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Immediate Position Opening

Reporting to the Director of Philanthropic Giving and Marketing, Geneva’s Development Associate is responsible for gift processing, receipting, maintaining accurate donor records, and ensuring proper donor thanking and communication preferences. The development associate also provides assistance with fundraising events and sharing stewardship communications with Relief Fund donors.

Responsibilities 

• Accurately enter check, cash, and online donations into donor database, ensuring contact information is correct.

• Enter and track donor communications, meetings and contact information in data base.

• Ensure donors are thanked and properly receipted within 48 hours of making a gift.

• Deduplicate multiple donor record accounts to ensure data cleanliness.

• Issue receipts to donors within 2 business days of gift processing.

• Provide regular communication updates to donors.

• Assist with coordinating year end campaign and offering with churches and individuals.

• Coordinate details and logistics of fundraising events.

• Provide assistance to Director of Philanthropic Giving as needed.

Qualifications

Faith

• Strong devotion to Jesus Christ, holiness, and a passion to make Him known.
• A Christian whose life reflects spiritual maturity as evidenced by the fruit of the Spirit and knowledge of the basics of the faith.
• An active member of an evangelical church that affirms the tenets of historic Christianity (PCA church preferred but not required).
• In agreement with Geneva’s Statement of Faith and Code of Conduct.

Personal

• Passion for the church and its ministry leaders.

• Excellent oral and written communication skills.

• Committed lifelong learner.

• Highly organized and able to adapt to new technologies.

• Able to follow process and systems.

• Strong collaborative skills in order to work well with other Geneva associates and other PCA committees and agencies.

• Persevere in a challenging business and ministry environments.

Professional

• 4-year college degree, preferred.

• Fundraising experience preferred.

• Proven ability to meet deadlines and complete projects according to outlined scope, budget, and timeline.

• Demonstrated working knowledge of principles and best practices of donor relations and fundraising.

• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral; demonstrates ability to actively listen and adapt communication style and channel to donor’s preference.

• Familiar with Customer Relationship Management and Donation Platform systems

Working Conditions

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Location

Geneva’s offices are located in Lawrenceville, Georgia. This is an in-office position. Remote work is not an option. Periodic travel to support the work will be required (1-2x’s year).

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