The Lobular Breast Cancer Alliance Inc. (LBCA) is a national, fully remote independent charitable organization. LBCA focuses on providing education and advocating for more desperately needed funding for invasive lobular carcinoma (ILC) cancer research to eradicate this tricky breast cancer type. We seek an individual who seeks a part-time+ junior level development role and is committed to supporting our nonprofit cause and assisting the Executive Director in all aspects of development and fundraising to ensure that LBCA continues to grow and thrive. Ideally the individual seeking this role has some experience with fundraising and nonprofit work and can commit to immersing themselves in understanding all that we do and being an excellent steward and an ambassador on our behalf to all donors and donor prospects in support of our mission. Because we are such a small and relatively young nonprofit, the individual in this role will have the opportunity to be involved in all aspects of development.

DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATE (DA) POSITION SUMMARY (20-30 hrs/week)

Reporting to and in partnership with the Executive Director (ED), the Development Committee, and the Executive Administrator. The DA must be willing to learn all disciplines of a development operation – there will be an opportunity to spend a portion of time attending development training courses and presentations.  

Essential Duties and Responsibilities The Development Associate will:     

1. Provide administrative support to the Moves Management process of cultivating and engaging donors including entering gift and donor data into the development database; managing all aspects of gift acknowledgements; notifying relevant staff about special gifts; documenting all stewardship activities including uploading new and updating existing donor information; ensuring automated acknowledgement and thank you correspondences occur timely and donor interactions in our CRM (Bloomerang). 
2. Work with a portfolio of major donors to cultivate, steward, and manage relationships once established.
3. Provide support to the volunteer Development Committee chaired by the ED. Activities include conducting outreach to major donor prospects and working with committee members to develop fundraising events.
4. Conduct research to identify and outreach to corporations with charitable interest in or funds dedicated to supporting breast cancer advocacy and research. Project will include determining the best contacts at the corporations identified and working with the ED and Communications Director to develop  materials for the outreach and ultimately, the pitches to the corporations likely to enter into sponsorship agreements with LBCA.Once established, steward the portfolio of corporate donors.
5. Draft development campaign letters and other development posts and letters to non-major donors as needed under the direction of the ED.
6. Help volunteers who reach out to LBCA and want to conduct peer-to-peer fundraisers to undertake these activities including helping to develop letters for volunteer to use to solicit local sponsors and in kind donations, helping to set up the volunteer’s fundraising platform within Bloomerang, and helping draft commercial co-venture agreements, as necessary working with ED, volunteers, and LBCA general counsel. 
7. Produces development reports and lists as needed.
8. Learn to work with grantstation to support research into potential grantors.
9. Participate in LBCA staff meetings and speak with the ED at least once/week on a 1:1 basis, and more often, as necessary and become conversant in the mission and activities of the organization.
10. Assist with the planning and execution of virtual donor events. 
11. Attend the very infrequent evening donor reception and/or fundraising events as needed.

QUALIFICATIONS: 

The ideal Development Associate candidate:

• Must embrace the mission of LBCA and have great interest in gaining a working understanding of the characteristics and challenges created by invasive lobular carcinoma as well as a willingness to thoroughly understand the advocacy activities that are provided by LBCA and their importance. 
• Personal connection to breast cancer preferred.
• Must be entrepreneurial, highly self-motivated, energetic, a good listener and enjoy developing relationships.
• Must have demonstrated experience effectively managing a part time position, particularly if the individual is engaged in other work during the work week.
• Displays a positive attitude, shows concern for people and community, demonstrates presence, self-confidence, and common sense.
• Must possess strong interpersonal and writing skills and the skills to work with and motivate staff, committee members, and other volunteers.
• Must be organized, timely with deliverables, able to work independently with little supervision and as part of a team.
• Have two years of development experience, ideally in direct fundraising. 
• A bachelor’s degree (MA a plus).
• Strong computer skills, including Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint and Google Suite; Experience with donor databases, such as Bloomerang, ideal.
• Experience with remote fundraising, ideal.
• Experience with writing fundraising appeal letters, ideal.

HOURLY RATE RANGE: $28.50-$30.50

BENEFITS INCLUDE: Employees working at least 20 hours per week are entitled to a benefit plan including prorated paid vacation, sick, and personal days; 13 company paid holidays; optional employee funded 403(b) plan; and employer contribution towards health insurance benefits.  

TO APPLY: Interested candidates should submit a resume and cover letter to the hiring manager at hiring@lobularbreastcancer.org, the deadline to apply is Monday, April 28, 2025