DEVT205: Corporate Philanthropy Associate

JerseySTEM; United States; Remote; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking organization dedicated to bridging the STEM education gender gap through volunteer efforts. This pro-bono role focuses on managing donations, maintaining corporate platform information, and exploring new funding opportunities to support underserved middle school girls. You'll work with a passionate team, utilizing tools like Salesforce and Jira to enhance the impact of your contributions. If you have a resourceful attitude and a commitment to social change, this is a unique opportunity to make a difference while gaining valuable experience in a virtual environment. Flexibility and a proactive approach will help you thrive in this impactful role.

Qualifications

• Genuine interest in solving the STEM education gender gap.
• Experience with web-based platforms and digital tools.

Responsibilities

• Maintain corporate platform information and manage donations.
• Research new funding opportunities and track volunteer hours.

Skills

Attention to detail

Resourceful attitude

Social impact experience

Leadership experience

Comfort with web-based platforms

Tools

Salesforce

G-Suite

Slack

Jira

Job description

Overview

This is a pro-bono volunteer position.

JerseySTEM provides free after school STEM classes to underserved middle school girls in grades 5-8. Funds are raised through corporate donations, employee donations, individual donors, and grants.

The donations management team is in charge of:

• Maintaining knowledge about the Corporate Platforms (Benevity, Easymatch, etc.)
• Updating JerseySTEM information in the corporate platforms
• Uncovering new funding opportunities with these platforms

Responsibilities

A- Operations:

• A.1) Platform Maintenance
  • Maintaining credentials to the platforms.
  • Updating address, website, ACH information, and other details related to JerseySTEM in those platforms.
• A.2) Donations Processing
  • A.2.1 Timely recording of all donations received in the Corporate Platforms in Salesforce.
  • A.2.2 Issuing thank you letters.
• A.3) Volunteer Grant Management
  • A.3.1 Tracking volunteer hours for JerseySTEM volunteers who are part of a DOers4Dollars program.
  • A.3.2 Communicating with new volunteers who might work for a Dollars4Doers program and making them aware of the opportunity to support JerseySTEM.

B- Development:

• B.1: Investigating opportunities with the existing platforms and understanding how corporations use them to promote donations and volunteering amongst their employees.
• B.2 Researching, identifying, and exploring new platforms JerseySTEM might not already be part of.

How success is measured in this role:

You will be measured against the following Key Performance Indicators:

• How long it takes for a received donation to be recorded in Salesforce.
• How long it takes for a donor to receive their thank you letter.
• New related funding/fundraising opportunities uncovered.
• How updated the JerseySTEM information is in the platforms.

Qualifications

• Genuine concern about/interest in solving the STEM education gender gap.
• Attention to detail.
• Resourceful, can-do attitude.
• Comfortable with learning web-based platforms.
• Social impact experience, human resources, corporate-sponsored employee programs a plus.
• Experience leading a function (i.e., team, department manager, etc.) and managing others or desire to do so.
• Comfort working in a ‘virtual organization’ with digital tools (G-Suite, Slack, Jira, Salesforce).

It would be a plus if the candidate has a flexible schedule to allow for daytime calls with the school admins during the work week.