Job openings/Development Associate
From the Wikimedia Foundation
YOU ARE ...
...a fundraiser motivated by the Wikimedia movement and spreading the free and open information movement throughout the world.
We are looking for a Development Associate to help us in managing the Wikimedia Foundation's open-source donor database and overseeing development-related donor and prospect research and tracking. This is a critical role: 90% of the Foundation's revenue is derived from donations.
The ideal candidate will merge strong written and verbal skills, the ability to learn MediaWiki and CiviCRM (our donor database), and an attention to detail with a friendly personality and sense of humor.
JOB TITLE
Development Associate
REPORTS TO
Head of Community Giving
JOB PURPOSE
This entry level position will manage the Wikimedia Foundation's open-source donor database and oversee all development-related donor and prospect research and tracking.
JOB SUMMARY
- Responsible for donation entry of all non-online generated donations, and timely delivery of acknowledgments/thank-you letters
- Support general data integrity in CiviCRM
- Help drive the optimization of the Wikimedia Foundation's donor database by giving systematic feedback, including increasing user-friendliness and automation of tasks, and manage the database from a user perspective
- Work with Stewardship Associate to develop proper processes for organizing information in our donor database, particularly new information about Middle Donors
- Work with the fundraising team and communications team to craft and maintain an array of fundraising related communications materials, such as Major Donor packets, newsletters, and custom letters
- Work with accounting team to ensure accurate record keeping
- Maintain the Corporate Matching Gifts program and be the main contact person for all related communication
- Work with the Stewardship Associate and volunteers to answer fundraising related questions
- Support the optimization of the Wikimedia Foundation's online donation pages in order to increase donations
- Research prospects as required
- Edit and occasionally write grant applications and follow-up reports as required
- Support the work of both in-office and online volunteers as required
- Support members of the fundraising team in all efforts to grow and improve the Wikimedia Foundation's fundraising program
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent required
- Good general understanding of donation streams, emerging trends and donor cultivation
- Must have strong analytical skills; excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Strong attention to detail
- Ability to evaluate, analyze and prioritize; self-motivated and independent
- Willingness and ability to promote Foundation's mission to support the expansion of free knowledge globally
- Comfortable using wiki, mailing list, and office production software is a plus
- Ability to learn our donor database, CiviCRM
- The ability to speak multiple languages is a plus
SALARY
$42,000 - $46,000 commensurate with experience.
About the Wikimedia Foundation
The Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. is a US-registered 501(c)(3) tax-deductible non-profit charity dedicated to encouraging the growth, development and distribution of free, multilingual content, and to providing the full content of wiki-based projects to the public free of charge. The Wikimedia Foundation operates some of the largest collaboratively-edited reference projects in the world, including Wikipedia, one of the world's 10 most visited websites, Wiktionary, Wikibooks, Wikiquote, Wikisource, Wikinews and the Wikimedia Commons media repository. The organization has received numerous honors for its work, among them the Webby Award, the Prix Ars Electronica Golden Nica, the Japan Advertisers Association's Web Creation Award and the World Technology Award in Communications Technology.
The Wikimedia Foundation was created in 2003 to manage the operation of Wikipedia and its sister projects and is based in San Francisco, California. It currently employs 33 staff members. Wikimedia is supported by local chapter organizations in 27 countries or regions.
Apply
Please send a CV and cover letter to jobs
wikimedia.org before September 30, 2009. Please put the position title (Development Associate) in your subject line.
Applications that do not include a cover letter will not be considered. This position will be filled in October 2009.
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 those selected for an interview will be contacted.
Based in San Francisco, CA.
