World Relief is hiring a
Remote Development Specialist
\nORGANIZATION SUMMARY:\nWorld Relief is a global Christian humanitarian organization that is fighting for change that lasts, right here in the U.S. and across the globe. We bring sustainable solutions to the worldโs greatest problems โ disasters, extreme poverty, violence, oppression, and mass displacement. The organization is approximately 75 years old and has worked in over 100 countries around the world since its founding. \n \nIn the United States, we come alongside local churches, community organizations and hundreds of individual volunteers to support newly arriving refugee and other immigrant families. Today, we are proud to partner with over 6,000 local churches, and 95,000 volunteers globally to bring hope, healing and transformation to the most vulnerable.\n\n\nPOSITION SUMMARY:\nAre you a person of compassion? An advocate for justice? Someone who stands up for the rights of the vulnerable and speaks out for the marginalized, the exploited and the forgotten? Do you believe in our calling as Christians to welcome the least of these and love our neighbor?\n\n\nIf you answered โyesโ, to any of the above, World Relief, and millions of people around the world need you. \n\n\nThis full-time position furthers the mission of World Relief by cultivating and expanding partnerships with current and prospective individual donors, churches, foundations, businesses and others to fund World Relief Western Washingtonโs privately funded programs for refugees and other immigrants.\n\n\nCompensation: $27.75-$28.60 per hour\n\n\n\nRole & Responsibilities\n* Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.\n* Internal \n* Participate with the Director of Strategic Advancement, Outreach Manager, and other Development Team members in the development and implementation of an annual fundraising strategic plan, and executing organizational development plan and calendar to meet annual fundraising goals \n* Collaborate with the team in creating and following the organizational development plan and calendar to accomplish agency-wide fundraising and business development goals \n* Participate and engage in regular meetings with the Director of Strategic Advancement and Development team to review fundraising goals and clearly establish accountabilities or shared fundraising activities and events, such as initial contacts, donor impact reports, etc. \n* Maintain a thorough understanding of World Relief Western Washington programs and projects to communicate these to donors and inspire partnership \n* Maintain accurate communication about activities, contacts and proposals through meetings, phone calls, emails and the donor management software (Microsoft Dynamics, Raiserโs Edge NXT, MailChimp) \n* Maintain Donor Data in organizational database (Raiserโs Edge NXT) External \n* Understand and effectively communicate the mission and vision of World Relief to a wide range of donor constituencies to reach or exceed annual private fundraising goals \n* Actively seek and develop new relationships with individual donors, business/corporate donors and philanthropic foundations to meet the fundraising goals \n* Work with the Director of Strategic Advancement, Development Team members, and Advisory Council to plan and execute fundraising event(s) throughout the year \n* Represent World Relief Western Washington in local business or other associations to develop networks for generating donor leads \n* Organize and/or support other events that increase World Relief Western Washingtonโs visibility in the community, in close collaboration with the Events and Sponsorship Specialist \n* Collaborate with the Communications Coordinator and the Programs team to collect impact stories, write blog posts, write impact reports, and share with donors \n* Fundraising \n* Develop and cultivate World Relief Western Washingtonโs portfolio of private donors, prospective donors, foundation officers, and key community relationships as part of a coordinated effort to raise support and funding to meet the fundraising annual goals, and as appropriate pass contact leads to other members of the development team \n* Develop, in conjunction with the Director of Strategic Advancement, quarterly and annual work plans and metrics to measure success \n* Seek out and secure private funding opportunities that contribute to World Relief Western Washingtonโs financial stability \n* Leverage relationships with local businesses including refugee and immigrant owned businesses, to and secure sponsorships. \n* Assist with the development of fundraising and marketing collaterals that will best communicate to donors to maximize giving \n* Prepare impact reports/updates to share with donors on a quarterly basis \n* Engage donors on a regular basis to deepen and strengthen the relationships, reduce attrition and increase retention. \n* Make strategic financial asks \n* Keep track of fundraising goals on a weekly/monthly basis Support the Director of Strategic Advancementโ 20% \n* Manage and coordinate Director of Strategic Advancement calendar \n* Coordinate and support all meetings led by Director of Strategic Advancement \n* Other roles as requested by Director of Strategic Advancement\n\n\n\nKnowledge, Skills, & Abilities\n* Knowledge of nonprofit development/fundraising \n* Strong verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills \n* Strong self-starter with ability to work autonomously \n* Strong organizational, analytical skills and attention to detail. \n* Microsoft Office suite\n\n\n\nRequirements\n* Mature and personal Christian faith\n* Committed to the mission, vision, and values of World Relief\n* Desire to serve and empower the Church to impact vulnerable communities\n* Able to affirm and/or acknowledge World Reliefs Core Beliefs, Statement of Faith, Christian Identity and National Evangelicals For the Health of The Nation document\n* Minimum 2+ years fundraising experience. \n* Ability to flex schedule to meet demands of occasional evening or weekend events \n* Cross-cultural experience \n* Data management and CRM experience required (Microsoft Dynamics, Raiserโs Edge, Greater Giving) Candidates from refugee, asylee, or other immigrant backgrounds are encouraged to apply Current driverโs license, and clean driving record required\n\n\n\n\n\nWorld Relief offers a competitive benefits package (25 hours + per week):\n \n- Medical, Dental, Vision\n- Offer 16 company Paid Holidays + 4 additional Personal days per year!\n- Paid Sick and Vacation Time\n- Paid Parental Leave (12 weeks for qualified employees)\n- FSAs: Medical & Dependent Care, & Commuter Funding\n- Supplemental Life Insurance (employee, spouse, and children)\n- Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity, and Accident insurance policies\n- Legal Shield Insurance\n \nWorld Relief pays 100% for eligible employees:\n- Group Term Life (employee, spouse, and children)\n- Long Term & Short-term Disability\n- Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&D)\n- Long Distance Travel Insurance\n- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)\n \nWorld Relief - Retirement:\n- 401K & Roth\n- WR matches up to 4%, then an additional quarter percent up to 10%\n- Eligibility: Full Time (40 hours per week) is eligible after 3 months of employment. Part time is eligible after 1000 hours in a year. \n \nWorld Relief Discounts (Immediately Eligible):\n- Verizon\n- Pet Insurance through Nationwide\n- Home and Auto insurance through Liberty Mutual\n- Working Advantage Discount Program\n- Active & Fit Gym Membership\n \nWorld Relief is honored to be recognized with the Silver-level Cigna Healthy Workforce Designation for exceeding the core components of our well-being program including leadership and culture, program foundations and execution, and whole person health.\n\n\nPHYSICAL DEMANDS: \n \nThe physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. \n \nยท While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to have ordinary ambulatory skills sufficient to visit other locations \nยท The ability to stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch, and manipulate (lift, carry, move) light to medium weights of 10-15 pounds. \nยท Requires good hand-eye coordination, arm, hand and finger dexterity, including ability to grasp, and visual acuity to use a keyboard, operate equipment and read application information. \nยท The employee frequently is required to sit, reach with hands and arms, talk and hear.\n \nWORK ENVIRONMENT: \n \nยท General office setting. World Relief also offers hybrid and remote schedules for limited positions. \nยท Great lengths of time working on computer, reading from computer screen, entering information, standing at copier or fax machine, and some time on the phone or in virtual meetings may be required.\nยท Year-end archiving activities involve repeated lifting and bending.\nยท Physical, emotional and intellectual demands\nยท Equipment used: Employee computer (desktop or laptop), printer, and copier.\nยท All of the above duties and responsibilities are essential job functions subject to reasonable accommodation. All job requirements listed indicate the minimum level of knowledge, skills and/or ability deemed necessary to perform the job proficiently. This job description is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of duties, responsibilities or requirements. Individuals may be required to perform any other job-related instructions as requested by their supervisor, subject to reasonable accommodation. This position description is not all-inclusive and is always under review.\n \nWe are proud to be an EEO/AA employer M/F/D/V. \n \nFor World Relief staff, strong commitment to the mission, vision, and values of World Relief is essential, and Christian faith is a prerequisite for employment, based upon United States federal guidelines provided in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.\n \nLegal Background in the United States \nWorld Relief is both an equal opportunity employer and a faith-based religious organization.โฏWorld Relief strictly prohibits and does not tolerate unlawful discrimination against employees on the basis of personโs race, color, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law, which does not conflict with the protections afforded World Relief as a faith-based employer. \n \nIn addition, physical or mental limitations will not be a factor in the application of World Relief's employment policies or employee practices, except for those situations in which occupational requirement make consideration of such factors necessary.\n \nPursuant to the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Section 702 (42 U.S.C. 2000e 1(a) World Relief has the right to, and does, hire only candidates who agree with World Reliefโs Statement of Faith. \n\n#Salary and compensation\n
No salary data published by company so we estimated salary based on similar jobs related to Marketing and Legal jobs that are similar:\n\n
$77,500 — $177,500/year\n
\n\n#Benefits\n
๐ฐ 401(k)\n\n๐ Distributed team\n\nโฐ Async\n\n๐ค Vision insurance\n\n๐ฆท Dental insurance\n\n๐ Medical insurance\n\n๐ Unlimited vacation\n\n๐ Paid time off\n\n๐ 4 day workweek\n\n๐ฐ 401k matching\n\n๐ Company retreats\n\n๐ฌ Coworking budget\n\n๐ Learning budget\n\n๐ช Free gym membership\n\n๐ง Mental wellness budget\n\n๐ฅ Home office budget\n\n๐ฅง Pay in crypto\n\n๐ฅธ Pseudonymous\n\n๐ฐ Profit sharing\n\n๐ฐ Equity compensation\n\nโฌ๏ธ No whiteboard interview\n\n๐ No monitoring system\n\n๐ซ No politics at work\n\n๐
We hire old (and young)\n\n
\n\n#Location\nKent, WA