Development Associate, Calvary Women's Services, Washington, DC

Development Associate

Posted on: July 2, 2013
Application deadline: August 2, 2013
Posted by: Calvary Women's Services

DESCRIPTION

Calvary Women's Services provides homeless women in Washington, DC with safe housing and comprehensive support services programs. Though the women who come to Calvary face many challenges, we believe that every woman has strengths and gifts she can build on to achieve her goals for stable housing, good health and financial independence.

Calvary has two open Development Associate positions. The Development Associates work with the Development Director, Grant Writer and Executive Director on fundraising, communications and related projects. This team ensures that Calvary can achieve its mission and meet the goals of the annual operating budget and Calvary's expansion plans.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Design and organize events, including the annual Hope Awards Dinner and cultivation and stewardship events; work closely with donors and members of the Board of Directors who host events on behalf of Calvary
• Coordinate the organization's donor stewardship process, including acknowledgments, thank you calls and other personal outreach
• Manage the organization's donor database and provide financial and fundraising reports
• Complete donor research
• Manage an in-kind donation program that reaches out to individuals and businesses
• Manage a mailing program of four annual appeals and acquisition mailings
• Establish a strong online presence through Calvary's website, blog, social media, e-newsletter, and email appeals
• Generate traditional media exposure, through producing effective press releases, op-eds and more
• Coordinate online giving campaigns, including managing volunteer involvement
• Produce engaging fundraising and communications materials, including an annual report, brochures, background sheets and more
• Work closely with the Events & Donor Relations Associate to promote events and ensure sponsor visibility

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE & SKILLS

• Bachelor's degree
• At least three years of fundraising, communications or related work experience
• Creativity, initiative and passion for Calvary's mission
• Ability to develop strong relationships with donors and colleagues
• Superb writing and proofreading skills
• Exceptional organizational skills and high level of attention to detail and accuracy
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks, responsibilities and deadlines
• Enthusiastic team player, able to pitch in on a variety of projects
• Experience with donor databases, especially DonorPerfect ; constituent management software; and social media
• Willingness to participate in and develop knowledge of programs and activities throughout the organization
• Familiarity with homelessness, domestic violence or related issues is a plus

HOW TO APPLY

To apply, please send an email to Heather Laing at hlaing@calvaryservices.org with the name of the position to which you are applying in the subject line. Applications should include a cover letter, resume and writing sample.

Calvary Women's Services offers a competitive salary and generous benefits, including: fully paid individual health insurance; life and disability insurance; a 403b program; free parking; staff training and professional development opportunities; and a collegial work environment.

Online Communications Associate, Association for Women's Rights in Development, Toronto, Canada

Online Communications Associate

Posted on: June 25, 2013
Application deadline: July 14, 2013
Posted by: The Association for Women's Rights in Development

OVERVIEW

The Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID) is an international feminist organization working to strengthen the voice, impact and influence of women's rights advocates, organizations and movements internationally.

Since its inception, AWID has consistently provided accessible, high-quality and diverse information on women's rights and gender and development issues. We believe that providing information is fundamental to building understanding of the trends affecting women's rights, setting agendas and amplifying the voices, perspectives and diverse forms of organizing of women from around the world.

The WRI team produces and sources a wide range of information products in English, Spanish and French – from news, interviews and analysis to job announcements, new resources, events and urgent appeals – and disseminates them through the AWID website, social media and e-newsletters.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Content Production, Compilation & Dissemination:
- Sources and compiles information on jobs, announcements, events, resources and urgent actions and alerts in English, French and Spanish in line with the editorial guidelines and ensures timely dissemination of e-newsletters
- Daily sourcing online content in English, French and Spanish relevant to women's human rights, gender equality and sustainable development and posting to www.awid.org
- Ensures access to timely news and information related to priority themes by maintaining relationships with strategic external stakeholders, in coordination with the Manager
- Conducts outreach to relevant groups to increase subscribers among our priority groups and our Spanish and French constituencies
- Other online communications support as needed including writing, short translations and copyediting
Content management support for www.awid.org
- Provides website content management support including creating and editing new pages and sections and adding translations
- Compiles and disseminates the monthly e-newsletter What's new on awid.org? in English, Spanish and French
- Regularly checks the contact@awid.org email accounts and responds to emails or forwards to relevant staff in a timely manner

Social media support:
- Implements AWID's social media strategy
- Monitors engagement with AWID on social media channels and facilitates the social media conversations
- Produce and publish content for AWID's social media presence in English, Spanish and French

QUALIFICATIONS

Experience:
At least 2 to 4 years experience:
- Producing and managing online content related to women's rights issues for diverse audiences
- Working in a non-profit development and/or human rights and/or women's rights organization in a related role
- Working as part of a multicultural team and/or located in diverse locations
- Familiarity with key issues and themes related to women's rights

Other Requirements:
- Familiarity with elements of feminist theory and women's rights frameworks
- Able to travel internationally (1-2 times a year)
- Experience working in a virtual, multi-location team
- Trilingual: English-French-Spanish

Assets:
- Courses or certificates in digital communications and/or social media
- Knowledge of basic audio and video editing software

We are looking for an individual who is committed to the principles and values of feminism, anti-discrimination, and anti-racism. The ideal candidate will have a strong knowledge of the latest online and social media technologies, knowledge of women's rights and gender and development issues, and excellent communication skills. If you have strong multitasking skills, a keen attention to detail and the ability to prioritize tasks with minimal supervision, we would love to hear from you!

For a complete job description, please visit our website at www.awid.org/Get-Involved/Jobs

HOW TO APPLY

Please send:

1) Current CV and cover letter (addressing how you meet the necessary qualifications and outlines why you want to work for AWID)
2) The exact source/location you saw the advertisement for this position

Fax: +416 594 0330
E-mail: jobs@awid.org (please include "Online Communications Associate" in the subject line of the email)

No phone calls please. Only email and faxed applications will be accepted. The application closing date is Sunday, July 14, 2013. We thank all who apply, but only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. AWID encourages, promotes and supports diversity in all aspects of its work.

To learn more about AWID and our programs, please visit our website at www.awid.org.

Manager of Online Advocacy & Engagement, Center for Reproductive Rights, New York, NY

Manager of Online Advocacy & Engagement

Posted on: April 8, 2013
Application deadline: May 3, 2013
Posted by: Center for Reproductive Rights

CENTER BACKGROUND

Founded in 1992, the Center for Reproductive Rights is a non-profit organization that promotes women's equality worldwide by securing reproductive rights in constitutional and international human rights law. Its mission is straightforward and ambitious: to advance reproductive freedom as a fundamental right that all governments are legally obligated to protect, respect and fulfill. The Center is unmatched as a reproductive rights organization in its expertise on US constitutional law, comparative law and international human rights law.

The Center works across the globe on issues including access to life-saving obstetrics care, contraception, abortion services and comprehensive sexuality information, as well as the prevention of forced sterilization and child marriage. It has brought groundbreaking cases before national courts, UN committees and regional human rights bodies. It has built the legal capacity of women's rights advocates in more than 50 countries.

In addition to a headquarters in New York City, the Center has offices in: Washington D.C.; Bogotá, Colombia; Kathmandu, Nepal; Nairobi, Kenya; and Geneva, Switzerland. It employs more than 100 professionals from Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Kenya, Korea, Nepal, Nigeria, the Philippines, Slovakia, Sweden and the US.

DESCRIPTION

The Center for Reproductive Rights' Manager of Online Advocacy and Engagement is a dynamic, self-motivated individual with a passion for global human rights working as a key member of an ambitious and enterprising Communications Department that has recently expanded its reach significantly online and in the media through the launch of a major national engagement and public awareness campaign called Draw the Line. The Manager of Online Advocacy and Engagement is the lead individual in developing and executing a highly effective and data-driven online advocacy program designed to increase the number of supporters on the Center's email list, expand the size of the Center's online community through social media, and to ultimately, convert online users into Center advocates, and in collaboration with the Development team, into donors. S/he reports directly to the Director of Communications Operations; works closely with Senior Digital Producer and Project Manager, Senior Writer/Editor, and the Senior Creative and Designer on the team; and shares management of the online communications assistant with the Senior Digital Producer and Project Manager. S/he is also a crucial partner to the Center's Manager of Direct Response, a member of the Development Department reporting to the Director of Individual Gifts.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Create effective online communications strategies that utilize web, email, and social media channels to expand the Center's online community; promote the Center's profile and work; drive email list growth; increase the number of supporters on social media.
• Identify potential online advocacy opportunities within the Draw the Line campaign, Center litigation and federal and state advocacy, current legislative issues, and news developments, and write and edit email alerts and social media posts, obtaining approvals when necessary from content stakeholders and collaborating with the Communications team to ensure an integrated approach that connects online content and media placements.
• Support the Manager of Direct Response in meeting monthly and annual online fundraising goals through the development of effective fundraising emails and strategic use of the Center's supporter data. (Performance evaluation will be directly tied to the strength of the Manager of Online Advocacy and Engagement's support in achieving these goals.)
• In close partnership with the Center's direct response consultants and the Manager of Direct Response, write all fundraising emails (excluding renewals and year-end messaging, content development for which will be led by the Manager of Direct Response).
• In cooperation with the Manager of Direct Response, collaborate with the Center's direct response consultants on ensuring effective, coordinated strategies for supporter engagement and conversion.
• Collaborate with the Manager of Direct Response to design and implement online strategies for donor/activist acquisition.
• Work closely with the Manager of Direct Response and the Development Department to develop the narrative arc for the Center's integrated, multi-channel campaigns, including audience engagement plans, content creation, and timelines with ultimate goal of converting activists into donors and cultivating individual activists with the potential to become contributors to the Center.
• Develop and produce a monthly e-newsletter, ReproWrites.
• Implement and monitor test plans, campaign metrics, and analysis of online email engagement and website to report outcomes to supervisor and make recommendations to advance strategies and bolster the impact of the Center's work.
• Manage and maintain the Center's Customer Relationship Management system (Convio), including tracking data; ensuring the integrity of groups within Convio, that Convio and the Center's fundraising software, Raiser's Edge, are properly synced, and that the Center develops maximum flexibility and sophistication in using Convio as an engagement and fundraising tool (through development of segmentation strategies, etc.)
• Analyze current events and political environments to ensure that the Center is keeping up with rapidly shifting online discussions and traditional news and political cycles.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES

• 5-7 years' experience working in online fundraising, advocacy, marketing, communications, and strategy, including: developing written content for email and the web; technical skills in web publishing and advanced knowledge of online content management systems (CRM and CMS) and HTML; and experience with producing web analytics.
• A clear grasp of donor and activist engagement strategies and their relationship to building a robust resource for online giving and advocacy; demonstrated experience in strategic online communications, positioning, problem-solving, and creative thinking.
• Strong writing, editing and proofreading skills; demonstrated ability to research, write, fact-check and edit a variety of communication pieces for target audiences with a minimal amount of supervision.
• Demonstrated ability to meet tight deadlines, work under pressure, handle simultaneous assignments and work within a team setting; and a strong commitment to reproductive rights and human rights.
• Commitment to the Center's mission, purpose, and values. Experience need not be in reproductive rights specifically although a background in health and/or legal advocacy is helpful.
• A bachelor's degree is required; an advanced degree in communications, journalism, or new media is highly desirable.

COMPENSATION

The Center offers a competitive salary commensurate with experience and a comprehensive benefits program.

HOW TO APPLY

Send cover letter, résumé, one writing sample and contact information for three references to (email preferred) 

resumes@reprorights.org

Note: Applicants must indicate "Manager of Online Advocacy and Engagement, their last name, and code 174" as the subject of emailed applications. Cover letter, résumé and writing samples should be sent as attachments. Please mention in your cover letter, where you saw this opportunity.

Mailing address:

Center for Reproductive Rights

Attn.: Manager of Online Advocacy and Engagement Code 174

120 Wall Street, 14th Floor

New York, NY 10005

The Center for Reproductive Rights is an equal opportunity employer, committed to inclusive hiring and dedicated to diversity in our work and staff. We strongly encourage candidates from all groups and communities to apply.