Associate Director of Development

ABOUT US:

One of America's most highly respected congregations, Wilshire Boulevard Temple has been serving the Los Angeles Jewish community since its founding in 1862 as Congregation B'nai B'rith, the city's first synagogue.  Today, Wilshire Boulevard Temple carries out the mission through a variety of ways as a center for Jewish spirituality and celebration, a place for lifelong learning and friendship and home to an engaged congregation where every person can make a difference.

We have three locations to service our communites: the historic Erika J. Glazer Family Campus in Wilshire Center/Koreatown, our modern Audrey and Sydney Irmas Campus in West Los Angeles, and our inviting Resnick Campus in Brentwood.

POSITION OVERVIEW: 

The Associate Director is an individual with strong computer skills, a customer service approach, stellar telephone manner, and interpersonal skills who will work internally with Clergy and Temple staff and externally with constituents including congregants, Board members, donors and volunteers.

The Associate Director will work under the supervision and direction of the Director of Institutional Advancement team in fundraising activities with specific duties concerning grant writing, donor relations, stewardship activities, and event planning.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Research: conduct prospect research; prepare solicitation materials
• Grant writing for specific purposes, with direction and assitance
• Facilitate large donor/prospect mailings
• Manage sending donor recognition gifts
• Steward/cultivate donors in the community
• Responsible for raising, maintaining and moving donors for gifts under $5,000k per year
• Assist when/where necessary with other campaigns
• Help raise funds and create marketing materials including written materials and videos for the Temple's annual campaign
• Assist with the planning and execution and attend fundraisings and stewardship events
• Assist in implementing a Donor Recognition program including drafting correspondence on behalf of Clergy and Senior Staff to thank donors for pledge payments and donations
• Keeping detailed records of donor information and create and deliver reports as needed
• Work with the Temple staff generally and the development statt in other departments specifically to help promote a cohesive and coordinate approach to fundraising across the Temple
• Other duties as assigned by the Director of Institutional Advacement