Status: Full-time, permanent (Chicago,IL)
Payment: $47,000-$52,000. Salary is competitive and commensurate with experience.
The Development Assistant supports Latinos Progresando’s development & communications department by managing donor and stakeholder data and facilitating the flow of information within and across departments. Reporting to the Events & Engagement Director, the ideal candidate will be highly detail-oriented, analytical and tech savvy.
Founded in 1998, Latinos Progresando is a nonprofit organization that elevates the well-being of the Mexican community. Latinos Progresando provides quality, affordable immigration legal services, reaching families from more than 60 countries around the world. Additionally, the organization leads a 60-organization coalition called the Marshall Square Resource Network, leadership and cultural programming, and provides scholarship funding to students from immigrant families.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with the development team to meet Latinos Progresando’s annual fundraising goals
- Maintain the organization’s donor database (Salesforce), ensure data integrity and implement best practices for data tracking and segmentation
- Manage campaigns and stakeholders lists within Salesforce
- Input data and upload relevant documentation related to grants, individual donations and special events
- Support campaign and donation management through GoFundMePro (formerly Classy)
- Provide coordination for the organization’s recurring donor program
- Generate timely acknowledgements for all donations
- Administer the matching gifts process for donors and matching entities (ex. corporations)
- Support donor stewardship efforts by tracking engagements and follow-up actions (e.g., thank-you calls, small gifts, handwritten notes, cultivation events)
- Generate regular reports for department colleagues and the executive team
- Facilitate the monthly reconciliation process with the finance department
- Provide on-site support during events to ensure a smooth experience for guests and staff
- Collaborate with department colleagues to manage a calendar of meetings and activities, taking minutes and following up on meeting deliverables
- On occasion, serve as organization representative at external meetings and events
Requirements
- Demonstrated skills in data management, project management, development or related field
- Acute attention to detail and excellent organizational skills
- Proven ability to quickly adapt to new software and learn new tools quickly
- Strong problem solving skills
- Initiative and ability to multitask and prioritize
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, etc) and Google Drive
- Working knowledge of Salesforce a plus
- Bilingual in Spanish and English preferred
Latinos Progresando offers a robust benefits package, including health and life insurance, a 401k plan, and generous time-off policies. Employees work on-site four days a week and can work one day remotely.
Latinos Progresando provides equal employment opportunities to all applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
Latinos Progresando is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please contact us before an interview; no candidate will be penalized for requesting an accommodation.
Interested candidates should email their resumes and cover letters with the subject line “Development Assistant” to careers@latinospro.org. Incomplete applications will not be reviewed.