Non-profit Development Assistant - Save the Bay
Job Description
Interested in joining a collaborative team actively cultivating support to protect Narragansett Bay? The Non-Profit Development Intern will help support the day-to-day functioning of Save The Bay’s Development Team, assisting in duties related to membership development, donor engagement, events, and volunteer and community outreach.
This position is offered Fall 2021. Applications will be accepted and reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled.
What you will learn:
- New and current member outreach
- Fall Appeal logistics— solicitation coordination, donor acknowledgement, gift cultivation
- Membership renewal process
- Event operations, including fundraising and volunteer events with corporate teams
- Collaboration with a dynamic development team
What we require:
- Excellent communication skills required—must be comfortable speaking to and making contact with the general public on Save The Bay’s behalf
- Ability to work independently and have initiative to complete time-sensitive projects
- Strong organizational skills
- Work well in a high-energy, fast paced setting
- Passion for environmental stewardship and Save The Bay’s mission
- Must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and able to show proof of vaccination
If you have a work study award and would like to earn your award through this position, contact the Feinstein Center at engage@rwu.edu or call 401-254-3765.
*Students are prohibited from driving during work-study employment with the limited exception of authorized work-study driver positions.
** All employees, including student employees, are required to participate in a short online training that will prepare you with the new protocols for working on campus. Please click on the following link to complete your training: http://rwu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_a4aBCUkcc7Vl7QF
***Only students who are fully vaccinated are permitted to work on-site. Unvaccinated students will be permitted to only work remotely.