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Community Harvest Project, Inc. · 1 day ago

Development Assistant

Grafton, MA

Part-time

Onsite

New Grad, Entry Level

$21/hr - $23/hr

Community Harvest Project is currently seeking a Development Assistant to support their fundraising and stewardship activities. This role involves maintaining donation systems, updating donor databases, and assisting with fundraising events to ensure the organization's mission of local hunger relief is fulfilled.

Environmental ConsultingFarmingNon Profit

Hiring Manager

Meghan Person

Responsibilities

Assist the Development Manager in execution of organizational strategic plan and annual fundraising strategies, supporting them in donor data management, stewardship, and thanking

General donation and payment systems management (Click’n’Pledge, Square, Venmo, etc)

Supporting online and monthly donor gift processing

Updating donation pages and merchandise sites

Tracking gifts and importing to donor database

Troubleshooting technical issues that arise

Donor database maintenance (Salesforce)

Manage donation processes and data entry

Report building and generation

Maintain accurate donor data

Supporting fundraising and donor events, including:

Tracking corporate sponsorship

Organizing logistics with vendors and local business donations

Updating signage

Coordinating payment processing at events

Creating special sites for event transactions and merchandise sales

Reconciling with accounting team after the event

Additional activities to support the Development Manager, which may include:

Processing donor thank you letters

Ensuring grant communication requirements tracked and completed

Keep website up to date with donation and event communications

Creating and maintaining Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)

Qualification

SalesforceDonation systems managementCloud based databaseFinancial experienceCustomer service orientationCommunication skillsProblem solvingAttention to detailOrganizational skills

Required

A passion for local hunger relief

Customer service orientation, and appreciation for the significance of donor/volunteer experiences

Ability to maintain confidentiality of donor information

Highly organized and great attention to detail

Strong communication and interpersonal skills

Ability to independently solve problems

Preferred

Cloud based database experience a plus

Financial experience a plus

Company

Community Harvest Project, Inc.

Community Harvest Project (CHP) is a nonprofit, volunteer farming organization based in North Grafton, MA.

Founded in 1998

North Grafton, Massachusetts, USA

2-10 employees

https://community-harvest.org

Funding

Current Stage

Early Stage

Total Funding

unknown

Key Investors

UMass Memorial Health Care

2023-07-13Grant

Recent News

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