job: development associate, Louisville KY, with salary info

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DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATE
Kentuckians For The Commonwealth, a well established and respected 
statewide citizens social justice organization, is seeking to hire a 
Development Associate. The role of the Development Associate is to work 
with KFTC’s Development Director, other staff, and members to implement 
our grassroots fundraising and membership recruitment and renewal 
program. Key responsibilities will include database management, 
coordinating volunteers, implementing systems for thank you notes and 
the pledge program, providing administrative support to staff and 
leaders on fundraising and recruitment efforts, managing merchandise, 
and more.

INTRODUCTION TO KFTC
Kentuckians For The Commonwealth is a community of people taking action 
for justice. We work with people to organize in their home communities 
and across the state. We help everyday community members become 
extraordinary community leaders. We support community leaders as they 
build effective organizations. Together, we win important issue campaigns.
Kentuckians For The Commonwealth is an organization whose structure, 
priorities, and approach to change are based upon a handful of core 
beliefs and values. We believe that social, economic, and political 
justice are possible and can be won in this country through non-violent 
means. We believe that many different yet complementary methods must be 
employed to achieve this change and that the most critical is the active 
and informed participation by average citizens in public 
decision-making, especially those people impacted and oppressed by 
powerful institutions and circumstances. We believe that individuals are 
important, but lasting change is created by stable, ambitious, and 
courageous organizations. We believe that credible organizations must 
win tangible victories that impact the daily lives of the communities 
and people they serve. We believe that only by overcoming discrimination 
through education and practice can we realize broad social change and 
that we can create change by learning, teaching, modeling, and finally 
demanding real democracy in form and spirit.
Reflecting these beliefs and the circumstances in Kentucky, our members 
have built Kentuckians For The Commonwealth. We are a statewide citizens 
social justice organization, democratically controlled by a diverse 
membership made up of low and moderate income Kentuckians. Our members 
are organized in chapters, local organizations with independent 
identities yet strong ties to the statewide KFTC. We work on a broad 
platform of issue goals including economic justice, environmental 
protection and stewardship of natural resources, and responsive 
government. Parallel to our issue work run complimentary tracks of 
grassroots leadership development, organizational development, and 
building strategic alliances with like-minded organizations.
Over the 26 years that KFTC has existed, we have celebrated many 
victories and accomplishments including passing numerous pieces of 
legislation and winning a statewide constitutional amendment campaign. 
We have helped hundreds of citizens across Kentucky build the leadership 
skills, experience, and self-confidence needed to make a lasting impact 
in their communities and their lives. We have built local chapters in 
dozens of counties from the Appalachian coalfields of eastern Kentucky 
to western Kentucky farm country to our state’s urban communities in 
Lexington and Louisville. And we have built a stable organization 
focused on our primary strategies.
KFTC is led by a Steering Committee, a board comprised of one elected 
representative from each chapter and five officers who are elected by 
the full membership. This volunteer board is responsible for setting and 
evaluating organizational policies, goals and strategic direction.
Our staff team works with grassroots members and leaders to implement 
organizational goals and priorities. The staff is led by an Executive 
Director who supervises a management team consisting of four team 
directors. Each team director leads a group of staff members focused on 
specific roles, including organizing, communications, fundraising, and 
administration. A major responsibility of the management team is to 
insure effective coordination throughout the organization.
We currently have a staff of eighteen and are in the process of hiring 
for two Chapter Organizers. In order to effectively work with our 
statewide membership base, KFTC staff work from one main office in 
London, Kentucky and four field offices in Louisville, Lexington, Berea, 
and Whitesburg.
CURRENT SITUATION
KFTC has experienced record growth in the last three years. In that 
time, we doubled our membership to more than 5,100 and more than tripled 
our annual grassroots fundraising to nearly $214,000. Our staff has also 
grown from about 10 members to soon-to-be 21. During this same time 
period, KFTC’s program of work has also grown. We have major campaigns 
focused on mining and energy issues, economic justice, voter 
empowerment, restoration of voting rights, and economic development.
It is because of this growth that we now seek to hire a Development 
Associate. There are three needs we hope to meet through this position.
1. The need for increased staff capacity focused on grassroots 
fundraising and membership recruitment and renewal.
As noted above, KFTC has seen enormous growth in recent years. Continued 
success in grassroots fundraising and membership recruitment is critical 
to building our power so that we can win the social, economic, and 
environmental change we seek.
In order to meet our 2008 goals of raising $200,000 in grassroots 
fundraising, getting 1,000 members to recruit a new member, and 
expanding our number of pledgers to 500, we believe the Development 
Director specifically, and the organization generally, needs increased 
staff capacity in this key area.
2. The need to take our database to the next level in terms of the role 
it can play in our fundraising, organizing, and voter empowerment work.
KFTC maintains our membership records with an online database tool 
called The Databank (www.thedatabank.com). We also maintain records for 
folks who have interacted with our work at an event, by signing a 
petition, or other avenue but who aren’t yet members. We utilize the 
database for other functions as well including sending out action 
alerts, tracking legislative district information, processing purchases 
made on our website, and more.
Although we’ve significantly increased our use of the database in recent 
years, there is much more that could be done to ensure that we’re 
getting the most out of it to support our fundraising and organizing 
efforts as well as our growing voter empowerment work. For instance, we 
need to clean up database records to ensure efficient mailings. We need 
to learn how to sync the database with our pledge program. We need to 
broaden the voter empowerment functions of the database. And more.
A portion of the Development Associate’s time will be spent on managing 
the database and ensuring the most effective use of it.
3. The need to alleviate some organizational administrative strain.
While KFTC’s membership and staff have grown in recent years, we have 
not increased the size of our administrative staff. We’re sending out 
more mailings, processing more requests, handling more donations, and 
more. This has certainly strained the administrative staff which is 
primarily based in London.
In order to alleviate some of the strain on the London staff, the 
administrative support geared toward grassroots fundraising and 
membership recruitment will be transferred to the Development Associate. 
This includes mailings, processing credit card donations, the pledge 
program, database maintenance, and more.
THE POSITION Job Title: Development Associate
Reporting Relationship: Reports to the Development Director

Areas of Responsibility:
a. Database Management: Voter Empowerment
− Work with the Voter Empowerment Organizer to maximize the use of the KFTC
database as a key tool in our voter empowerment work − Explore 
opportunities to synchronize the KFTC database with voter files − 
Explore opportunities to synchronize the KFTC database with www.kftc.org 
in order to activate voters − Work with Organizers and Community 
Captains to develop call sheets, contact notes, and other information 
needed to reach out to voters

b. Database Management: General
− Data entry and maintenance of records − Ensure that database files are 
accurate and current, including giving histories, profiles and
interactions
− Process credit card donations through database
− In partnership with the Voter Empowerment Organizer, coordinate 
volunteers and

temporary staff to do data entry at key times during the year − 
Integrate the database and the pledge program − Figure out new functions 
and systems for most effectively using the database; explore
and implement new Databank modules

c. Grassroots Fundraising & Membership Recruitment Support for Staff & 
Leaders
− Work with Organizers to develop call sheets, contact notes, and other 
information needed
for member-to-member outreach and chapter phone banks − Record contact 
notes in the database based on member-to-member outreach − Mail packets 
and other materials to members and staff doing outreach or to new 
prospects − Help facilitate member-to-member trainings

d. General Grassroots Fundraising & Membership Recruitment 
Administrative Support
− Maintain stock of all KFTC merchandise in the Louisville office and 
ensure that non-Louisville offices have adequate supply of merchandise − 
Process online and telephone merchandise orders
− Coordinate KFTC mailings with emphasis on mail appeal and event 
mailings including producing materials and labels and using postage 
saver and bulk mail guidelines
− Organize volunteers to assist with mailings
− With the Development Director and Administrative team, set up a 
database system to automatically activate a pledge reminder system
− Work with Development Director and Administrative Team to develop a 
system for acknowledging all donations with a thank you note and 
coordinate volunteers to carry out the thank you note system

e. Staff Team
− Work with the Development Director to develop, use, and evaluate 
annual, two-month, and weekly workplans, including a self-development plan
− Participate fully and constructively in staff meetings
− Contribute to a culture of mutual respect, support, accountability, 
appreciation and learning, based on good working relationships and 
communication with other staff − Efficiently fulfill personal 
administrative responsibilities including filing; email, phone, and mail 
correspondence; expense forms; timesheets; legislative reports; and more 
− Maintain an orderly and professional office and ensure care and 
maintenance of KFTC
equipment and property

f. Other duties as assigned
Preferred Professional Qualifications and Experiences
♦ Demonstrated commitment to community organizing and leadership 
development as approaches to change
♦ Experience with grassroots fundraising
♦ Experience with database management and general technical aptitude for 
interacting with database applications
♦ Experience in managing volunteers not necessary but a plus
♦ Articulated and demonstrated commitment to the mission and values of KFTC
♦ Excellent oral and written communications skills
♦ Excellent personal organization skills
♦ Excellent time management skills
♦ Open, honest, direct relationship with staff, members and others
♦ Ability to multi-task
♦ Demonstrated ability to be self-motivated and independent and to work 
as part of effective teams
♦ Evidence of commitment to diversity and an understanding of how to 
work effectively in and with diverse communities
♦ Must be able to travel some throughout the state and accommodate a 
work schedule that may include evening and weekend commitments
♦ Knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel and adequate typing skills are 
required.

Personal Attributes
♦ Initiative ♦ Excellent listener ♦ Excellent problem solving skills ♦ 
Excellent interpersonal skills ♦ Strong communicator ♦ Creative ♦ 
Collaborative ♦ Optimistic ♦ Constructive ♦ Capable ♦ Commitment to high 
standards of quality ♦ Ability to cope with changing and unchanging 
circumstances ♦ Ability to take direction and run with it ♦ Attention to 
detail ♦ Respectful of others ♦ Organized

Key Challenges
The Development Associate is a new position within KFTC. As such, the 
person who fills this position will need to be flexible and patient as 
we figure out how to maximize the effectiveness of the position. He/she 
will need to be self-directed, but able to work closely with the 
Development Director and a broad set of volunteers in developing and 
implement a cohesive workplan. Beyond that, key challenges in the coming 
months will involve learning to manage the database and working with 
other key staff to create a plan for taking it to the next level.

COMPENSATION & LOCATION
Salary is negotiable based upon relevant experience. The KFTC base 
salary is $30,802 and we provide annual cost of living adjustments and 
annual salary bumps to credit experience. In addition, KFTC offers full 
family health insurance for all full-time employees which includes 
vision and dental coverage. Time off includes fifteen vacation days per 
year, ten holidays, nine sick days and three personal days. We have a 
compensation time policy and a one-month maternity/paternity/family 
leave policy. KFTC provides sabbaticals after five years and we offer a 
pension plan and begin making contributions after three years.
Location for this position will be in our Louisville office.
TO APPLY
Please send letters of interest, resume, and 3 references to:
Development Associate Hiring Team c/o Jessica George KFTC 901 Franklin 
Street Louisville, KY 40206

jessica at kftc.org
KFTC is an equal opportunity employer. Women and people of color are 
strongly encouraged to apply.