CAREER OPPORTUNITY IN CONSERVATION!

Office Manager for

The Edisto Island Open Land Trust

Qualifications:  Accounting background, proficiency in QuickBooks and MS Office, IT experience, strong organizational skills, ability to multi-task, good verbal communication and writing skills

Experience:  Minimum two years experience with GAAP, with proficiency in Microsoft Office, and experience with Quickbooks accounting software.

For job description, log onto our website www.edisto.org.  Send your resume to EIOLT,

P. O. Box 1, Edisto Island, SC 29438, or email it to eiolt@bellsouth.net.  No phone calls, please.

Part-Time Development Assistant

The South Carolina Philharmonic seeks a part-time Development Assistant to assist the Development Director and Executive Director in all aspects of fundraising, including grant writing, donor prospecting and stewardship, and coordinating special events and fundraisers. This person will also provide administrative support to the Executive Director and senior staff, from booking guest artists and setting up speaking engagements, to various clerical functions such as preparing correspondence, booking hotel rooms for import musicians and coordinating the SCP’s Kids to Concerts program. This position requires a self-starter with a high level of professionalism, the ability to multi-task, strong organizational and people skills, computer proficiency (Access, Excel, Word, Outlook, Powerpoint) and the ability to work in a dynamic office environment.

Duties include:

• Grant writing
• Donor database proficiency (Access & Excel)
• Preparation of thank you letters and stewardship activities (Mail Merge)
• Work with agents to coordinate guest artist visits: make availability and fee queries, request contracts, make travel arrangements
• Schedule professional speaking engagements for Music Director (civic groups, government meetings, etc.)
• Liaison to Board of Directors: generate meeting notices, update records, prepare annual “notebooks”
• Program manager for Kids to Concerts program
• Generate professional letters and correspondence
• Keep calendar for Executive Director and Music Director
• Other duties as assigned

Director of Development

Full time position available (will consider part-time). Under the supervision of the Executive Director, the Director of Development is responsible for all aspects of fundraising to include capital campaign, annual giving, planned giving, and special projects. Principle areas of responsibility include broadening the cultivation, education, and solicitation of current and new donors for annual giving and capital gifts, identification and solicitation of individuals, foundations, and corporations, preparation of fundraising plans and coordination and motivation of volunteers and staff in fundraising and development activities.

Minimum requirements: Undergraduate degree and five years of successful fundraising experience in comprehensive development programs (capital, annual giving, membership, foundation, corporation, and individual fundraising). Email cover letter and resume to laura.buchta@avianconservationcenter.org, or by regular mail to Laura Buchta, The Center for Birds of Prey, PO Box 1247, Charleston, SC 29402.