AMERICAN RED CROSS: Major Gifts Development

Internship Position Description

American Red Cross of Greater Columbus

Position Title: Major Gifts Development (Intern), Financial Development

Purpose	Provide assistance to the Major Gifts Officer, who is responsible for making and cultivating relationships for individual and private foundation donors.
Key Responsibilities	Conduct individual and private foundation research including potential and current donors Write email correspondences for relationship cultivation with staff, donors, and prospects Organize development meeting notes Help create, edit, and proofread reports, mailings, letters, response, and thank you cards Help set-up and facilitate the assembly of major gift mailings with staff Track and organize incoming donations Help organize gift and donor data on excel spreadsheets Modify, edit, and create spreadsheets on donation amount and other data, as needed Other duties as assigned
Reports To	Major Gifts Officer
Time Commitment	15-20 hours per week minimum. Flexible, during business week (Monday-Friday 8:30am-5pm)
Length of Appointment	One Semester
Qualifications	Working knowledge of Microsoft Office software Intermediate or advanced knowledge of Mail Merge functions (MS Word and Excel) Extremely detailed-oriented Ability to organize efficiently Advanced written and oral communication skills Customer-service and relationship-building focus Self-motivated, creative, willing to learn by hands-on experiences
Training	Intern Orientation On-the-job training Disaster Services: An Overview (online) CPR/First Aid/AED Training (2 year certification) Community Transportation Program shadowing experience (schedule permitting) Disaster Response Team shadowing experience (schedule permitting, if disaster occurs) Opportunity to become trained for other volunteer roles, if desired
Budget Support	Will be provided with free training and access to adequate work supplies including desk, chair, computer, printer, telephone and office supplies as needed.
Benefits/Development Opportunities	Affiliation with one of the most well-respected, internationally known humanitarian organizations Gain valuable experience in nonprofit fundraising with a special emphasis on major donor relationships Refine writing, research, organizational, oral and written communication skills Gain valuable work experience and professional networking opportunities Ability to undertake valuable life-saving First Aid/CPR/AED and Disaster Response training, among other opportunities Documentation of service, letter of reference as requested

If you would like to be considered for this internship, please forward your resume and a Letter of Intent to vanessa.oliphant@redcross.org as soon as possible. The Letter of Intent is NOT a cover letter.

Please take a moment to answer the following questions to serve as the body of your Letter of Intent:

• Why do you want to be an intern for the American Red Cross?
• Why are you interested in this specific position?
• What do you hope to gain from this internship?
• Why are you an ideal candidate for this position?

Please note***All Red Cross internships are unpaid***