Hiring Organization Information

Organizational Overview

Washington Alliance for Better Schools leads a partnership of school districts, industry, and community dedicated to ensuring students furthest from opportunity can pursue a future that embraces their strengths, passions, and dreams.        

Vision: Equity in every school. Opportunity for every student.

Mission: We lead a partnership of school districts, industry, and community dedicated to ensuring students furthest from opportunity can pursue a future that embraces their strengths, passions, and dreams.

Core Values

• Engage: We authentically engage with students, families, community, and partners

• Create: We co-create innovative programs and strategies to advance equity for students

• Amplify: We activate and amplify the capacity that exists in people, communities, and systems

Role Responsibilities

Development (75%)

• Write and submit compelling grant proposals that align with the organization's strategic goals and adhere to funder requirements 
• Identify and research potential public and private funding opportunities at the local, state, and federal levels
• Write and submit timely grant reports
• Manage individual giving platforms and digital fundraising pages
• Develop donor stewardship materials, including emails, thank yous, and mailed letters
• Create content for individual giving campaigns, including social media content, photo and video assets, and emails
• Report and analyze key metrics related to the organization’s development efforts, such as grant submissions and outcomes of individual giving campaigns, to inform development strategy
• Support implementation and management of organizational CRM
• Ensure timely entry of all fundraising data to support fundraising reporting and strategy
• Support events management

Communications (25%)

• Build out an effective communications strategy for the organization in coordination with the Director of Development & Communications
• Develop and manage WABS’ editorial calendar
• Create and manage social media content in collaboration with program staff, partners, and key stakeholders to grow followers and engagement
• Develop quarterly organizational newsletter and support development of Annual Report
• Manage contract photographers and videographers, and work with staff and partners to acquire photos and videos, to build out our photo and video asset library
• Manage website, including content updates
• Develop internal and external marketing materials, including presentations, flyers & documents, in alignment with the organization’s brand identity and messaging
• Report and analyze key metrics related to the organization's communications efforts, such as website traffic and social media engagement, including generating strategies to increase desired metrics.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in development/fundraising and communications
• Experience with digital fundraising platforms (Givebutter, DonorPerfect, etc.)
• Experience with CRM and/or donor management systems (Salesforce, Raiser’s Edge NXT, etc.)
• Experience using Canva
• Experience using email marketing software
• Excellent written and verbal communication for a variety of audiences including families, educators, business & industry leaders, and philanthropic organizations
• Understanding of and commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion in communications
• Experience with website management 
• Familiarity and/or willingness to learn about communications accessibility best-practices
• Familiarity with nonprofits and/or public education

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