DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATE

Job Title: Development Associate

Reports to: Executive Director

Status: Full-Time 40 hours/week non-exempt

Start Date: As soon as possible

Salary: $75,000/Year

Benefits: Health, dental & vision insurance. Sick days, personal & vacation days and holidays.

---

The Institute of Popular Education of Southern California (IDEPSCA) is a nonprofit community

based organization whose purpose is to promote self-determination in the low-wage working

community in Southern California politically, culturally, and economically using popular

education based organizing methods. We promote the development of collective solutions to

community problems.


Position Summary:

The Development Associate, raises and tracks funds to help support day laborers and domestic

workers in Los Angeles fight wage theft, access health and safety rights and participate in

workforce development programs. IDEPSCA through grants and grassroots donors, working

alongside the Management Team. Because of the COVID-19 Pandemic, currently the position

can be partially remote, with some in person /office presence required.

Job Requirements

Requirements:

● Excellent planning and organization skills.

● Ability to facilitate collective planning, decision-making, and evaluation processes with

diverse stakeholders and organizations.

● Excellent communication skills; ability to assess and discern multiple requests from

various stakeholders and prioritize and coordinate responses accordingly.

● Strong writing and editing skills in English.

● High level of cultural competency and/or successful experience working with low-wage,

immigrant, workers of color.

● Bilingual in English and Spanish

● Experience in non-profit fundraising

● Experience in data entry and management

● Ability to track/manage projects and meet deadlines

● Must be fully COVID-19 vaccinated (this includes booster)

Job Responsibilities

Responsibilities:

● Writes, edits, submits, and manages grant proposals and reports for foundations,

corporate, government and individual sources, both independently and in collaboration

with the Program Managers and the Executive Director.

● Research potential foundations, corporations, and government funding opportunities.

● Works with Management Team to understand the specific goals, activities and outcomes

of each program and to monitor and evaluate progress to ensure accurate reporting to

funders.

● Enters and manages data as part of grant reporting processes.

● Monitors fundraising progress on a monthly basis.

● Prepares donation acknowledgement letters, maintains giving records, and manages

individual donor engagement.

● Works with Management and other staff to plan and execute grassroots fundraising

campaigns.

● Assists Management Team with foundation, government, and donor relations.

● Drafts compelling development communications such as annual reports, quarterly

newsletters, decks, meeting briefs, event packets, and correspondence, sometimes in

collaboration with other staff.

● Represents the organization with foundations, and other donors and grantors.

Compensation and Benefits

Compensation & Benefits: $75,000/year. Benefits include health, dental and vision insurance. Sick days, personal & vacation days and holidays.

To Apply

To apply, email a cover letter, resume and three references with name, address and telephone number to jobs@idepsca.org Please include a daytime phone number where you can be contacted. Please email your documents as PDF form.

Women, LGBT People of Color urged to apply.

IDEPSCA is an Equal Opportunity Affirmative Action Employer.