Job openings/Development Specialist
- 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.
About the Wikimedia Foundation
The Wikimedia Foundation is the non-profit organization that operates Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. According to comScore Media Metrix, Wikipedia and the other projects operated by the Wikimedia Foundation receive more than 364 million unique visitors per month, making them the 5th most popular web property worldwide (January 2010). Available in more than 270 languages, Wikipedia contains more than 14 million articles contributed by a global volunteer community of more than 100,000 people. Based in San Francisco, California, the Wikimedia Foundation is an audited, 501(c)(3) charity that is funded primarily through donations and grants. The Wikimedia Foundation was created in 2003 to manage the operation of Wikipedia and its sister projects. It currently employs 50 staff members. Wikimedia is supported by local chapter organizations in 29 countries or regions.
Apply
Please send a CV and cover letter to jobs
wikimedia.org before May 15, 2008. Please put the position title (Development Specialist) in your subject line.
Applications that do not include a cover letter will not be considered. 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 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.
