Job openings/Development Associate

JOB TITLE

Development Associate, Wikimedia Foundation

JOB PURPOSE

As Development Associate, your job is to manage the Wikimedia Foundation's donor database and oversee all development-related donor and prospect research and tracking.

JOB 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 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 preferred;
• Some fundraising experience, ideally with a large high-profile international organization
• 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 IM, social media, and blogging software;
• Ability to learn 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
• Willingness to learn open-source office solutions;
• The ability to speak multiple languages is a major plus;
• Experience living or working outside the United States is a major plus.

ABOUT WMF

The Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. is a nonprofit charitable corporation. It is fully audited and has 501(c)(3) tax exempt status in the United States. The mission of the Wikimedia Foundation is to empower and engage people around the world to collect and develop educational content under a free license or in the public domain, and to disseminate it effectively and globally. The Wikimedia Foundation operates some of the largest collaboratively edited reference projects in the world, including Wikipedia, one of the 10 most-visited websites in the world.

TO APPLY

Please send a CV and cover letter to jobs(at)wikimedia(dot)org, before July 15, 2008. Please put “Development Associate” in your subject line.

In your cover letter, please lay out some opening thoughts about how, in your view, the Foundation might best implement its overall fundraising strategy. Please also be aware that applications which do not include a cover letter will not be considered.

Please copy and paste the text of your CV into the e-mail, in addition to attaching the file.

Due to the volume of applications we receive, we regret that only people selected for an interview will be contacted. Regardless of whether you are interviewed, we thank you for your application.

This position is based in our San Francisco headquarters. If you are not currently living in the San Francisco Bay Area, please make that clear in your cover letter.