Position Title and General Information: Wildlife Alliance is looking for a part-time Communications and Development Assistant to join its Washington, DC office.
Location: Washington, DC – 17th and L Streets NW
Salary & Benefits: $10-$15 on an hourly basis (DOE and skills). This is not a staff position and does not include health, paid vacation, or other benefits. There may be a possible transfer to a staff position at a later date.
Schedule: 2 to 3 days a week, 9 am-5pm
Job Description and Duties: Working closely with the Director of Communications, the Major Gifts and Corporate Relations Coordinator, and other members of the Wildlife Alliance staff, you will be responsible for a number of diverse and challenging tasks, including the following:
- Process incoming mail and answer phones
- Coordinate with colleagues to perform office-wide administrative work
- Enter postal and Network for Good donors/donations into the Common Ground database and send Thank You letters and Sponsor kits where applicable
- Assist with preparation for fundraising and non-fundraising events
- Collect pictures and write stories from the field to be included in the Wildlife Alliance newsletter
- Help design/create organizational promotional materials on an as-needed basis, including brochures, in-kind advertising pages, holiday cards, posters, annual reports, etc.
- Manage Sponsor-an-Animal and Adopt-a-Tiger donor kits
- Assist with fundraising with foundation and government and corporate donors on an as-available basis
- Assist in writing, designing and managing website content and other e-communications content on a regular basis
Requirements: Pursuing or completed Bachelor's Degree, excellent verbal and written communications skills. Strong Microsoft Office skills necessary (Word, PowerPoint, Excel).Excellent word processing skills. Familiarity with database entry and basic database administration, preferably development (fundraising) databases. Some graphic design experience. Ability to learn quickly and work well within a team as well as independently. Interest in wildlife conservation a strong plus.
Preferred Computer Skills: Preference and higher salary an option for applicants with specific skills in: Convio, Salesforce/Common Ground, (or any donor management software), Adobe Design Suite (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop), Social networking sites (i.e. MySpace, Facebook, Twitter, etc), Knowledge of basic HTML and WYSIWYG web editors a plus.
How to Apply: Please provide a cover letter, resume, writing sample, and schedule of availability & references to:
Or address your package to:
Wildlife Alliance
1150 17th Street NW, Suite 403
Washington, DC 20036
Contact Email: careers@wildlifealliance.org
Web Site: http://wildlifealliance.org/
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