(P/T) Development Assistant at Cave Canem
Job Title: Executive Assistant
Job Status: Part-time (20 hours a week)
Location: New York, NY
Salary: $25/hr
About Cave Canem
Cave Canem is a nonprofit organization, committed to cultivating the artistic and professional growth of Black poets. Founded by artists for artists, Cave Canem fosters community across the diaspora to enrich the field by facilitating a nurturing space in which to learn, experiment, create, and present. Cave Canem develops audiences for Black voices that have worked and are working in the craft of poetry.
Over the years, Cave Canem has grown from a gathering of 26 to become an influential movement with a renowned faculty, a high-achieving global fellowship of over 500 poets, and a workshop community of over 1,000. Core programs include community-based workshops; cross-cultural talks and readings by acclaimed poets and scholars; book prizes publishing new voices; and our flagship annual writing retreat for today’s most promising poets of African descent.
The Role
We are seeking a highly organized and motivated Development Assistant to provide administrative and analytical support to the Development team and contribute to our mission of cultivating the artistic and professional growth of Black poets. The ideal candidate will be a proactive, detail-oriented individual who can efficiently manage administrative tasks, facilitate smooth communication, and support the team in their day-to-day activities. As the Development Assistant, you will play an important role in assisting with the administration and support of Cave Canem’s annual fundraising initiatives.
Responsibilities include:
Administrative Support
● Perform administrative support as needed to the development office managerial members which consist of an Individual Giving & Special Events Manager and Institutional Giving Manager.
● Draft acknowledgement letters and other correspondence for Individual donors and
prospects.
● Assist with departmental coding and budget tracking, as needed.
● Work with vendors and mail houses to ensure that materials and data are ordered and
provided on time.
● Assist in prospect research and creating briefing documents for individual donors,
institutional donors, and partnerships.
Database Support
● Maintain Cave Canem’s primary CRM, Kindful.
● Work extensively with Kindful and/or other platforms used by the development team to generate queries and exports needed for annual giving outreach or grant maintenance.
● Help to process and log all incoming individual and institutional gifts to the organization.
Event Support
● Assist with planning, coordination and implementation of cultivation and fundraising events.
○ Includes preparing invitations, tracking RSVPs, creating name tags/managing
sign-in, set-up/break down, writing briefings and talking points.
Your Qualifications and Skills:
To excel in this role, you should bring:
● Excellent organizational and communications skills, impeccable attention to detail.
● Data management skills, strong interpersonal skills, a positive outlook, good judgment and the ability to manage several projects simultaneously in a goal-oriented environment.
● The ability to interface professionally with donors and maintain discretion with confidential or sensitive information.
● Three years of relevant work experience required, or the equivalent combination of
education and experience.
To Apply
To apply, please send a cover letter highlighting relevant experience, resume, the names and contact information of two references as a single PDF document by email to:
jobs@ccpoets.org, subject line: “Development Assistant [your name].”
Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. Though we will not be able to
contact all applicants, we hope to invite a first round of interviews in January 2024.
This job was sourced via Words of Mouth newsletter.