Development & Community Engagement Administrator
Bethel, CT (Hybrid)
Posted 4 months ago
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Job Description
- Maintain donor records with accuracy and personalization
- Process gifts and acknowledgments
- Support donor cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship efforts across mail, digital, and in-person channels
- Generate reports and donor insights to support strategic outreach
- Ensure data integrity across platforms like Raiser’s Edge NXT and GiveSmart
- Perform ongoing database updates to support effective fundraising
- Assist with tracking donor activity, opportunities, and engagement
- Support planning/execution of fundraising, volunteer, and family events
- Coordinate RSVPs, logistics, catering, and day-of event details
- Assist with sponsorship outreach and in-kind donation tracking
- Create promotional content including e-blasts and social media posts
- Serve as a key point of contact for donor and community inquiries
- Provide administrative support for leadership, including the Board of Trustees and Event Committees
- Schedule meetings, prepare materials, and document meeting minutes
- Conduct research on prospective donors, sponsors, and foundations
- Associate’s degree + 2 years of experience (Bachelor’s strongly preferred, but equivalent experience counts!)
- Strong organizational skills and the ability to juggle multiple priorities with ease
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Experience with database management (Raiser’s Edge NXT is a plus!)
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office, especially Excel
- A proactive, positive, team-oriented mindset
- Loves keeping things organized and running efficiently
- Enjoys working behind the scenes to make big things happen
- Brings energy, initiative, and attention to detail to everything you do
- Is comfortable balancing independent work with team collaboration
- Hybrid schedule: 3 days in-office, 2 days remote
- Flexibility to attend occasional evening events or meetings
- Generous benefit package (medical, dental, vision, pet insurance)
- Paid time off (increases over years of service)
- Self-directed retirement plan options (403B)
- PSLF loan forgiveness eligibility
- Access to an Employee Assistant Program including mental health resources
- Ongoing diversity, equity, inclusion, & belonging initiatives
- A culture of appreciation, respect, and teamwork
Ability Beyond
At Ability Beyond, we discover, build and celebrate the ability in all people. Our organization is dedicated to empowering every person, no matter their ability, to have the opportunity to live, work and thrive as an integral part of their community. We serve 3,000 adults with disabilities annually throughout Connecticut and New York, and support employment for people with disabilities nationwide with our affiliate consulting group Disability Solutions. For over 60 years, Ability Beyond has pioneered ways to help thousands of people with physical and mental disabilities to discover their abilities and become an integral part of their communities.Today, with over 3,000 people benefiting from our services across New York and Connecticut, we are at the forefront in developing innovative programs and best practices that are being recognized and adopted on a national level.Through our groundbreaking programs in community job training and placement, supported living, and recreational and educational enrichment, we empower the individuals we serve to live full and rewarding lives.We are always going beyond – to ensure that the people we serve have a place to call home, enjoy independence through work, and have a forever home where they can age with dignity.We are a 501 (c) (3) organization headquartered in Bethel, CT and Chappaqua, NY.
