Engagement Associate, Pacific Forest Trust

The Pacific Forest Trust (PFT) is seeking an Engagement Associate to support the fundraising, marketing and communications efforts of this growing organization. The Associate plays an integral role implementing and supporting PFT’s Engagement Program.

Key Responsibilities

Provide support to the Vice President for Engagement and Senior Development Manager, with a key focus on generating content for funding proposals to foundation, corporate and individual audiences; communications materials, including print and digital media and targeted correspondence; and providing support for cultivation events.

Communications/Marketing

• Assist with content and graphic development for monthly e-newsletter, ForestFlash, bi-annual ForestLife, Annual Report and website with compelling and accurate material. Rewrites material as needed on existing website to reflect revised brand identity.
• Produce social media content: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn.
• Assist with content and graphic development for fundraising appeals.
• Implement and enforce PFT’s brand style guide.

Individual Donors

• Assist with all aspects of major donor individual gift solicitations, including: research, qualification, cultivation, solicitation and stewardship.
• Schedule donor and prospect meetings in coordination with the Executive Coordinator.
• Track donor/prospect contacts, ensuring appropriate reporting thereon, including correspondence, appeals and other communication.
• Support the planning and execution of donor cultivation events and field trips.

Institutional Funders

• Draft foundation and corporate proposals and reports for programmatic, project and general operating support.
• Compile foundation and corporate proposals, including organizational documents.
• Maintain foundation/corporate calendar for letters of intent, proposals and reports.
• Assist in researching new foundation and corporate prospects.

Events

• Support production of virtual events/webinars.
• Assist in all aspects of planning and implementing PFT’s annual “Forest Fete” event in San Francisco and “Wild in the Woods” event in Oregon.
• Assist in recruiting and coordinating volunteers around the annual events.
• Assist in the planning, logistics and follow up for other events.

Support

• Provide administrative support to the Engagement Office, including maintaining paper and electronic files.
• Maintain the fundraising database, ensuring that donation information is updated, accurate and coordinated with Finance and Administration.
• Prepare weekly, monthly and quarterly fundraising reports.