Associate, Institutional Advancement, Research and Administration
JUST Capital, United States
Job Description
The Organization
JUST Capital a nonprofit organization that is the leading platform for measuring and improving corporate performance in the stakeholder economy. Our mission is to build an economy that works for all Americans by helping companies improve how they serve all their stakeholders workers, customers, communities, the environment, and shareholders. We believe that business and markets can and must be a greater force for good and that by shifting the resources of the $19 trillion private sector, we can address systemic issues at scale, including income inequality and lack of opportunity. Guided by the priorities of the public, our research, rankings, indexes, and data-driven tools help measure and improve corporate performance in the stakeholder economy. Our flagship product is America’s Most JUST Companies, which is an annual ranking of companies in the Russell 1000 Index. The top 100 companies or the JUST 100 are published annually through our partnership with Forbes.
JUST Capital is supported by some of the country's premier foundations, including the Ford Foundation and The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and has forged partnerships with an array of elite research institutions, including MIT, Stanford, and The Harris Poll. The organization is chaired by hedge fund manager and philanthropist Paul Tudor Jones and is led by a high-profile board.
Associate, Institutional Advancement Research and Administration
- Lead and manage the overall identification, research process, and profiling of prospects, donors, foundations, volunteers, and other HNW individuals (utilizing iWave and other publicly available tools) this includes:
- Supporting the Advancement team by helping to build and craft a robust donor pipeline to ensure the long-term sustainability of support for the organization
- Having the knowledge and skillset to create comprehensive donor profiles for fundraising meetings, events and other team functions for Advancement team, CEO, CSO and MD of Corporate Engagement
- Assisting in the overall engagement and stewardship of JUST’s Advisor Collective and Board primarily working on scheduling, creation of slides/decks, and the managing of follow up with all stakeholders.
- Overseeing and driving weekly moves management meetings for Advancement team - all while keeping track of overall fundraising goals
- Acting as the point person for overseeing the management and design of written fundraising materials, collateral, and mass solicitation emails including JUST’s Year-in-Review and #GivingTuesday with a keen focus on personalization, grammar and spelling.
- Preparing all gift tracking, donation reports, and acknowledgement letters
- Cross checking donations and accounting system bi-weekly
- Tracking wired gifts, stock, matching gifts, and DAF gifts - working with Associate, IA to define a process
- Create reports in Salesforce to use in weekly fundraising meetings, and to track IA team’s portfolio moves, as well as brief others on Programs and Engagement Team
- Take part in Programs and Marketing team events, and help with the conception and execution of various Advancement initiatives over the year including the production of the J100 and other indirect fundraising events.
Requirements
- A positive attitude, be resilient and determined, be ok meeting various deadlines, and be passionate about JUST’s mission!
- Ability to be self-directed with keen attention to detail and accuracy.
- Fearlessness in outreach and engagement with companies, and a strong appetite to develop new relationships and foster existing ones with external stakeholders and corporate partners.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Comfortable working under tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment with, at times, shifting priorities
Benefits
The compensation and benefits package at JUST Capital has been thoughtfully designed to ensure we model what we measure when it comes to just business behaviors. Benefits include:
- Best-in-class health, vision, and dental care benefits for you and your family including membership in One Medical Group for on-demand primary care and access to Health Advocate, the nation’s leading healthcare advocacy amp; assistance company.
- Respect for work-life balance, including a flexible work from home policy.
- 20 personal time off days, 5 sick days, as well as 15 holidays a year and we encourage you to take them!
- Other paid time off when the office generally closes the last week of the year.
- Fully paid parental leave of up to 12 weeks.
- 401(k) retirement plan, with employer matching of 100% up to 4% of salary.
- Subsidized gym memberships, Citi Bike membership, and pre-tax commuter benefits.