Meals on Wheels Chicago
Meals on Wheels Chicago
Development Associate
Meals on Wheels Chicago ensures that homebound seniors and individuals with disabilities receive nutritious meals that allow them to remain at home and in their homes and communities to maximize independence. We also partner with the Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities to make accommodations in the homes of people with disabilities. We achieve this by raising both awareness and private funds to support meal delivery and home modification programs.
We are seeking a development associate to join our team.
The ideal candidate will have successful experience working in a nonprofit setting, especially as it relates to all aspects of fundraising, including special events. S/he must be energetic, organized and service oriented to our board, donors and clients.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree
- Three to five years of experience working for a nonprofit organization.
Skills Desired
- Experience with donor databases.
- Experience with Microsoft Office suite
- Familiarity with Mac OS
- Experience with special events, including logistics, sponsor, vendor and attendee relations.
- Think strategically and react proactively.
- Work in a collaborative team environment.
- Organized and efficient with time
- Clear in both written and verbal communication.
Development AssociateJob Description
This position provides administrative support to all departments within the organizations and reports to the executivedirector.
Principal Responsibilities
Development
Input all gifts into donor database and generates reports and gift acknowledgments. Secures matching gifts from corporations. Provides administrative support to the associate director of development for all fundraising and volunteer events.
Administrative
Serves as primary contact for phone, mail, and web inquiries. Serves as office manager and ensures smooth operations including ensuring the office is appropriately supplied and the organizational calendar is maintained. Serves as primary support for board, committee members and volunteers. Opens and delivers mail. Deposits checks at bank and reconciles deposits with donor database. Enters bills into bank interface for executive director’s approval. Schedules and coordinates Board, Associate Board and Committee Meetings.Secures in-kind donations for office needs.
Events
Provides associate director of development and event manager with administrative support including planning, development, execution and wrap of the event as well as logistics, communication, and vendor and sponsor outreach. Assists associate director of development in volunteer coordination.
Communications
Supports director of development and communications with all communication efforts including proposal research and drafting proposals. Maintains and updates organization’s web sites and assists with social media efforts.
Data base integrity
Develops and monitors the donor database to ensure integrity and usefulness. Draft input policies and serves as a resource to other staff in the development of queries, reports and other usage.
Meals on Wheels Chicago offers competitive compensation and benefits package.
Interested parties should send a cover letter and resume in PDF format to: .