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The Fairness Project seeks a talented individual to join as a Development Assistant (DA). Reporting to the Development Director (DD) the Development Assistant will be instrumental to The Fairness Project's (TFP) short and long-term fundraising success through the department. This is a new department at TFP and it's an opportunity for the Development Assistant join a program being built from the ground up. The planning and strategic work will set us up to build on the successes in our first two years by developing a diverse and sustainable funder base – partners in our work – that will make our aggressive organizational growth possible. TFP is taking on our broken economy and our broken political system by going straight to voters to make significant gains for working Americans. We combine the best of nonprofit-start-ups and political campaigns with immediate impact on people's lives.
About The Fairness Project
With so many working people in America being left behind in an economy that is fundamentally stacked against them, The Fairness Project, a 501(c)(4), promotes and backs state- and city-based ballot initiative campaigns and raises national awareness of the need to bring economic fairness to tens of millions of people. The Fairness Project puts political power directly into the hands of voters to enact the economic improvements they want and need.
The Fairness Project, which operates with a multi-million dollar budget, provides funding directly to ballot initiative campaigns, but unlike many other organizations it, goes beyond financial support to provide ongoing services that give these campaigns the cutting edge tools to build broad grassroots support and ensure success on Election Day. Services include digital outreach and social media, data and analytics, strategic planning and advice, opinion research, media support, and national campaign coordination.
In 2016, The Fairness Project partnered with ballot initiative campaigns to raise the minimum wage and, in some states, require employers to provide paid sick leave. All four initiatives that appeared on the ballot this Election Day were approved by voters, raising wages for more than 2 million working Americans and passing paid sick days for 1.9 million. Combined with earlier campaign victories in Washington D.C. and California, The Fairness Project harnessed the power of ballot initiatives to raise the wage for roughly 8 million workers and their families in 2016.
In future campaign cycles, The Fairness Project will work with state- and city-level partners to:
- Support more measures in states and cities across the country to address other issues of economic inequality. Examples may include minimum wage increases, paid time off and family leave, healthcare, and fair scheduling.
- Make a fair economy a central issue in the national political dialogue.
Job Description
The DA will help the DD and department grow our budget beyond on current foundational support by building a pipeline of individual high worth individuals, institutions and companies to support winning economic fairness ballot initiatives campaigns in 2017 and beyond.
Responsibilities include, but are not be limited to:
- Work to meet TFP's multi-year fundraising plan to grow our impact, under the guidance of DD and fundraising consultants with a particular focus on pipeline development including identification, research, cultivation and solicitation of funders
- Research and produce background materials for solicitation outreach by the DD, Executive Director, and board of directors
- Maintain the prospect and partner database and tracking system
- Contact and discuss TFP with potential funders
- Coordinate gifting with other funders on support for campaigns
- Create materials to support development activities
- Produce, distribute and log Thank You notes and correspondence to donors
- Travel and staff donor meetings attended by the Executive Director and board
- Arrange department and organization travel related to fundraising
Skills and Qualifications include, but are not limited to:
- A deep commitment to economic fairness and enthusiasm to see organizational success
- 2-plus years of experience in development in a political campaign or issue-based nonprofit
- Knowledge and demonstrated use of best practices in political, campaign, and nonprofit fundraising
- A willingness to take risks, screw up, and learn is required
- Curiosity and creativity are critical, excellence in organization is a must
- A sense of humor is useful but not required
- A sense of discipline and determination in executing on long term goals
- Ability to maintain your creativity, strategic thinking and high quality of work within tight deadlines, while managing multiple projects, and understanding that long hours are occasionally required
- Ability to work well with others, and a passion for building support, partnership, and community around economic fairness and impact
- Highly proficient in MS Office applications. Knowledge of Salesforce, NGP EveryAction or other databases helpful
The ideal candidate has entry-level experience on a non-profit advocacy organization. The candidate loves to improvise, experiment, and is wildly curious and wants to build a successful career as a fundraiser; enjoys the thrill of advocacy or campaign work; and is passionate about improving people's lives by fighting economic inequality in America. Salary for this full-time position is commensurate with experience. This position is in Washington, DC.
To apply, please email your cover letter and resume to jobs@thefairnessproject.org. Please indicate "Development Assistant" in the email subject line. No phone calls please.
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