Communications, Development & Strategic Initiatives Specialist

Montgomery Village, MD (On-site)

$51K/yr – $56K/yrMid LevelFull time

Posted 7 days ago

Job Summary

Own donor relations, communications, and program outreach initiatives that drive growth, engagement, and visibility. Lead fundraising campaigns, donor communications, and sponsorship activities while coordinating with internal teams on strategic initiatives and project support.

  • Own fundraising campaigns and donor communications
  • Oversee communications and marketing materials
  • Support strategic initiatives and administrative projects

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Fundraising & Donor Relations - Assist with annual fundraising campaigns, appeals, special events, sponsorships, and other development activities. - Maintain accurate donor and constituent information within the organization’s CRM. - Prepare donor acknowledgments, correspondence, appeals, and other donor communications. - Conduct donor, prospect, corporate, foundation, and sponsorship research as assigned. - Assist with donor cultivation and stewardship activities. - Coordinate sponsorship outreach and track responses, commitments, and follow-up activities. - Produce fundraising reports, analytics, dashboards, mailing lists, and other development-related information. - Assist with event logistics, materials, communications, and follow-up.
  • Communications & Marketing - Maintain and update the CSAAC website using WordPress, including routine changes to text, images, pages, links, and other website content. - Develop and coordinate content for organizational social media channels. - Draft, edit, proofread, and distribute organizational announcements and communications. - Create and design newsletters, flyers, invitations, presentations, social media graphics, signage, and other print and digital materials using Canva and other available tools. - Assist with photography, content gathering, and storytelling related to CSAAC programs, events, staff, and organizational activities. - Maintain consistency in organizational branding, messaging, tone, and visual identity across communications. - Maintain organized digital files and archives for communications materials, photography, graphics, and other assets. - Coordinate with printers, designers, photographers, and other communications vendors as needed.
  • Outreach, Engagement & Advocacy - Support community outreach and engagement efforts with families, partners, businesses, community organizations, donors, and other stakeholders. - Assist with outreach communications, correspondence, meeting preparation, presentations, and informational materials. - Support the coordination of community events, meetings, tours, and other engagement activities. - Assist with advocacy-related communications and materials as directed. - Track outreach and engagement activities and maintain accurate records of contacts, follow-up items, and outcomes. - Prepare professional public-facing documents, presentations, handouts, and other materials.
  • Strategic Initiatives & Special Projects - Support the Director with organizational initiatives and special projects from planning through completion. - Conduct research and summarize findings to support projects, planning, outreach, fundraising, and organizational decision-making. - Prepare reports, presentations, briefing materials, spreadsheets, and other project documents. - Develop and maintain project timelines, task lists, and tracking tools. - Coordinate information and follow-up among internal departments, external partners, vendors, and other stakeholders. - Monitor deadlines and proactively follow up on outstanding action items. - Identify potential issues, research solutions, and bring recommendations to the Director when appropriate.
  • Administrative & Project Support - Provide direct administrative and project support to the Director of Growth, Outreach and Strategic Initiatives. - Manage scheduling, meeting coordination, document preparation, correspondence, and follow-up activities as assigned. - Prepare meeting materials, presentations, agendas, notes, and supporting documentation. - Assist with vendor communications, purchasing coordination, invoices, and project-related administrative needs. - Maintain organized electronic and physical project files. - Track deadlines, commitments, and follow-up items to help ensure projects remain on schedule. - Anticipate upcoming needs and proactively prepare materials, information, or follow-up as appropriate.

Requirements

  • Associate's degree required.
  • Bachelor’s degree in communications, marketing, public relations, nonprofit management, business, or a related field preferred.
  • Demonstrated experience in communications, marketing, development/fundraising, community outreach, engagement, or a related area.
  • Experience creating professional communications and marketing materials for digital and print use.
  • Experience maintaining websites and making routine content updates using WordPress.
  • Experience working with a CRM or donor management system, including maintaining accurate records, generating reports, and tracking constituent or donor activity.
  • Experience supporting fundraising campaigns, donor communications, sponsorship outreach, events, or other development activities.
  • Experience coordinating multiple projects, deadlines, vendors, and stakeholders simultaneously.
  • Proficiency in Canva, including creating and modifying professional graphics, presentations, social media content, flyers, newsletters, and other branded materials.
  • Proficiency with WordPress, including routine page and content updates, image replacement, links, basic formatting, and troubleshooting common content issues.

Preferred

  • Experience with photography, content gathering, and storytelling related to CSAAC programs, events, staff, and organizational activities.
  • Experience coordinating with printers, designers, photographers, and other communications vendors as needed.

Salaries

Posted range

$51K/yr – $56K/yr

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