Major Gifts Senior Associate
CATEGORY: Administrative
The Metropolitan Opera
New York City, NY
US
CONTACT NAME
Kyle Brincefield
Job Details
DESCRIPTION
This position supports the Met’s nine-person Major Gifts team with various organizational and donor-related functions. They will maintain and update over 400 donor records in our database (Tessitura); assist with donor requests, such as ticketing; support Major Gifts cultivation and stewardship events; and handle heavy-volume administrative duties. They must possess excellent interpersonal, communication, and organization skills. This role will report to the Assistant Director, Major Gifts & International Council.
Primary Responsibilities
- Support Major Gifts team members with donor ticket requests, written correspondence, mailings, and other administrative tasks.
- Handle high-volume areas of information sharing, including digital team documents and folders, as well as the shared calendar.
- Coordinate the logistics of quarterly solicitation letter mailings, including providing donor lists to frontline fundraisers and managing the mail merge and sending of letters.
- Centralize and manage the invitations, RSVPs, database recordings, and administrative/staffing needs for: on-site cultivation events hosted by the Major Gifts team, the Chairman of the Board, and the Major Gifts Chairman; and external and on-site stewardship events.
- Oversee each step in the creation of framed productions photos with signed cast pages for the Met’s highest-level donors.
- Handle Major Gifts invoicing, bills, and purchase orders.
- Maintain and enter weekly payroll information for Major Gifts team.
- Assist with calendar management of the Senior Director of Development, as needed.
- Provide phone coverage as needed for senior members of Major Gifts team, the Assistant General Manager of Development, and general Development Department.
- Assist with additional Development Department events and presentations as needed.
- Other tasks and administrative duties as assigned.
Skills and Qualifications
- B.A. degree or equivalent.
- 2 years related experience, preferably in arts administration.
- Excellent attention to detail, and interpersonal and written skills required.
- Proficient with all basic computer programs, including Outlook and Microsoft Office. Experience with donor databases, particularly Tessitura, a plus.
- Must be interested in the performing arts, with knowledge of music and/or opera a plus.
Physical Demands
- Ability to work well with all personality types, and be collaborative with colleagues and management at all levels and across multiple departments.
- Growth-oriented mindset and ability to take initiative.
- Superior organizational/time management skills.
- Capable of working quickly and adapting readily to changes in priorities.
- Willingness to work nights and additional weekend hours as needed.
$47,000 - $50,000 a year
The Metropolitan Opera is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and existing employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation and related medical conditions), national origin, citizenship status, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information (including characteristics and testing), military and veteran status, or any protected category prohibited by local, state or federal laws.
SALARY
$47,000.00 – $50,000.00 per year
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