Event Giving Associate

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises, helping to restore health, safety, education, economic wellbeing, and power to people devastated by conflict and disaster. Founded in 1933 at the call of Albert Einstein, the IRC is one of the world’s largest international humanitarian non-governmental organizations (INGO), at work in more than 40 countries and 29 U.S. cities helping people to survive, reclaim control of their future and strengthen their communities. A force for humanity, IRC employees deliver lasting impact by restoring safety, dignity and hope to millions. If you’re a solutions-driven, passionate change-maker, come join us in positively impacting the lives of millions of people world-wide for a better future.

Job Overview / Summary (What and Why):

The IRC hosts over 30 events annually, many of which support IRC donors and supporters. The annual Global Rescue Dinner is the largest fundraising event of the year.

In partnership with the Senior Director of Experiential Marketing, Senior Event Officers, Fundraising Officers, and Data and Analytics teams, this person will manage all internal components of donor engagement, systems management, and tracking for IRC’s signature fundraising event, as well as other fundraising events throughout the year.

This role will focus on data integrity, fundraising strategy, and event production. The person in this role will be responsible for thoughtful and responsive communication with internal teams, managing fundraising and event data and systems, and supporting the execution of solicitation processes.

Major Responsibilities:

1. Implementation of all fundraising activity, tracking progress and sharing updates regularly with key Global Rescue Dinner Project team members.

2. Work with the Event team members and Fundraising team members to maintain a lucrative event fundraising strategy.

3. Be responsible for on solicitation process and other external facing communication processes for fundraising and donor engagement around the Global Rescue Dinner and other fundraising event opportunities.

4. Work closely with Data Analytics and Account Managers to enter, track and update fundraising strategies, asks and gifts through Salesforce.

5. Lead on administrative support on preparation and mailing of fundraising correspondence, and timely input of fundraising data into Salesforce.

6. Coordinate with the Prospect Research team on donor research, and creation of event bios.

Key Working Relationships:

Position Reports to: Sophie Oreck

Position directly supervises: No direct reports

Indirect Resources: None

Other Internal and/or external:
Internal: Collaborate with the HV teams on solicitation and cultivation materials, invitations and tracking.

Impact of Work: Responsible for coordinating with HV fundraising teams and data and analytics for the implementation of fundraising and donor engagement, and ensuring data quality for reporting of Rescue Dinner.

Job Qualifications:

Education:

Minimum: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Work Experience:

Minimum: 2-3 years dynamically responsible experience in not-for-profit fundraising

Demonstrated Skills and Competencies:

Minimum: Excellent oral and written communications skills. Creative problem solving. Interpersonal Skills. Ability to work independently.

Preferred: Proficiency in Excel and Salesforce.

Licenses or Certifications: None required

**Language Skills:**None

**Working Environment (Optional):**Flexible office environment.

Working Environment:

This role may require working remotely full- or part-time (i.e., telecommuting). Applicants must have a home or alternate workspace they can effectively complete their work from during regularly scheduled hours.

Compensation:

Posted pay ranges apply to US-based candidates. Ranges are based on various factors including the labor market, job type, internal equity, and budget. Exact offers are calibrated by work location, individual candidate experience and skills relative to the defined job requirements.

US Benefits:

We offer a comprehensive and highly competitive set of benefits. In the US, these include: 10 sick days, 10 US holidays, 20-25 paid time off days depending on role and tenure, medical insurance starting at $143 per month, dental starting at $6.50 per month, and vision starting at $5 per month, FSA for healthcare and commuter costs, a 403b retirement savings plans with immediately vested matching, disability & life insurance, and an Employee Assistance Program which is available to our staff and their families to support counseling and care in times of crisis and mental health struggles.

Standard of Professional Conduct: The IRC and the IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in the IRC Way – our Code of Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, Accountability, and Equality.

Commitment to Gender, Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion: The IRC is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive, respectful, and safe work environment where all persons are treated fairly, with dignity and respect. The IRC expressly prohibits and will not tolerate discrimination, harassment, retaliation, or bullying of the IRC persons in any work setting. We aim to increase the representation of women, people that are from country and communities we serve, and people who identify as races and ethnicities that are under-represented in global power structures.