Development Assistant

Position Summary

This role provides direct administrative support for the Executive Director of Health Care Philanthropy as well as the health care development team.

• Manage calendars, schedules and correspondence for Executive Director of Health Care Philanthropy and other members of the health care development team as appropriate.
• Coordinates meetings, including preparation of materials, logistics and recording of minutes.
• Serve as back‑up for answering ECU Heath Foundation main phone line as well as greet visitors to the building in conjunction with other administrative support staff.
• Work with development team to support donor recognition and gift processing workflows as needed.
• Prepares routine correspondence memos, letters, reports and other materials.
• Support donor stewardship and engagement activities to include but not limited to: event set‑up, management, catering, etc.
• Performs secretarial and clerical duties as assigned.

• Process travel arrangements for health care development team.
• Process invoices and track expenses for health care development team.
• Assist in budget development as needed.

• Assist with updating foundation database as directed by development team to include but not limited to: updating address, phone numbers, email addresses, etc.
• Other Duties may be assigned

• Minimum qualifications include a high school graduate with additional two years of education in secretarial science, business administration, or related education/training required.
• 1-3 years of experience of executive level administrative support is preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to coordinate a high volume of diverse assignments while effectively handling competing priorities and maintaining accuracy is required. Ability to learn organization's database, content management system and other software is required.
• Meticulous grammar, editing, writing skills are required. Must have excellent organizational skills and be guided by a compelling client/customer orientation.
• Persuasive oral and written communication skills are required.

• To perform this job competently, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty competently.
• The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Works in a normal office environment where there is no physical discomfort due to temperature, dust, noise and the like.
• The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Works well with donors, volunteers, executive leadership, physician leadership and other administration.
• Must possess excellent organizational skills and solid knowledge of fundraising.
• Computer skills are essential and include word processing, spreadsheet creation/management, database management, fundraising software, planned giving software and other relevant software packages.

$21.10 - $30.76/hr

• Onsite role (based out of Greenville, NC)
• Monday - Friday full-time day shift
• Great Benefits

ECU Health is a mission-driven, 1,708-bed academic health care system serving more than 1.4 million people in 29 eastern North Carolina counties. The not-for-profit system is comprised of 13,000 team members, nine hospitals and a physician group that encompasses over 1,100 academic and community providers practicing in over 180 primary and specialty clinics located in more than 130 locations.

The flagship ECU Health Medical Center, a Level I Trauma Center, and ECU Health Maynard Children
¿ s Hospital serve as the primary teaching hospitals for the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University. ECU Health and the Brody School of Medicine share a combined academic mission to improve the health and well‑being…