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Institutional Giving Assistant
Brooklyn, NY
Job Description
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Brooklyn, NY |
Institutional Giving Assistant
Museum Overview
The Brooklyn Museum is a world-renowned cultural institution dedicated to preserving and showcasing art, history, and heritage. Our mission is to bring people together through art and experiences that inspire celebration, compassion, courage, and the will to act. Our vision is to serve as an institution where art is a powerful force for personal transformation and social change. Celebrating our differences and learning about our diverse communities through our collections, exhibitions, and programming is the core of who we are and what we do.
We are committed to creating and cultivating a diverse community of talented, passionate people who are inspired to make the Museum an important hub of community activity and a great global destination. Our staff have the opportunity to grow their professional skills and work collaboratively with colleagues they admire and respect.
About the role
The Brooklyn Museum seeks to appoint an Assistant to support its Institutional Giving department and its work raising funds from foundation and government donors. The Institutional Giving Assistant will fulfill crucial administrative and operational functions. The Assistant will be responsible for data entry in the Museum's CRM, gift processing, prospect research, and copyediting proposals and reports. This position offers an opportunity for a strong writer and highly-organized administrator to learn about institutional fundraising and grow their grant writing and management skills.
Responsibilities
- Assist with writing and copyediting grant proposals and reports
- Research and prepare briefings on prospective donors
- Write and send donor acknowledgment letters
- Maintain accurate institutional donor records and reports in Tessitura, the Museum's CRM
- Maintain and organize digital donor files
- Coordinate gift processing with the development operations department
- Work with the finance department to ensure that all grants and grant payments are properly recorded in Tessitura
- Assist the Assistant Director and Director in managing appointments, correspondence, and meetings
- Staff fundraising events as needed
Qualifications
- Excellent expository writing and copyediting skills
- Strong communication and research skills
- Superb attention to detail
- Strong data entry and data management skills
- Experience creating and maintaining organizational systems
- Excellent time management and the ability to prioritize among competing deadlines
- Knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook
- Experience with CRM systems such as Tessitura is a plus
Department: Institutional Giving
Reports to: Assistant Director of Institutional Giving
Position type: Full-time
Salary: $57,630
Union status: Union-UAW Local 2110
FLSA status: Nonexempt
Schedule: 35 hours per week, Monday-Friday, 9 am-5 pm. Occasional weekend and evening work required.
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