Advancement Associate, Public Partnerships

Qualifications and Skills

• Bachelor’s degree
• One (1) - three (3) years of direct fundraising or equivalent business development experience.
• Experience in public health/health care environment or funding for scientific research preferred.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work both independently and as a member of a team, providing support to senior staff as well as managing a portfolio of his/her own projects.
• Professional presence with the ability to establish confidence and trust among CDC colleagues and private sector partners.
• Ability to manage and prioritize multiple activities simultaneously and effectively.
• A demonstrated ability to complete assignments in a timely and effective manner and deliver results under tight deadlines.
• Excellent computer and data management skills/proficiency in Word, Outlook, and Excel required; Salesforce experience highly preferred.
• Adherence to the Code of Ethical Principles of the National Society of Fundraising Executives (NSFRE) and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE).

Duties and Responsibilities

• Create, edit, finalize and send fundraising correspondence, proposals, and stewardship materials for partners and prospects.
• Lead the process for identifying, researching and analyzing state, territorial and tribal (STLT) health department prospects for cultivation and solicitation.
• Develops, updates and maintains jurisdictional prospect research information in the Salesforce CRM to monitor and report on prospects. Works with Advancement and Internal Operations teams to identify top priority partners based on research and available funding.
• Develops, updates and maintains RFP tracking mechanism with applicable forecasted, active and closed RFPs by jurisdiction.
• 5. Assists the data team with data quality and capture improvements and automations within our Salesforce CRM, especially for key prospect research data.
• Provide fundraising and administrative support to senior Advancement staff.
• Tracks and submits all partner reviews to the Advancement Operations team in our Salesforce CRM for tracking purposes.
• Participate in a variety of staff activities, projects, and assignments.
• Undertake other responsibilities as assigned

About the CDC Foundation

• The CDC Foundation helps CDC save and improve lives by unleashing the power of collaboration between CDC, philanthropies, corporations, organizations and individuals to protect the health, safety and security of America and the world. The CDC Foundation is the go-to nonprofit authorized by Congress to mobilize philanthropic partners and private-sector resources to support CDC’s critical health protection mission. The CDC Foundation manages hundreds of programs each year impacting a variety of health threats from chronic disease conditions including cardiovascular disease and cancer, to infectious diseases like rotavirus and HIV, to emergency responses, including COVID-19 and Ebola. Visit www.cdcfoundation.org for more information.