Development Assistant

1 Inventa Place
Silver Spring, MD 20910


Kids Are Our Everything.

Department

10538 Major and Principal Gifts, International, Foundation Relations & Planned Giving

Pay Range

$45,926.40 - $76,523.20Responsible for direct support of fundraising unit within the Foundation. The Development Assistant partners with a development officer (s) to support all fundraising initiatives. The Development Assistant is expected to independently solve problems, manage donor issues and respond to questions from donors or other Hospital/Foundation staff in the absence of the Director. The Development Assistant will be responsible for: some clerical/administrative support for a professional fundraiser(s), providing logistical and creative support for special event planning and execution including community based fundraising events and online donor giving, identifying and cultivating low end donors to the program and soliciting gifts for the program, and support for major gift correspondence including thank you letters, stewardship letters and some small mail campaigns. The Development Assistant must be comfortable working with data including data entry into the donor database, executing queries and evaluating data in donor reports.The Development Assistant will be expected to independently manage some writing assignments including letters, stewardship reports and briefs.

Minimum Education
Bachelor's Degree (Required)

Minimum Work Experience
0 years related experience, including volunteer/internship work (Required)

Required Skills/Knowledge
Must show evidence of good writing, editing, and proofreading skills.
Desire to work and grow in this profession is essential.
Strong writing, analytical, communication and interpersonal skills necessary.
Basic proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint needed and willingness to learn new programs specific to the development field i.e. Raisers Edge, Convio, In Design, and Donor Drive.
Must be detail-oriented, able to work independently and be able to collaborate with others.
Needs to be flexible, courteous, patient, and positive and be an enthusiastic team player.
Should be able to adapt easily to constantly changing situations, be creative and able to produce prompt and effective results.
Experience with social media preferred.

Functional Accountabilities
Development Activities

• Partner with Development officer(s) to plan and execute fundraising events, including chair dedications, donor lunches, stewardship events, donor-sponsored lectures etc.

• Contact appropriate vendors to manage events: participate in creative work, arrange for small vendor contracts, pay invoices, and track expenses.

• Support the development officer in planning trustee campaign council, including logistical support, material preparation, entry of notes and data into Raiser’s Edge and tracking attendance and outcomes.

• Provide necessary support for a development visit, including briefing, drafting and communication; calendar coordination; requesting research as needed; and helping prepare solicitation materials, including proposals.

System Organization

• Manage calendars for Director(s) and team.

• Maintain filing systems as needed by Director(s).

• Develop system to manage workflow for the development officers: including recording trip reports and donor contacts in Raiser ’s Edge.

• Develop systems to properly execute gift transmittals and file copies in communal and departmental files.

• Plan protocol and mechanism to generate systematic acknowledgement letters for major donors.

• Partner with Donor Relations Manager to plan and execute selected CNMC Donor recognition and stewardship events.

Quality Control

• Read and evaluate donor correspondence for appropriate action.

• Evaluate donor letters for restrictive language.

• Evaluate data generated from Raiser’s Edge for accuracy and then independently follow-through to correct errors.

Safety

• Speak up when team members appear to exhibit unsafe behavior or performance

• Continuously validate and verify information needed for decision making or documentation

• Stop in the face of uncertainty and takes time to resolve the situation

• Demonstrate accurate, clear and timely verbal and written communication

• Actively promote safety for patients, families, visitors and co-workers

• Attend carefully to important details - practicing Stop, Think, Act and Review in order to self-check behavior and performance

Benefits That Support You:

• Comprehensive health coverage, including medical, prescription, infertility, and transgender health services.
• Generous paid time off, including vacation accrual from day one, sick leave, holidays, and a personal day.
• Financial wellness support, including a 401(k) plan and healthcare and dependent care spending accounts.
• Employer-paid life, AD&D, and long-term disability coverage, with optional supplemental plans.
• Additional perks, including tuition assistance, fitness resources, employee assistance, commuter benefits, and more.

Why Join Us:

• Nationally Recognized Excellence – Consistently ranked among the Top 10 Children’s Hospitals in the nation by U.S. News & World Report.
• Leading Pediatric Care – One of the largest and most comprehensive children’s hospitals in the country, offering nationally ranked specialties and cutting-edge treatments.
• Innovation & Research – A premier academic medical center with a strong commitment to pediatric research, education, and advancing the future of child health.
• Mission-Driven Culture – Dedicated to providing family-centered care while fostering a collaborative, supportive environment for clinical teams.

The disclosed salary range includes the minimum and maximum rates within which Children’s National believes an individual’s base pay rate will fall for this position. It is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the maximum of the pay range. The exact pay rate for this position will be based on a variety of factors in alignment with the Children’s National compensation philosophy. These factors are legitimate and non-discriminatory including, but not limited to, the current market conditions; organizational needs; the individual’s combination of prior work experience, level of education, knowledge, skills, and other qualifications. Children’s National is committed to providing a fair and competitive total rewards package to each of our employees. This base salary range does not include our comprehensive benefits package or any additional compensation for which this position may be eligible.

Childrens National Hospital is an equal opportunity employer that evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender, identity, or other characteristics protected by law. The “Know Your Rights” poster is available here: and the pay transparency policy is available here: Know Your RightsPay Transparency Nondiscrimination Poster.

Please note that it is the policy of Children's National Hospital to ensure a “drug-free” work environment: a workplace free from the illegal use, possession or distribution of controlled substances (as defined in the Controlled Substances Act), or the misuse of legal substances, by all staff (management, employees and contractors). Though recreational and medical marijuana are now legal in the District of Columbia, Children's National and its affiliates maintain the right, in accordance with our policy, to enforce a drug-free workplace, including prohibiting recreational or prescribed marijuana.