Development Coordinator

In 1991, four women gathered around a kitchen table and pioneered an organization founded to fight the rare disease three of them were fighting. The Pulmonary Hypertension Association (PHA) exists to support patients and caregivers living with this rare disease, which can affect all people of all ages and backgrounds. Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a chronic and life-changing lung disease that can lead to right heart failure if left untreated.

PHA, a nonprofit organization, is unique because we support and engage all communities affecting and affected by pulmonary hypertension, including patients, caregivers, doctors, nurses, and other health professionals. PHA’s mission is to extend and improve the lives of those affected by PH.

Since our founding, we have far outgrown the kitchen table, and serve the PH community in a variety of ways, including empowering patients and caregivers through programs, services and education, raising awareness of PH in the community, advocating for the PH community, catalyzing research for a cure and promoting quality patient care.

Our employees are entrepreneurial, creative, dedicated, passionate professionals, who are all working together to extend and improve the lives of those affected by PH.

Join our PHight!

The Development Associate provides administrative and operational support to PHA’s Development department. The incumbent supports all aspects of the department’s strategy, providing assistance and support for individual and corporate giving, grants, fundraising events and other projects.

• Manage data and reporting tools for the development departments
• Assist the VP of Development and Industry Relations with corporate funding documentation and tracking
• Take meeting minutes during corporate committee meetings
• Assist with logistical management of advertising sales for PHA publications
• Manage letter generation, distribution and tracking, mail merging and coordinating a variety of mailings; assist with document preparation
• Manage donor information in Raiser’s Edge database with discretion, entering various gifts and constituent data, producing donor reports, overseeing quality control and ensuring the overall integrity of donor info
• Research and implement ways to better utilize the database for the purposes of developing relationships with prospective donors and assist the Development staff and CEO with managing organization’s prospect list
• Work closely with finance to reconcile and document gifts
• Assist with preparation of materials for Development Committee and other key meetings
• Provide overall administrative support to the Department of Development and Industry Relations
• Organize and maintain development files
• Represent organization at fundraising events as needed
• Respond to donor-related inquiries and correspondence as needed

• Minimum of two years of development experience
• Bachelor’s degree strongly preferred; equivalent experience will be considered
• Skilled at working both independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite required; experience using iMIS or other databases preferred
• Strong customer service, verbal and written communication skills, and attention to detail required
• Excellent relationship building and networking skills required
• Strong multitasking and organizational skills required
• Demonstrated passion for fundraising and commitment to mission
• Data analytical skills strongly preferred

CORE VALUES

All PHA staff members are expected to embrace and demonstrate excellence in the following:

• Commitment to mission-driven work centered on those affected by pulmonary hypertension
• Effective cooperation, coordination and collaboration with internal and external stakeholders to achieve accurate, timely, and successful work putting the patients’ interests first
• Respect for one another and members of the community
• Embrace and celebrate differences and individuality
• Effective and open communications about needs and goals
• Clear, respectful, and timely communications with colleagues, members of the community, partners, and other stakeholders
• Compassion and empathy towards others
• We seek to understand and relate to one another, engage in active listening, respond with kindness, offer assistance and positive feedback

REPORTING RELATIONSHIPS:

• Reports to Vice President, Development & Industry Relations

WORKING CONDITIONS:

Working conditions are remote with occasional travel to headquarters in the Washington D.C. metro.  Work may require some weekend and/or evening work and domestic travel.

HIGHLIGHTS OF BENEFITS & PERKS:

• Minimum 3 weeks paid annual leave, all federal holidays (11 days) and 4 personal days plus office closure for Holiday break (end of year). Two weeks paid sick leave.
• Choice of subsidized or no-cost medical, dental, and vision plans for employees and dependents; $1,500 toward annual deductible for HD plans.
• Employer paid short-term and long-term disability insurance
• Flexible work hours and location
• 4% PHA contribution to retirement plan after first year of employment, with immediate vesting

DISCLAIMER:

The above is intended to describe the general content of and requirements for the performance of this job. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of essential functions, responsibilities or requirements. The Pulmonary Hypertension Association, a 501(c)3, nonprofit organization, is an equal opportunity employer (EOE). For more about PHA see: www.PHAssociation.org

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