Co-Investment (Development) Associate

The core work will involve working with our team, as well as local and national partners, helping Delaware to become a global leader in public education. The Co-Investment Associate is a part of the operations team, supporting fundraising and grant management across all aspects of the process. Working in collaboration with the entire team, the Co-Investment Associate will provide relationship-building research on potential funders and help drive our co-investment pipeline. The Co-Investment Associate will steward application processes for national funding and coordinate reporting requirements with our partners.

Critical Success Personal Attributes and Strengths for this Role: 

• Passion for the mission and social justice 
•  Project management skills to ensure goals are met on time
•  Attention to detail
• Sense of urgency 
• Strong critical thinking and analytic capability 
• Flexibility and comfort with ambiguity 
•  Good judgment and proactive 
• Manage multiple, complex projects

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:  

• Develop, communicate, guide and support the co-investment strategy linked to the Rodel priorities and dashboard
• Manage co-investment portfolio and pipeline
• Maintain pipeline, trackers and timelines
• Develop and lead co-investment team meetings to address challenges, provide updates and ensure progress toward goal achievement
• Provide insights and guidance relative to prospective and funder progress, priorities and conflicts
• Update team relative to trends and provide recommendations
• Administer internal co-investment process
• Track grant cycles and pipeline of prospective funders
• Prepare relationship managers for meetings to move prospects through pipeline
• Oversee contact management system database
• Support funder cultivation events
• Provide guidance and administrative services for co-investment partners

Education/Experience and Computer Skills:  

The ideal candidate will excel in:  

• Written and verbal communication
• The ability to work independently and with others  
• Strategic thinking 
• Microsoft Office
• Strong technical skills with the ability/affinity to learn new technology applications.  

A Bachelor’s Degree is preferred for this position. At least 3 to 5 years of experience coordinating and managing development activities is required.

Please submit a cover letter and resume to ttrawick@rodelde.org to apply.