Major & Planned Giving Assistant

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$31,367 - $39,207

Maryland Public Television

11767 Owings Mills Blvd.

Owings Mills, MD 21117

This position provides primary administrative support to the managing Director of Major & Planned Giving and secondary assistance to the Associate Major Gifts Officer and the Grants Director; Coordinates all major and Planned Giving unit activity including but not limited to: coordination of the MPT Foundation Board; gift processing; and, interdepartmental coordination of cultivation, solicitation and stewardship activity for the Major & Planned Giving unit.

·         Coordinate interdepartmental activities including but not limited to:  prospect management meetings, financial reporting; scheduling high level prospect and MPT Foundation meetings with the MPT President’s office and members of the MPT Foundation Board of Directors; and, arranging for donor stewardship such as on-air acknowledgement spots with Content Services and Traffic.

·         Provide and prioritize administrative assistance to the Managing Director as well as members of the Major & Planned Giving team.  Duties include but are not limited to:  Maintaining the Managing Director’s calendar; accurately processing and reporting all Major & Planned gifts in donor database and WebFocus; processing and tracking credit card transactions; generating acknowledgement letters; tracking campaign gifts in coordination with MPT Foundation campaign counsel; processing invoices, tracking pending transfers; ensuring the correct allocation of restricted funds; administration of the Leadership Society and Legacy Society programs including corresponding web pages and mailings; researching individual and foundation prospects and assembling proposal packages.

·         Maintain existing systems (and develop new systems as needed) for records management in hard and electronic format.

·         Support MPT Foundation Board of Directors.  Duties include but are not limited to:  coordination and scheduling of all MPT Foundation Board and Committee meetings; drafting meeting agendas; tracking Board membership terms; accurately recording and timely distribution of all Board and Committee meeting minutes and materials, working with the Managing Director, Board Chair and President to maintain up-to-date governance documents; preparing personal hand-written correspondence on behalf of MPT Foundation Board leadership.

·         Secure interns for the Major & Planned Giving unit

·         Perform other duties as assigned.

Bachelor’s Degree

Three years experience as an administrative assistant in a corporate or formal business environment.

Experience in database management and Microsoft Office products essential. 

 

Experience in event planning and coordination preferred.

STATE OF MARYLAND BENEFITS

 

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