Development Associate at Beam Center

Job Title: Development Associate

Job Status: Full-time

Salary: Starting at $50,000

Description

At Beam, we’ve spent the last 16 years coalescing multi-ethnic and intergenerational learning communities of youth, artists, and teachers who work together to construct spectacular projects – big and small – that highlight the magic of creative cooperation.

 

We are a staff of 24 full-time and 20 part-time adults and youth, engaging 7,000 students and 300+ teachers in 28 public schools annually. More than 96% of the young people we serve identify as youth of color and/or newly immigrated. Our large-scale public artworks reach tens of thousands of people at installations across the city. Our summer camp in New Hampshire hosts 105 campers from around NY and the world for 4 week sessions. In Summer 2021, we launched Beam Camp City, a camp-like experience for youth on Governors Island.

 

Beam’s Development Department seeks an enthusiastic associate to support our mission through donor research, outreach, and relationship management. 

 

Responsibilities: Assist with all aspects of major donor giving, including: seasonal giving campaigns, special events, annual giving appeal, donors research, donor meeting coordination and outreach 

Major Gift Fundraising

  • Research prospective donors using Beam Center’s research database iWave
  • Identify new individual, institutional, and  corporate funding opportunities that align with our organization’s mission, programs, and enterprises
  • Coordinate donor meetings with director of development and programmatic staff
  • Draft donor correspondence and create fundraising collateral 
  • Assist in the planning and execution of fundraising events, including our annual gala
  • Meet with programming staff in order to understand and clearly articulate the full scope of their programming and youth engagement efforts

Institutional Giving 

  • Collaborate with programming staff and development director to gather data, information, and documentation necessary for powerful storytelling and strong funding proposals
  • Act as a second reader for completed grant proposals, summaries, and LOIs

 

Administration

  • With support from the Director of Development and Finance team, manage institutional and individual gifts in CRM database, Bloomerang 
  • Track donor engagement using CRM database and internal report
  • Coordinate donor thank yous upon gift receipt 
  • Assist in annual donor acknowledgement process 

 

 Qualifications of strong candidates:

  • Personal relationship/commitment to Beam’s mission and communities we serve
  • Strong writer and confident storyteller, with the ability to concisely synthesize complex concepts
  • Skilled researcher 
  • Positive, enthusiastic about learning new skills, and game to meet new people and make cold calls
  • Highly collaborative, able to ask questions, offer insight, professional opinions, and celebrate teamwork
  • Detail oriented 
  • Curious, life-long learner

 

What is it like to work at Beam Center?

We are a community of individuals who are adaptable, constantly problem-solving, incredibly curious, independent, and collaborative. We are artists, performers, teachers, fabricators, activists, parents, students, and more. 

 

We encourage employees to bring their expertise and learning to the table and participate in the development of our organization’s future. We all claim responsibility for our work culture and seek a healthy balance between work and home. We interrogate our practice at a systems level and seek to disrupt the perpetuation of social injustice and inequity through nonprofit sectors like ours. There are endless opportunities to organize around ideation, prototyping, and project development. Access and communication between all staff is open and welcomed. 

 

Benefits:

  • Salary: $50,000
  • Excellent health and dental benefits
  • 30 days of paid time off per year
  • 20 days paid leave at the birth/adoption of a child in addition to the state mandated 12 weeks of PFL

 

How to Apply

  1. Familiarize yourself with our organization by checking out our website, Instagram, and Youtube. 
  2. Email jobs@beamcenter.org with any questions. When you’re ready to submit your application please organize the following documents as a single PDF. 
    1. Cover letter  – Please describe your skills and experience! (<300 words)
    2. Resume
    3. Work sample (work photos, curriculum, link to website, etc)
  3. Applications can be emailed to jobs@beamcenter.org

 

Hiring Timeline: 

Applications Due: We will review applications on a rolling basis

Start Date: ASAP

 

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