CDC Foundation is hiring a
Advancement Associate

Summary

Join the CDC Foundation as an Advancement Associate and contribute to fundraising and administrative support for partner research, proposal development, and donor stewardship. This two-year contract position offers a salary range of $61,796.36-72,243.00 and can be fully remote or hybrid in Atlanta.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree
• One (1) - three (3) years of direct fundraising or equivalent business development experience
• Experience in public health/health care environment or funding for scientific research preferred
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work both independently and as a member of a team, providing support to senior staff as well as managing a portfolio of his/her own projects
• Professional presence with the ability to establish confidence and trust among CDC colleagues and private sector partners
• Ability to manage and prioritize multiple activities simultaneously and effectively
• A demonstrated ability to complete assignments in a timely and effective manner and deliver results under tight deadlines
• Excellent computer and data management skills/proficiency in Word, Outlook, and Excel required; Salesforce experience highly preferred

Responsibilities

• Create, edit, finalize and send fundraising correspondence, proposals, and stewardship materials for partners and prospects
• Lead the process for identifying, researching and analyzing state, territorial and tribal (STLT) health department prospects for cultivation and solicitation
• Develops, updates and maintains jurisdictional prospect research information in the Salesforce CRM to monitor and report on prospects
• Works with Advancement and Internal Operations teams to identify top priority partners based on research and available funding
• Develops, updates and maintains RFP tracking mechanism with applicable forecasted, active and closed RFPs by jurisdiction
• Assists the data team with data quality and capture improvements and automations within our Salesforce CRM, especially for key prospect research data
• Provide fundraising and administrative support to senior Advancement staff
• Tracks and submits all partner reviews to the Advancement Operations team in our Salesforce CRM for tracking purposes
• Participate in a variety of staff activities, projects, and assignments