Development Associate: Donor Relations & Campaign Support

The New Orleans Jewish Community Center; Village of Nyack, Northern (NY, KY); Hybrid; USD 55,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

The Lewis JCC & JCCNNJ Development team seeks a Development Associate to support individual giving, major gifts, grants, events, and campaigns in Rockland County and Northern New Jersey.

You will assist the Chief Development Officer, manage donor communications, help with donor research, and prepare briefing materials, proposals, and recognition pieces while supporting data accuracy in the CRM.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of progressive development or fundraising experience preferred, including experience with individual giving, major gifts, campaigns, events, or donor relations.
• Strong relationship-building skills and a donor-centered approach to fundraising and stewardship.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong organizational, project management, and follow-through skills with exceptional attention to detail.
• Ability to work independently while also collaborating with colleagues, leadership, and lay leaders.
• Proficiency with Google Workspace.
• Experience with Bloomerang or another donor database platform preferred, with the ability to quickly learn new systems.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Chief Development Officer and development team in implementing the annual development plan across individual giving, major gifts, corporate support, grants, special events, and other fundraising initiatives.
• Support fundraising campaigns and initiatives by helping identify prospects, preparing materials, tracking outreach, and following up on donor opportunities.
• Assist with donor and prospect research to identify new opportunities for engagement and support.
• Help track fundraising goals, activity, and progress and provide information and reports to support departmental and leadership needs.
• Identify opportunities to strengthen donor engagement, campaign strategy, and fundraising communications.
• Assist with managing and growing a focused portfolio of donors and prospects, including donor meetings, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship activities.
• Prepare donor briefing materials, meeting materials, proposals, recognition materials, and other resources.
• Build meaningful relationships with donors and prospects through thoughtful, timely, and personalized communication.
• Support stewardship efforts that deepen donor relationships and reinforce a culture of philanthropy.
• Assist in the planning, coordination, and execution of fundraising and donor engagement events.
• Support sponsorship outreach, tracking, fulfillment, and recognition.
• Help ensure fundraising events are mission-aligned and contribute to organizational fundraising and stewardship goals.
• Work collaboratively with internal teams and volunteers to ensure successful execution of development events and initiatives.
• Maintain accurate and confidential donor and prospect records within the Bloomerang CRM database.
• Assist with timely gift processing, acknowledgments, pledge tracking, and donor record updates.
• Generate reports, lists, and data pulls to support fundraising initiatives, donor outreach, and leadership requests.
• Monitor development activity and help track key performance indicators and progress toward fundraising goals.
• Ensure data integrity and adherence to organizational procedures.

Skills

Donor relations

Fundraising

Major gifts

Events coordination

Donor research

Reporting & analytics

Communication

Project management

Collaboration

Donor stewardship

Tools

Bloomerang

Google Workspace

Job description

The Lewis JCC & JCCNNJ Development team seeks a Development Associate to support individual giving, major gifts, grants, events, and campaigns in Rockland County and Northern New Jersey.

You will assist the Chief Development Officer, manage donor communications, help with donor research, and prepare briefing materials, proposals, and recognition pieces while supporting data accuracy in the CRM.