Development Associate for The Family Center in Brooklyn, NY

Aileen Parker

The Family Center (TFC) is a nonprofit providing behavioral and mental health services, as well as social and legal services, to families affected by illness, crisis and loss. The Family Center has pioneered programming design and research to address the myriad of issues that challenge vulnerable New Yorkers and their families. Please visit our website at www.thefamilycenter.org to learn more.

The Family Center’s is looking for a full-time Development Associate, who will play a critical role in identifying, growing and maintaining revenue streams through collaborative processes that cultivate agency leadership boards, and institutional and individual donors. This position will report to the Development & Communications Director, and will support critical functions that enable TFC to grow annual revenue, both restricted and unrestricted.

The Development Associate joins a small, dedicated team that works seamlessly with agency program staff and our diverse constituent groups to realize TFC’s mission of keeping vulnerable New Yorkers and their families stronger, longer. TFC values collaboration and relationship-building within and across its departments; employee wellbeing and work-life integration; and learning and career development.

Responsibilities

• Enter, maintain, create and generate reports and analytic metrics on donor information and fundraising data in the agency’s CRM, Raiser’s Edge NXT
• Draft grant proposals and applications to prospective and current funders, as well as reports to current funders
• Support all Board of Directors’ fundraising efforts, including maintaining financial reports for all Board members
• Serve as primary liaison with the agency’s Leadership Council (LC), and leverage members’ companies and contacts for financial partnerships
• Work with all agency constituent groups to create and execute the annual fundraising gala
  • Work to finalize material design
  • Partner with vendors to create the overall event visual
  • Serve as primary liaison to the venue, e.g. contract, payments, tastings, etc.
  • Work at the event from set-up to break-down
• Occasionally attend and work at other events throughout the year
• Collaborate with agency leadership and staff to identify agency funding needs, as well as emerging needs of client populations served by the agency
• Collaborate with external agency constituents (Board, LC, institutional and individual donors et al.) to identify and capitalize on funding opportunities
• Communicate with the agency’s donor base in conjunction with the Development & Communications Director and the Communications Associate
• Work with the Development & Communications Director and Communications Associate to establish the agency’s overall public communications strategies in line with agency strategic plan
• Stay up to date on new and emerging best practices in fundraising

Required Qualifications

• Knowledge of Raiser’s Edge NXT and Microsoft Office Suite
• Ability to interact with a wide range of organizational stakeholders from diverse backgrounds (including community members, Board members, donors, funders, press, volunteers, clients, etc.) with professionalism, discretion, and empathy
• Excellent communications skills
• Grant writing and/or event planning and execution
• Ability to work a hybrid schedule that requires flexibility on weeknights and weekends
• Strong attention to detail and highly organized
• Skilled at multitasking
• Commitment to racial and social justice
• Interest in community empowerment
• Flexible and willing to work in variety of work environments
• Able to participate and thrive in a collaborative, fast-paced team environment
• Curious, creative and willing to take initiative

Desired Qualifications (not absolutely required)

• Bachelors or Master’s Degree in progress
• Conversational Spanish
• An eye for design

Location: this position is eligible for a hybrid schedule, and will require occasional in-person work at our Brooklyn NY office, which is located at 493 Nostrand Avenue.

Starting Salary Range: $50K-56K per year

Benefits: The Family Center offers a highly competitive benefits package, which includes medical, dental and vision insurance, Long-Term Disability insurance, a 403(b) retirement plan, a pension plan, a Flexible Spending Account (FSA), Life Insurance, commuter benefits, a tuition reimbursement program, paid federal holidays, summer Fridays and other early leave days throughout the year, a generous vacation policy, and extensive professional training and development opportunities.

The Family Center is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit, and is an eligible employer for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program.

How to Apply

Please email your resume and cover letter to jobs@thefamilycenter.org and put “Development Associate” in the subject line. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis. Applications submitted without a cover letter will not be considered.

The Family Center greatly appreciates the time and effort that candidates put into their applications, and carefully reviews each one. Due to a high volume of applicants, however, the Family Center is only able to contact those candidates that are selected for further consideration.

Equal Opportunity

The Family Center is committed to diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging, and strongly encourages all candidates to apply.

The Family Center is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.