KQED

Development Specialist

Development - San Francisco, CA - Full Time

The Development Specialist supports KQED's philanthropy team and is a key liaison among the Development department's verticals (Major Gifts, Planned Gifts, Foundations, and Grants) with other aligned departments, including Membership and Midlevel, KQED Live, and the Marketing and Communications teams. The Coordinator plays a critical role on the team, ensures an excellent donor experience, and whose work contributes to meeting KQED revenue goals. 

This is a hybrid position and will work in KQED's San Francisco offices a minimum of two (2) days per week.

KQED envisions a public media organization with a culture that centers on human dignity, equity, and belonging. This will enable us to better serve and reflect the Bay Area through diverse and inclusive storytelling. 

We value the contributions of marginalized people in society — including Black, Indigenous, and all people of color,  people with disabilities, and LGBTQIA+ people — and we believe that these communities must be centered in the work we do, and we strongly encourage members of these communities to apply.

KQED Code of Ethics  https://www.kqed.org/about/code-ethics

The mission that drives us:

KQED provide citizens of Northern California with a community-supported alternative to commercial media.   We provide citizens with the knowledge they need to make informed decisions; convene community dialogue; bring the arts to everyone and engage audiences to share their stories. We help students and teachers thrive in 21st-century classrooms, and take people of all ages on journeys of exploration- exposing them to new people, places and ideas.

KQED requires employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

Salary Information: $50,392-$62,990 Annually

 

Essential Functions: 

  • Provide diversified administrative and operational duties to support the Office of Philanthropy and provide direct support to department leadership (including Vice President and Senior Directors in Operations, Foundations, Major Giving, and Gift Planning)
  • Serve as liaison between development and membership and mid-level giving teams for events, communications, and stewardship, and with KQED Live event programming
  • Assist with the production, review, and editing of materials (e.g., correspondence, presentations, reports, charts, etc.) for donors, prospects, executive leadership, and others
  • Assist the Vice President in preparing materials and presentations for the KQED Board and Development Steering Committee
  • Prepare donor correspondence, including acknowledgments and solicitation letters
  • Take meeting minutes, distribute agendas, and coordinate meetings
  • Provide support for donor events and other events relating to the Development Team, including coordination of RSVPs, attendee lists, and name tags
  • Assist in the production and tracking of funder credits, including the production of television spots, and work with corporate sponsorships operations leads
  • Assist with sorting, editing, and performing mail merges of mailing lists and lists of prospects/donors
  • Act as backup to Senior Development Operations Analyst in support of gift processing
  • Collaborate on the production of the monthly newsletter, annual donor report, and donor stewardship reports
  • Train on email marketing platform and contribute to the workflow of donor stewardship communications
  • Providing calendar support, including scheduling of internal meetings and external meetings as appropriate
  • Assist with prospect and funder research 
  • Curate biweekly Development team meeting agendas to solicit topics, updates, and special guests and secure space and technology as needed for presentations

Knowledge & Skills

  • 2-3 years of experience in a similar role
  • Proficiency in Excel and Microsoft Office suite such as mail merge
  • Highly organized and able to effectively manage competing priorities
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills
  • The highest standards of accuracy and attention to detail in a dynamic, multitasking environment

Key Attributes

  • Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment
  • Natural collaborator, positive attitude, flexible, reliable, team player
  • Open and comfortable with learning new software and tools
  • Ability to effectively manage deadlines

Extra Points

  • Experience with CRM databases and email marketing systems
  • Experience in non-profit organizations
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