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About Teach For America
Teach For America is the national corps of outstanding recent college graduates of all academic majors who commit two years to teach in low-income urban and rural public schools and become lifelong leaders in pursuit of educational excellence and equity. Our mission is to build the movement to eliminate educational inequity that exists along socioeconomic lines.

Since our founding in 1990, Teach For America has become the nation’s largest provider of teachers for low-income communities and has been recognized for building a pipeline of leaders committed to educational equity and excellence. Currently, some 4,400 corps members work directly with 375,000 students in 26+ urban and rural communities profoundly affected by the achievement gap. At the same time, more than 12,000 alumni—most of whom are still in their 20s and 30s and are working from every professional sector —are at the center of the effort to realize educational opportunity for all.

Teach For America is a high-growth organization with a $70 million budget and 500+ staff. Fueled by a sense of urgency to do more, we have launched an ambitious plan to grow in scale while at the same time increasing our corps members’ short-term and long-term impact. By 2010, we aim to have some 7,500 corps members teaching in 33 regions and to foster the continued leadership of some 23,000 alumni.

Summary:
Teach For America seeks an enthusiastic and organized individual for the position of development operations coordinator. The development operations team serves as a central resource to Teach For America’s 30+ regional and national development teams. The development operations team provides operational systems and technical assistance to ensure that Teach For America has the systems in place to grow and retain a sustainable base funding, which will total over $110 million this year and will grow to over $160 million by 2010. This is a great opportunity for someone who wants exposure to the development operations of a very successful nonprofit.

The development operations coordinator will report to the director of gift operations and has the primary responsibility of processing and maintaining the accuracy of donor gift data in the organization’s development database, the Raisers Edge (RE). This position is on Teach For America’s growth strategy and development team and requires the ability to interact effectively with diverse groups, including national and regional staff members and various teams.

Teach For America seeks individuals of all ethnic and racial backgrounds to apply for the position.

Responsibilities:

Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

• Assisting with the centralization of the gift and donor acknowledgement processes Teach For America
• Processing contributions made to Teach For America by regional and national supporters
• Ensuring all national funders receive timely acknowledgements
• Working with regional development staff to ensure gift solicitation methods are accurately tracked in our database
• Serving as a point of contact for Teach For America’s donors by responding to phone and email requests
• Supporting development operations and finance teams on reconciliation of revenue
• Managing the process for state charities registrations
• Running central reports, queries, and data analyses to benchmark fundraising efforts

Education and Experience:
• Minimum 0 to 3 years of work experience required
• Bachelor’s degree required
• Previous gift processing experience a plus, but not required

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:
• Strong detail orientation skills
• Excellent customer service skills
• Proven ability to prioritize tasks and work under deadlines
• Excellent organizational skills
• Ability to work well with others while driving projects independently
• Knowledge of Raisers Edge and database skills preferred
• Ability to maintain the security and integrity of constituent data is essential

Compensation:
Competitive salary based on experience includes comprehensive benefits package.

Apply now:
We review applications on a rolling basis. Please submit your resume and cover letter with your application.

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