Job Posting

Creative Fundraising Advisors | Saint Paul, MN
Salary Range: $50,000

PURPOSE
Creative Fundraising Advisors (CFA) is taking steps to build capacity as we strive to bring the best and brightest people and ideas to work with our mission-driven, non-profit clients. We have a shared vision for our biggest year of impact yet. We are looking for a dynamic, race equity-oriented professional with experience managing multiple projects simultaneously. Interested applicants should be motivated by the opportunity to contribute to a fast-paced, high growth, entrepreneurial environment.

Reporting directly to CFA’s President, the Administrative Associate will provide seamless administration and project engagement support to the office of the President. The Administrative Associate brings a client-focused mindset to everything they do, enabling the President’s fulfillment of short and long term organizational goals. The role engages with both internal team and external stakeholders to support the President’s business development, project execution, and strategic growth activities. The Administrative Associate anticipates opportunities and issues proactively and is highly adept at managing calendars, timelines, and deliverables.

Responsibilities

• Manage President’s calendar, scheduling requests, and meeting logistics.
• Manage other administrative tasks, including collecting and routing company mail and depositing business checks.
• Work closely with the President to schedule, prepare and send invitations, and manage logistics for internal project orientation standups, project kickoff meetings, weekly client meetings, stakeholder interviews, community listening sessions and focus groups.
• Participate in weekly status and planning meetings, and capture notes and action items.
• Help prepare project milestone summaries and status updates.
• Assist with project proposals, responses to RFPs, and client agreements.
• Provide outstanding customer service. Be responsive and timely in responding to client and manager questions, concerns, and requests.

Requirements

• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple, conflicting priorities, and collaborate with a team in a fast-paced, remote-first environment.
• Comfortable sending and answering emails with a high level of urgency and attention to detail.
• Detail-oriented writer; effective verbal and written communication skills including strong listening, negotiation, and facilitation skills.
• Skilled user of Zoom, Microsoft Office, and Google Suite applications.
• Skilled user of Asana or other project management system.
• Ability to learn and adapt to various technology applications.
• Ability to work remotely.
• Bachelor’s Degree preferred.

TO APPLY
Email your resume and a cover letter describing how you will uniquely add executive and administrative impact with “Administrative Associate” in the subject line to: apply@creativefundraisingadvisors.com

About Creative Fundraising Advisors
Creative Fundraising Advisors is a full-service fundraising consulting firm based in St. Paul, Minnesota whose consultants have more than 100 years of collective experience in philanthropy. We have helped our non-profit clients throughout the country raise more than $1 billion to advance their missions in the past five years alone. We help our clients think big and lead with vision and compelling ideas that compel a community of donors to offer their support and inspire volunteers to action. We position our clients for success, bringing our knowledge and skills to the complex business of planning and fundraising. CFA works principally with arts & cultural, social services, education, and environmental organizations.

We value collaboration, transparency, integrity, creativity, equity and change. These values guide our business decisions, company policies and expectations of our employees, business partners and clients.

CFA believes that diversity and inclusion are critical to strong partnerships and better business results. Our culture is grounded in respect and appreciation for each person’s unique perspective, strengths, abilities and contributions. It is our expectation that CFA and its employees, business partners and clients treat each other with dignity and respect at all times.