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General Summary: 

This position works under the direction of the Director of Marketing & Development and performs duties and assignments related to administrative services for the Development Department and Youth Home executive team. Maintains the fundraising database (ales Force platform). Creates fundraising reports, gift and constituent records, acknowledgement letters, gift receipts, and pledge reminders. Creates and mails various fundraising mailings throughout the year.  Assists with board management and generates minutes for the board and various other meetings as assigned. Coordinates development projects as assigned. Produces monthly e-newsletter. Greets new team members on behalf of Development Department during orientation. This is a safety sensitive position when around patients.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Maintains development documentation, electronic files and database.
• Coordinates meetings, tours, and visitors.
• Provides support as needed for development activities, including maintenance of accounts, files, and materials.
• Assists with the coordination of Youth Home board meetings.
• Generates direct mail appeals and tracks responses for all direct mail appeals, including maintaining records of revenue and expenses for all appeals.
• Performs general office functions (e.g. answer telephone, route calls appropriately, take routine messages, provide information for routine questions, and operate standard office equipment, files as assigned).
• Reconciles contributions with accounting in a timely manner.
• Makes presentations to the community as needed.
• Other duties as outlined by the supervisor.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Strong written and verbal skills; ability to read, analyze and interpret professional journals, technical procedures and government regulations. Must have the ability to write reports, business correspondence.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from managers and the general public.
• Must be very organized and able to manage concurrent timelines, tasks, and deadlines. 
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions
• Basic understanding of calculation of figures for use in statistics, accounting and billing procedures as needed for departmental projects.

Work Experience &/or Education:

High school diploma or equivalent required. Bachelor's degree preferred and a minimum of two years experience in a development or fundraising related field strongly preferred. Excellent spelling, proofreading and composition skills required. Experience with design programs such as Illustrator highly desired. Experience in non-profit fundraising, public relations and volunteer management highly desired. Advanced skills in database management and word processing software, database processing programs required. Must have available reliable transportation for errands, etc. 

Physical Demands and Work Environment 

Team members are required to sit, stand, talk, see, walk and reach with hands and arms. Must maintain a current tuberculosis skin test. While performing the duties off this job, the team member is occasionally exposed to outside weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job.

OUR MISSION

The Mission of Youth Home, Inc. is to equip and empower youth, adults, and families to become healthier and contributing members of the community by providing compassionate emotional and behavioral health care.

OUR HISTORY

Founded in 1966, Youth Home, Inc., located in Little Rock, Arkansas, is a private non-profit mental health provider. In the mid-1980's, Youth Home's program developed into a medical model directed by child and adolescent psychiatrists. Our continuum of care includes adolescent intensive residential and qualified residential treatment, specialty tracks, and school-based services, as well as outpatient services for individuals of all ages. Youth Home, Inc. is accredited by The Joint Commission, the nation's oldest and largest accrediting body for healthcare providers. Youth Home addresses a need in the State of Arkansas for quality healthcare for individuals and families.

OUR VALUES

Compassion - Care and concern at the heart of all we do.

Trust - Relationships mean everything.

Dedication - Committed with our whole heart.

Professionalism - Everything with excellence and integrity.

Teamwork - One team, one heart, one mission.