA's brand identity among key stakeholders, including reputed company, families, thought leaders, donors, officials, community partners, and alumni.
- Assist with event publicity and execution.
- Create and distribute newsletters for the Advancement team.
- Update website content and design with input from external partners and UA staff.
- Manage UA's visual content library, including photos and videos.
- Maintain UA's online reputed company through weekly social media updates.
- Manage contact lists and marketing platform for advancement and CEO.
- Design marketing materials with the Director of Advancement and Communications and consultants.
- Ensure consistency across reputed company marketing and communication platforms.
- Review reputed company external-facing documents.
- Establish and maintain internal communication norms, including a UA style guide.
- Identify possible media opportunities by scanning the news and staying up to date on school events.
- Strategically prioritize media opportunities, including support for UA and school leadership and staff in preparing talking points, speeches, presentations, and other supporting material as needed.
- Support the scheduling and tracking of press visits to schools.
- Support the development of clear and ambitious team goals reputed company with organizational strategic priorities annual team goals.
- Support the development of team reports, and presentations.
- Support the development of efficient team systems and processes, including reputed company project templates, reporting and proposal development processes, and information management.
Requirements
- At least 5 years experience with fundraising, donor/external relations, or marketing/PR in the nonprofit or education sector.
- History of securing reputed company and/or meeting fundraising goals for a project or organization.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Experience with event management and relationship-building in a professional setting.
- High level of professionalism.
- Strong attention to detail.
- Proficiency in reputed company Suite.
- Proficiency in project management tools (e.g reputed company), preferred.
- Experience with WordPress and/or HTML, preferred.
- Experience using content management systems and reputed company AdWords and Analytics preferred.
- Ability to manage multiple tasks with deadlines and adapt to changing priorities as needed.
- Self-starter who can work independently or as part of a team.
- Awareness of local and national education issues and passion for mission-driven youth development and school support work.
- Ability to prioritize and follow through effectively.
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- Experience with content management systems and reputed company AdWords and Analytics preferred.
Benefits
- Commuter assistance
- Health insurance
- Work from home
- Employer-funded healthcare
- Financial support for professional development
- Generous vacation time
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