Development Database Associate 

The Development Associate plays a vital role in ensuring the efficient day-to-day operations of the Development team at NIRH. This position supports the Vice President of Development and works collaboratively across internal departments—including Finance and Communications—to promote alignment and enhance donor stewardship and the donor experience.


About National Institute for Reproductive Health

The National Institute for Reproductive Health (NIRH) and the National Institute for Reproductive Health Action Fund (NIRH Action Fund) are advocacy groups that fight for just and equitable access to reproductive health care and build political power for reproductive freedom. We launch campaigns, change policy, and elect candidates, all by working hand-in-hand with reproductive health, rights, and justice organizations in states and cities across the country. We work in the communities where the need is great and we can make a difference, so the fabric of reproductive freedom is harder to tear apart. 

The National Institute for Reproductive Health (NIRH) and the National Institute for Reproductive Health Action Fund (NIRH Action Fund), advocacy groups that fight for just and equitable access to reproductive health care, are seeking a full-time Development Associate to ensure the efficient day-to-day operations of the Development team. 

This is a benefits eligible, full-time non-exempt position that will require 35 hours of work, with flexibility, during normal business hours, Monday to Friday, 10 AM to 6 PM EST. The salary range for this position is $64,000 to $68,000, commensurate with experience. 

THE ROLE 

The Development Associate plays a vital role in ensuring the efficient day-to-day operations of the Development team at NIRH. This position supports the Vice President of Development and works collaboratively across internal departments—including Finance and Communications—to promote alignment and enhance donor stewardship and the donor experience. The Development Associate is responsible for managing the donor CRM system, streamlining processes, preparing reports for senior leadership, and helping to create a seamless, donor-centered experience. 

WHAT YOU’LL DO: 

  • Serve as the primary administrator for organizations donor CRM’s; act as the main liaison with CRM client contact and oversee all database operations, ensuring data accuracy and integrity. 
  • Support the implementation and maintenance of gift processing workflows, data capture structures, and business rules. 
  • Develop and maintain custom queries, dashboards, and reports for the Development team and President; track moves management and ensure timely, accurate entry of donor interactions. 
  • Manage the full gift processing cycle, including prompt generation of acknowledgment letters and tax receipts. 
  • Reconcile donations and pledge data with the Finance department on a regular basis. 
  • Support donor communication efforts by preparing and segmenting mailing and email lists for appeals, updates, and other outreach campaigns. 
  • Provide logistical and administrative support for cultivation and fundraising events. 
  • Help foster a collaborative team environment grounded in racial equity, inclusion, and mutual support. 
  • This role will serve as backup for the Development Relations Associate as needed. 
  • Perform additional duties as assigned. 

WHAT YOU’LL BRING: 

  • Minimum of three years of relevant development and/or data management experience. 
  • Robust experience with a donor or fundraising centric CRM, including the ability to create and execute complex reports and data utilization. 
  • Knowledge of solicitation strategy and familiarity with moves management. 
  • Excellent organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines effectively. 
  • Ability to interact with donors in a professional manner. 
  • Knowledge of core reproductive rights issues preferred. 
  • Professional discretion and confidentiality. 
  • Excellent creative thinking and problem-solving skills. 
  • Ability and willingness to work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment. 
  • Ability to work independently, while also collaborating in a team setting. 
  • Ability to effectively communicate in verbal and written formats 
  • Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail. 
  • Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines. 
  • Ability to prioritize tasks and to delegate them when appropriate. 
  • Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite. 
  • This position works fully remote and may require travel to NIRH HQ in NYC. 

   WHAT WE OFFER:  

  • Employer paid medical, dental and vision insurance 
  • Generous time off package including paid holidays, vacation, sick, and personal days 
  • 401k with employer match 
  • Flexible Spending Account for transit, healthcare and dependent care 
  • Employer paid life insurance 
  • Employee Assistance Program 
  • Fully remote from anywhere in the US 
  • Work from Home Stipend 

TO APPLY  

Email a cover letter and resume with “Development Database Associate” in the subject line to [email protected]. Incomplete applications will not be reviewed. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis. All applications must be received via email.  

EEO statement

The National Institute for Reproductive Health and NIRH Action Fund is an equal opportunity employer. NIRH and NIRH Action Fund strives to build and support an equitable work community that attracts, develops, and retains exceptional people. As a member of the reproductive freedom movement, NIRH aims to foster leadership and raise the voices of historically marginalized people, including but not limited to Black people and people of color, indigenous/native peoples, LGBTQ and gender non-conforming people, disabled/differently abled people, immigrants, and low-income people. We strongly encourage candidates of these and other diverse backgrounds to apply.

Equity Statement

NIRH and NIRH Action Fund staff and board have committed to racial equity, and as such have been engaged in a multi-year process to adopt a racial equity lens across the organizations. We are a reproductive health and rights organization that incorporates reproductive justice values into our work. We recognize the interconnectivity of identities, such as race, socio-economic status, immigration status, ability, and sex, including sexual orientation, and gender identity, and how they interact with systems of oppressions to shape and impact a person’s freedom and ability to control their reproductive and sexual lives. As a result, this person will join an organization that’s currently engaged in shifting its institutional framework.