Americares is a health-focused relief and development organization that saves lives and improves health for people affected by poverty or disaster. Each year, Americares reaches an average of 90 countries and all 50 U.S. states with life-changing health programs, medicine and medical supplies. Americares is the world’s leading nonprofit provider of donated medicine and medical supplies. For more information, visit americares.org.
DEPARTMENT AND POSITION SUMMARY:
Development Operations manages reporting and data analytics for the Development (fundraising) department. We manage a Direct Mail and Email program that reaches over 250,000 people. We are responsible for bringing in new donors to Americares, and communication our work to them. We also help the other departments raise funds for our programs by giving them data, reporting, streamlining their business processes, and maintaining the donor database.
This summer, an intern will help us with improving the direct response program (and in turn, raising more money!) through the power of data-driven fundraising. The intern will analyze, research, and report on trends, such as “How much do Hurricane Harvey donors give?” and “What’s the best way to fundraise from people on Instagram?” They will also help proofread and make art selections for our direct mail and email programs. They will work closely with the Communications Intern, as well as other Development Interns. The Dev. Ops. team encourages collaboration!
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Daily/Weekly/Monthly:
Revenue and donor reports – Are we reaching our goals? Where’s the gap?
Expense tracking and analytics – Can we save money? How are we doing?
Weekly report on program activities to Director – What would make a great story?
Data hygiene tasks – Are we making the most of our data? Do we have all the information we need to steward our donors?
Copy edits, proofreading, and art selection for direct response pieces – Are we talking to our donors the right way? Are our pieces informative and compelling?
Long Term Projects:
Analysis of current state of Hurricane donors – what happened to them? Did they upgrade? Are they still giving?
Investigating the effects of social media influencers on fundraising and donor acquisition
CORE AMERICARES RESPONSIBILITIES AND PERSONAL SUCCESS FACTORS:
· Foster Americares values of responsiveness, results orientation, collaboration, efficiency and integrity.
· Passion for our mission and the desire to work within the global health/emergency response sector;
SKILLS:
Preferred
Experience with relational databases
Fundraising experience
Familiarity with social media platforms
Prior office/administrative experience
Required
Current undergraduate student, preferably rising junior or senior
Mid-Level+ Excel (pivot tables, equations, etc.)
Critical/analytical thinking skills
Enjoys data, analytics, and reporting, but also enjoys presenting the results
Attention to detail
Ability to work independently and meet deadlines
Ability to focus on personal accountability and team goals
Ability to work with and maintain sensitive & confidential information
EXPERIENCE GAINED
At the end of this internship, you will have:
Taken your data and analytics skills to the next level!
Learned a lot about how fundraising works!
Spent time with some awesome, passionate people!
Saved the world!
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