JOB SUMMARY
The Development Associate is responsible for all administrative aspects of development and communication activities. This is one of three positions reporting to the Director of Development and Communications and is a new position. The other positions in the department are the Grants Manager
and the Marketing and Events Manager. The Development Associate plays an important role by providing administrative support to the Fund Development & Communications Office and participating in all fundraising activities including donor relations, marketing and communications, direct mail appeals, and
special events.

AGENCY DESCRIPTION
Community Housing Partnership’s mission is to help homeless people secure housing and become selfsufficient. Community Housing Partnership is an outcome focused nonprofit that fulfills its mission by developing and managing high quality supportive housing and providing services to homeless individuals,
seniors and families to help them rebuild their lives and break the cycle of homelessness. Community Housing Partnership currently owns and/or operates thirteen housing sites that serve formerly homeless adults and families and has three new projects in the pipeline. Community Housing Partnership also
engages in community and economic development through its certified job training programs, a community organizing project and a social enterprise that employs formerly homeless adults. Community Housing Partnership is financially stable with an annual operating budget of approximately $25 million.
The organization has an outstanding staff of nearly 300 people, over half of whom were once homeless.
For more information about CHP, visit www.chp-sf.org.

RESPONSIBILITIES
 Fund Development
o Process donations and prepare acknowledgement letters and other correspondence.
o Create monthly fundraising reports and dashboards.
o Send appropriate documentation to process credits to donors.
o Manage relationships on the database and communicate accordingly with various
stakeholders (Board of Directors, Executive Director, and the Director of Fund
Development) for updates.
o Maintain foundation, corporation and individual donor files (on the database and server).
o Conduct preliminary research on prospective corporate, foundation and individual donors.
o Reconcile donations with the Finance Department monthly
o Handle all administrative details associated with the Event, Advancement, Department and other meetings (i.e. prepare and distribute notices, agendas, minutes, refreshments etc.).
o Coordinate productions and mailing of spring and year-end appeal letters.

 Events and Volunteers
o Maintain guest lists, gather and prepare registration materials and other duties as assigned for fundraising events.
o Collect and track volunteer hours
o Organize quarterly volunteer events in collaboration with the Marketing and Events Manager
o Prospect and procure raffle donations for the annual event.

 Communications
o Prepare media materials for distribution. (i.e. copying, filing, mailing, e-mailing)
o Assemble media and donor kits for events and meetings.
 Develop and implement the CHP membership program on the organization database, Etapestry.

 Other duties as assigned by the Director of Development.
Possible performance measures:
o Number of donations processed and acknowledged within 24 to 48 hours.
o Success in maintaining accuracy of database records.
o Accuracy and completion of fundraising reports and dashboards
o Success in coordinating the production of direct mail appeals.
o Success in maintaining donor hard copy files.

REQUIREMENTS
 Associate’s or bachelor’s degree in a related field.
 A minimum of three years’ experience in an administrative position, preferably in a not-for-profit development office
 Proficiency in Microsoft Suite, Database management experience – Etapestry preferred
 Excellent verbal and written communications skills
 Ability to present information concisely and effectively, both verbally and in writing
 Ability to organize and prioritize work
 Ability to work independently with little supervision
 Excellent interpersonal skills
 A self-starter, data and deadline driven, and ability to multi-task with solid organizational and time-management skills
 Interest in homelessness and housing trends
 A sense of humor and a positive attitude

Community Housing Partnership is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Formerly homeless people, people with disabilities, women and people of color are encouraged to apply. CHP hiring policies require a background check for all applicants working directly with at‐risk people.

How to apply

APPLICATION PROCESS
Applicants should send their resume and a thoughtful cover letter outlining their fit for the role as a single PDF document to jobs@chp‐sf.org. Please use “Fund Development Associate – Your Name” as the subject line. Resumes without a cover letter will not be considered.