Middle East Institute ยท 1 month ago
Senior Development Coordinator
Washington, DC
Full-time
Onsite
Senior LevelMiddle East Institute is a leading Washington-based institution dedicated to the study of the Middle East. They are seeking a Senior Development Coordinator to provide high-level administrative support to the Development Department, focusing on donor relationships and fundraising efforts.
International Affairs
Responsibilities
To provide excellent donor care such as writing gift acknowledgement letters, sending information packs, responding to queries, and speaking and meeting with donors when they have questions related to their gift processing
Draft tailored acknowledgement and solicitation letters for individual, foundation and Board donors in coordination with frontline fundraising staff and the President
Oversee the creation of monthly reports to support fundraising staff, finance department, executive leadership, and the board of directors. This includes reports demonstrating progress toward goals as well as forecasting philanthropic support in future years and reconciling with the finance department
Work with Finance and other teams to accurately record, process, and reconcile all incoming donations received by post, online, wire and stock transfer, and telephone
Accurately process standing orders and direct debits plus respond to direct debit cancellation requests, update supporter records, etc
Execute on data entry, data hygiene and data maintenance projects to further the efficiency and accuracy of our donor database (Salesforce)
Work with colleagues across the organization to deliver a positive and effective donor experience
Work with senior members of the team to further develop processes aimed at mitigating risk and preventing fraudulent activity in online donations such as card testing, illegitimate refunds, and other risks
Support maintenance of Fundraising-related pages of the website; posting content, editing and updating existing pages
To support the administrative coordination and delivery of fundraising appeals, campaigns and events
Occasional prospect research into new donors
Receive and screen emails from the development inbox. Handle or appropriately refer all requests for information
Provide additional administrative support to members of the development team as needed
Participate in regular team meetings, reporting and liaising on ongoing projects
Co-ordinate and attend internal and external fundraising led meetings including room booking, and agenda
Other related tasks that may from time to time
Qualification
Required
Progressive experience working in an administrative role
Experience of using & maintaining a database, doing data entry and pulling data queries
An awareness of Data Protection issues and the ability to work with confidential sensitive information
Experience of building excellent relationships with external stakeholders
Experience of positive collaborative working with internal stakeholders
Excellent verbal and written skills with a talent for expressing complex ideas in simple and effective language
Creative and able to produce engaging written communications
Excellent interpersonal skills and confidence engaging with people
Excellent organizational skills and the ability to assess, prioritize and manage a varied and demanding workload
Numerate with a basic understanding of financial accounts and ability to do financial reconciliations
A passion for the work of the Middle East Institute and a desire to continually broaden and deepen the organization's impact
Preferred
Experience of writing acknowledgement letters and solicitation letters for donors or clients is preferred
Knowledge of international relations and/or educational or cultural work in the Middle East highly desirable
Benefits
Excellent benefits
Company
Middle East Institute
Founded in 1946, the Middle East Institute is the oldest Washington-based institution dedicated solely to the study of the Middle East.
Founded in 1946
11-50 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageLeadership Team
Mirette Mabrouk
Senior Fellow & Founding Director of the Egypt Programme
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