Development Associate

About the Black Economic Alliance

The Black Economic Alliance (BEA) is a nonpartisan coalition of Black business leaders and aligned advocates committed to driving economic progress for the Black community through public policy, advocacy, and engagement with government, business, and philanthropic leaders. Founded by a Board of Directors and supported by an Advisory Board that includes leading executives from a range of industries including media, finance, pharmaceutical, nonprofit, and tech, BEA uses its collective power and business acumen to advance public policies and private sector practices that will expand the economic power of the Black community with a focus on improving work, wages, and wealth.

The Black Economic Alliance is composed of a flagship 501c4 social welfare organization, the 501c3 BEA Foundation, and two political action committees. All activities of the Foundation and the PAC stay completely segregated; the 501c4 engages with the Foundation and PAC.

Under its unified structure, BEA is increasingly bringing together leaders from across business, government, and philanthropy, amplifying the organization’s impact, and strengthening its ability to drive meaningful change for Black economic opportunity and prosperity.

ROLE SUMMARY: Development Associate

The Black Economic Alliance (BEA) is hiring a development associate. The Development Associate will be a major contributor to BEA’s success in raising and stewarding the funding that fuels its work and impact across all of its entities. The Development Associate’s primary responsibility will be donor stewardship, through keeping excellent records, leading systems to ensure strong and consistent donor communication, executing the operations of donor engagement events, and writing donor reports.

BEA is seeking candidates who are exceptionally detail-oriented and organized, understand that great donor relationships require strong data and information tracking, enjoy collaborating with a team to achieve objectives, and thrive in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Track revenue for all entities and prepare donor acknowledgment letters.
• Maintain the member and donor database, including updating records, monitoring gift entries, running reports, and tracking stewardship and cultivation activities.
• Create monthly fundraising reports for CEO and bi-monthly reports for the Board Fundraising Committee and Board Meetings.
• Maintain foundation, corporation and individual donor files.
• Maintain filing system for donor collateral.
• Conduct preliminary research on prospective corporate, foundation, and individual donors.
• Reconcile donations with the Finance Team on a quarterly basis.
• Write proposals for new funding.
• Write reports to funders.
• Manage the grant reporting tracker to ensure reports are completed by the deadline.
• Maintain guest lists and coordinate event registration.
• Support the management of event work plans and task deadlines.
• Draft invitation and thank you language.
• Create lookbooks and event briefs.
• Manage the creation and printing of name tags.
• Provide day-of event support, including annual events in NYC, DC, and Martha’s Vineyard.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree
• Minimum 3 years of relevant work experience
• Demonstrated proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Publisher, PowerPoint), Adobe, and Google Workspace (Docs, Sheets).

Desired Competencies:

• Ability to present information concisely and effectively.
• Ability to organize and prioritize work
• Ability to work independently and a self-starter
• Excellent interpersonal skills and a team player
• A self-starter, data and deadline driven
• Ability to multi-task with solid organizational and time-management skills
• Ability to prioritize and navigate working with a variety of stakeholders.
• Strong writing skills
• Highly detail-oriented
• Able to thrive in a fast-paced, small-team environment, in a hands-on position; and
• Committed to BEA’s mission.