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Revision as of 22:39, 19 January 2012
- Title
Development Specialist, Wikimedia Foundation
- Purpose
As development specialist, your job is to manage the Wikimedia Foundation's donor database and oversee all development-related donor and prospect research and tracking.
- Summary
This position will manage the Wikimedia Foundation's open-source donor database and oversee all development-related donor and prospect research and tracking. This is a critical role: 96% of the Foundation’s revenue is derived from donations.
- Responsibilities
- Drive the optimization of the Wikimedia Foundation's donor database, including increasing user-friendliness and automation of tasks;
- Manage the database from a user (non-technical) perspective;
- Craft and maintain an array of internal materials including prospect research files, etc.;
- Help craft and maintain an array of support materials aimed at donors and potential donors;
- Create tax receipts and automated thanks;
- Support the optimization of the Wikimedia Foundation's online donation pages in order to increase donations;
- Support the development of other donation streams, such as corporate matching programs, donations-by-Facebook, donations-by-SMS, etc.
- Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent required; advanced degree preferred
- 7+ years of fundraising experience, ideally with a large high-profile international organization
- Experience managing databases from a user (non-technical) perspective
- Good general understanding of donation streams including emerging trends
- Excellent writing skills particularly including the ability to explain and summarize
- Ability to evaluate, analyze and prioritize; self-motivated and independent
- Good technical literacy from a user perspective: comfortable using various tools such as wikis, mailing lists and blogging software;
- Experience with web-based research tools such as the Foundation Directory Online and Lexis-Nexis for Development Professionals;
- Experience using CiviCRM open-source donor management software is a major plus;
- The ability to speak multiple languages is a major plus;
- Experience living or working outside the United States is a major plus.