Development Associate

Would you like to share your experience with global nonprofit leaders, helping them to improve their fundraising and management capacity? Smarter Good offers you the opportunity to grow your social impact career, with an exceptional team, a global reach, and a competitive salary.

The Development Associate works closely with the Associate Development Manager in managing account activities and processes. Ideal candidates are excited about thinking creatively and building big, but simple solutions. Successful Development Associates are passionate about teamwork and direct communication and believe that no problem is somebody else’s.

This is an excellent opportunity for bright and driven professionals to learn about the non-profit sector, build their management skills and receive quality training and knowledge in international development.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AREAS

Research and Strategy

• Conduct in-depth research on foundations, corporations, government agencies, and other potential funders with a goal to qualify and prioritize these funders for Smarter Good’s clients.
• Analyze and build on data generated by research to craft strong, effective, and fact-based funder reports, and recommend a strategy and an approach for grant applications.

Content Development Support

• Draft strategic content, including email outreach to help clients cultivate strong relationships with funders.
• Create other products that support the fundraising and organizational development needs of Smarter Good and its clients, including but not limited to email updates, newsletters, blog or social media content, impact stories, and quarterly or annual reports.

Client Relationship and Service Delivery

• Support Development Manager in managing client relationships: Ensure assigned clients’ satisfaction through seamless delivery of agreed deliverables and timely response to client communications
• Weigh priorities and manage various workloads and deliverables
• Develop and maintain client work plans and reports

Knowledge Management and Team Support

• Manage team’s collective knowledge by ensuring information and data generated by research, reports, and analyses are entered into systems that can be accessed within and across teams
• Collaborate extensively with the writing team on processing client information

What We Offer

• An opportunity to work alongside passionate and inspiring changemakers in a global company that enables progressive nonprofits and social enterprises
• Remote-first setup with an opportunity to work in an office with your team occasionally
• Health and life insurance package with wellness and other unique benefits
• Professional development opportunities
• Paid time-off

About Us

Smarter Good is an innovative global professional services firm for social sector organizations, with a strong social mission and focus on systemic change. Our clients are social entrepreneur-led organizations, each with measurable impact and unique theory of change. We create more impact by scaling their solutions to match the size of the need, helping solve our world’s most intractable problems. Our clients focus on a spectrum of issues, including poverty alleviation, conservation, workforce development, economic empowerment, clean water, and education.

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• A Bachelor's Degree
• At least 18 months of experience in project management and/or account management tasks, preferably in a B2B set-up (experience in account management for creative services is an advantage)
• Excellent direct communication and relationship building skills
• Experience in entrepreneurial environments that require proactivity and self-directed work
• Experience in and/or demonstrable interest in international development, social entrepreneurship, community development, and the social sector