Who We Are:

Met Council is America’s largest Jewish charity dedicated to serving the needy. Met Council’s ten different departments are staffed by experts who helped over 305,000 clients in 2021 and continuously advocate on behalf of all needy New Yorkers. Our holistic programs range from 100% affordable housing at 20 locations to our award-winning family violence program to comprehensive Holocaust survivor assistance to senior programming to crisis intervention to the largest free kosher food distribution program in the world. Our network of food pantries, affordable housing sites, and JCCs provide services directly in neighborhoods across New York.

What You'll Do:

You will work closely with the Director, Development to implement Met Council’s fundraising strategies. In conjunction with marketing efforts, the specific tasks for this role are geared toward managing donor relations and direct mail fundraising for the organization. You will oversee and maintain the ongoing use of the organization’s Salesforce database, in addition to working collaboratively with the Fiscal Department for development reports and reconciliation of donor and fiscal data.

• Maintain primary oversight of Salesforce database for fundraising

• Perform scheduled clean-up and maintenance of the database as a regular feature of work

• Assist in the generation of mailing lists for direct mail appeals and campaigns; collaborate with the Direct Mail vendors as needed

• Provide database administration support; create account logins, data import and data design

• Trouble-shoot issues with database vendor and consultants, as needed

• Design and produce donor reports and exports as needed

• Maintain quality control over all Salesforce contacts, accounts, and opportunities including duplicate entries, typos, etc.

• Lead the financial reconciliation process between Fiscal and Development departments, and prepare necessary reports for Fiscal Department tracking

• Provide regular reports to the Fiscal Department of donations and all back-up information to support where and how these donations should be used

• Import volunteer and donor information

• Assist with departmental data presentations and analyses

• Work with grants team to ensure all grants data, including opportunities, payments, and deliverables are properly entered and maintained

• Stay abreast of best practices and strategies

• Other responsibilities as assigned.

What You'll Bring to the Organization:

• Understanding of nonprofit organizations and how nonprofits fundraise

• Exceptional organizational skills

• Ability to follow-through on tasks

• Ability to multi-task between routine operations

• Experience with long-term database improvement projects

• Meticulous attention to detail

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

We'd Like You to Have:

• Bachelor’s Degree required

• Proficient with Salesforce and Microsoft Office Suite (i.e. Word, Power Point, Excel, Outlook Calendar)

• 2-3 years related nonprofit work experience 

What We Offer:

This is a full-time overtime-eligible position with competitive salary and generous benefits package which includes major medical, dental, vision and life insurance; pre-tax commuter benefits; FSA; 403(b) with employer contribution; plus generous vacation, sick leave and holidays. This is currently a hybrid position (partially remote).