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Current Job Openings at Red Cloud Renewable:
Position: Development Associate
Role and Responsibilities:
Development associates assist in planning and overseeing designated activities and events. Must be able to manage and optimize their time in a group setting and at times will require to work their roles and responsibilities such as including contacting and cultivating relationships with donors and sponsors and creating grant programs. Working for a nonprofit organization, they will be required to record donations, identify potential donation sources, and record all gifts and fundraising campaign progress. Recognize and understand the emphasis on Native leadership, including its influence on proliferating the mission of the organization.
Primary Responsibilities:
Prospect program-specific funding opportunities for the organization’s three Program Pillars: Renewable Energy, Sustainable Building, and Weatherization.
Demonstrate proficiency with the Instrumental grant management software platform, keep track of research, possible funders etc.
Do online trainings as needed to increase your proficiency in the program.
Draft proposals and reports for review by management,
Manage funding cycle priorities and deadlines, including keeping management apprised of upcoming report and grant deadlines,
Working with the appropriate staff, create project-specific budgets when submitting funding proposals,
Draft funding reports, including the expense report on how grant money was spent, for management review and submittal,
With manager approval, attend virtual and in-person fundraising seminars/workshops/ conferences periodically to advance the fundraising efforts of the organization,
Navigate the organization’s Google Drive resources effectively, help or improve the organization of the drive,
Attend weekly virtual and in-person staff meetings.
Respond or redirect emails that come in on the info@redcloudrenewable.org email to the appropriate person.
Answer the ones that are appropriate for you to answer.
Enter individual and foundation donations into Donor Perfect with appropriate coding and classifications.
Send out thank you letters in a timely manner, track emails and correspondence with the donors, assign tasks to management as needed to follow up with major donors.
Keep Donor Perfect updated and relevant.
Do periodic training on Donor Perfect to increase the effectiveness of the program.
Assist with the annual appeals and any direct mail.
Draft and/or edit appeals, merge and print letters and envelopes, enter donations and create thank you letters, and make changes as needed.
Create for review by management, online appeals and other marketing materials as needed.
Additional tasks and assignments on an as-needed basis.
To Apply for this position please send your Cover letter and Resume to JohnRC@redcloudrenewable.org