Development Assistant

Job Summary

Required Qualifications

• •Proficiency with database and accounting spreadsheet software
• •Must have reliable transportation
• •Intermediate technology skills for successful use of social media, donor management software, Microsoft Office, and a curiosity to learn new platforms
• •Ability to travel within the city, state, and out of state as needed
• •Ability to work evenings and weekends
• •Ability to manage donor interest and personal information with tact and confidentiality
• •Three years of relevant experience required
• •Valid driver's license and insurability required
• •Proven strength for problem solving and strong analytical skills
• •Outstanding organizational skills and precise attention to detail with presentations and written documents
• •Strong communication skills (both written and oral)
• •Ability to be proactive, resourceful, highly organized and able to manage multiple projects
• •Ability to work effectively and cooperatively with a diverse group of people on a daily basis with a strong service orientation
• •Ability to work with minimal supervision in a flexible environment
• •Skills that emphasize teamwork, communication, ethics, trust and patience
• •Enjoys being involved in all aspects of making the organization successful
• •Must be able to lift and carry up to 50 pounds routinely
• •Must be able to climb ladders
• •Must be able to climb stairs
• •Must be able to stand for extended periods of time
• •Must be able to extend walking within and outside branch locations
• •Must have the ability to reach, bend, and stoop
• •Full range of hand and finger motion is required for data entry purposes
• •The ability to distinguish color is required for network wiring purposes
• •Must have the ability to balance while walking, standing or crouching on narrow, slippery, or erratically moving surfaces
• •Must be able to ascend or descend ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, poles and the like
• •Must be able to bend the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine
• •Must have the ability to pick, hold, or otherwise work primarily with the whole hand
• •Must have the ability to place records, files, and boxes weighing no more than 25 pounds on shelves about head level
• •Must have the ability to pick, pinching, typing, or otherwise work primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand
• •Must be able to perceive the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction
• •Must be able to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discrimination in sound
• •Must have the ability to hear well enough to carry on a normal conversation with clients both in person and on the telephone
• •Must be able to maintain body equilibrium to prevent falling while walking, standing or crouching on narrow, slippery, or erratically moving surfaces
• •Must be able to apply pressure to an object with the fingers and palm
• •Must be able to raise objects from a lower to a higher position or move objects horizontally from position-to-position
• •Must be able to make rational decisions through sound logic and deductive processes
• •Must be able to use upper extremities to exert force in order to draw, haul or tug objects in a sustained motion
• •Must be able to use upper extremities to press against something with steady force in order to thrust forward, downward or outward
• •Must be able to extend hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction
• •Must be able to make substantial movements (motions) of the wrist, hands, and/or fingers
• •Must be able to express or exchange ideas by means of the spoken word including the ability to convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately and concisely
• •Must be able to stand particularly for sustained periods of time
• •Must be able to bend body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist
• •Must have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; and/or extensive reading
• •Must have the ability to see well enough to interpret data on a computer monitor
• •Must have visual acuity to determine the accuracy, neatness, and thoroughness of the work assigned or to make general observations of facilities or structures
• •Must be able to move about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to another

Desired Qualifications

• •Associate degree or higher in Public Relations, Communications, Hospitality Management or relevant discipline is preferred