Fundraising and Operations Associate

Fundraising and Operations Associate

San Rafael, CA

Background:

The Daraja Education Fund (DEF) is a US 501(c)3 organization located in Marin County, California with a mission to support programs that educate and empower girls from poverty to become community leaders.

DEF’s primary project is funding the 17-year-old Daraja Academy, a boarding high school for girls living in poverty in Kenya. Every girl deserves the education she needs to improve her life, her community, and the world. Without Daraja, these girls could not afford to attend high school by any other way. Each year, 150 scholarships are provided to students. Over 80% of Daraja graduates have qualified for college and continue to be active in their communities.

Characteristics Needed

• A team player who can work well independently
• Cheerful, flexible and rolls with the punches
• Curious and consistently asks why in an effort to make things better
• Strong attention to detail and invested in getting things right
• Willingness to take individual initiative when appropriate
• Warm demeanor with donors and other stakeholders
• Knowledge of, and/or willingness to learn, relevant software programs
• Competent writing ability
• Bachelor’s Degree, or nearly completed
• Demonstrated passion for the mission of Daraja and women’s empowerment

Position Description

The Associate will report to the Deputy Director and is responsible for supporting the fundraising and operations of the Daraja Education Fund, including the following:

• Support the administrative management of major donor fundraising initiatives
• Fulfill donation processing, acknowledgement letters for contributions, and hand-written thank you notes
• Maintain the donor database (Bloomerang), including data entry, cleaning, and running reports
• Coordinate payments to vendors and assist in the preparation of financial reports with the DEF Global Controller
• Assist in planning and execution of DEF events
• Provide administrative support for the office including calendaring, email, printing procurement, marketing collation, ordering supplies and other administrative tasks as necessary
• Develop and coordinate donation forms on Qgiv, GreaterGiving, and other donation processing software
• Assist the Directors with special projects as needed

This is a part-time partially remote position based in our San Rafael office and may require occasional weekend or evening hours during special events.

Compensation:

Part-time 20 hours per week (10 hours per week in office), accrued vacation, paid holidays

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