Now celebrating our Centennial, the Hartford Foundation serves 29 towns, nearly 800,000 residents, hundreds of nonprofits, and a network of philanthropists with more than 1,500 funds. We bring together the people, knowledge, investments and passion to make Greater Hartford a more inclusive and equitable place to live, work and raise a family.
If you are committed to our mission – putting philanthropy into action to create lasting solutions that result in vibrant communities within the Greater Hartford Region – and take pride in detail-oriented, high-quality work, please consider joining us as a Development Operations Associate.
The Development Operations Associate completes a variety of administrative and technical duties in support of the Foundation’s overall development efforts including gift processing, donor acknowledgement, donor data maintenance and related information management.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities
- Enter and update biographical data on donors, prospects and constituents in Foundant (C-Suite) ensuring timely and accurate data entry and reports.
- Record donor gifts made through various platforms, coordinating with the Finance department for proper gift accounting and tax receipts.
- Process gift acknowledgements.
- Update donor data history, activity and data categories to enhance and ensure consistency in monitoring and reporting with research, writing, and/or presentation of information, including through the preparation of memos, reports, charts, tables, graphs, visual presentations, etc.
- Provide administrative and project-based support for Gifts and Funds Manager and Development leadership team members.
- May serve as a resource to donors and donor advisers (by phone, email and in person) in navigating the website, donor portal, and connecting donors to additional Foundation resources or staff as needed.
- Provide database management support to in-house users as needed.
- Maintains records management policy for department. Ensures proper storage and retention of records, scanning and digitizing any stored physical files.
- Other related duties
Competencies & Attributes
- A commitment to the Foundation’s mission and values, as well as to learning and growing at work.
- Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively within a diverse environment and interact openly with individuals of different backgrounds.
- Excellent written, oral, interpersonal, listening and communications skills.
- Ability to work both independently and as part of a high performing team.
- Meticulous and organized, with exceptional attention to detail, time management and organizational skills.
- Demonstrated ability to handle sensitive and confidential information with discretion and diplomacy.
- Thorough knowledge of Microsoft Office software (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint) and data/information management.
- Proficiency with database software, including data entry, creation of standard reports and ensuring data integrity.
Education and Experience
Degree requirement can be substituted with equivalent practical experience.
- Associate degree.
- 2 years of relevant data entry experience in similar fundraising or not-for-profit support role.
Location and office information:
Hartford, CT; Hybrid
For more information about the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving visit:
https://www.hfpg.org/
HARTFORD FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC GIVING IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER RELYING ON A DIVERSE GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS AND THEIR RESPECTIVE TALENTS TO ACHIEVE OUR MISSION.
Salary range will be shared with candidates contacted for interviews or upon request by the applicant.
Any and all offers to applicants are contingent on the candidate’s completion of a comprehensive background and reference check to the satisfaction of the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving.
