Job Details

The Philanthropy Associate will serve as a positive first impression of the Tidewell Foundation and is responsible for providing support to the Tidewell Foundation and will provide assistance to the Philanthropy Advisors, Administrative Manager, Annual Fund and Special Events Manager. Maintains a strong focus on customer service and donor relations, building relationships with friends of Tidewell Hospice while maintaining discretion and confidentiality

Primary tasks, duties and responsibilities:

• Promotes and practice the mission, values, and following policies and procedures of Tidewell Foundation.
• Manage the Philanthropy Admission Process and the Service Recovery NXT/RP Process.
• Provide support to the Data Management on list preparation for Philanthropy Advisors and the Annual Fund.
• Update donor database with address, phone, email changes, admissions, deaths, constituent codes.
• Coordinate Social Media Post with Marketing Manager, PA’s and assist with the monthly calendar for social media posts.
• Assists the Philanthropy Advisors with donor stewardship, appointments, PA team meetings and weekly Huddle, written proposals, and reports and donor briefings. Prepare high quality reports for Philanthropy Advisors to be shared with funders, grantors and board members.
• Supporting the Special Events Manager with RSVP’s, phone calls, registering participants, in-house mailings and printing, name tags, place cards, attendee and sponsorship updates in the RE event module and day-of-event support.
• Provide support to Administrative Manager for execution of Foundation responsibilities such as the main phone line and mail processing.
• Assist with general stewardship of Legacy Society, Professional Advisors Committee and Ambassadors.
• Assisting the Annual Fund with stewardship projects, birthday, and anniversary mailings
• Assists with ordering marketing materials, invitations and collateral and mailing list requests, proofing of marketing materials.
• Greet visitors and donors warmly and makes sure they are comfortable; announces visitor arrivals as appropriate, when they visit the Tidewell Foundation office.
• Provide stock and wire transfer directions and other forms, materials and follow up documents to donors when requested by PA team.
• Sets up, breaks down, organizes, and maintains conference rooms and audio visual equipment needed for meetings.
• Provide technical assistance and event support to staff, as needed.
  

Educational/Professional:

1. Bachelor’s degree in a related field from an accredited college or university.
2. Minimum 1 year of relevant experience. Any relevant education, certifications and/or work experience may be considered.
3. Knowledge of Blackbaud Raiser's Edge software preferred, but not required.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

1. Solid knowledge of community partners and hospice affiliates.
2. Proficiency with letter merger, Excel, Word, PPT and other Microsoft Office tools.
3. Demonstrated ability to handle sensitive information effectively and confidentially, politically savvy to organization and community dynamics.
4. Able to work well with volunteers and key staff across many verticals and as part of an integrated team of fundraising professionals.
5. Excellent planning, organizational, problem solving and analytical skills.
6. Highly self-motivated, organized, and accountable to SMART goals and metrics.
7. Ability to work on multiple projects at once with strong attention to detail, and meeting deadlines.
8. Ability to implement, and evaluate projects as assigned.
9. Performs duties at a high level of accuracy and confidentiality.
   

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