Grant Writer Assistant

The mission of Basset Hound Rescue of Southern California (BHRSC) is to offer sanctuary, healing, and Forever Families to distressed, abandoned, injured, or homeless hounds.

Hours – this position generally requires 2-4 hours a week.

Position Requirements – The primary responsibilities include assisting the Grant Coordinator with the preparation of proposals and grant applications, and performance of responsible professional and administrative work in researching, identifying, developing, and responding to public and private grant opportunities in various areas that directly pertain to BHRSC.

• Responsible for helping with the full range of activities required to prepare, submit, and manage grant proposals to foundation and corporate sources.
• Performs research on prospective foundations and corporations to evaluate prospects for corporate and foundation grants.
• Understands BHRSC’s history and programs.
• Complies with all grant reporting as required by foundation/corporate donors.
• Possesses strong written communication skills; ability to write clear, structured, articulate, and persuasive proposals.
• Ability to meet deadlines and a sense of urgency.
• Knowledge of fundraising information sources.
• Motivated to work autonomously.
• Sensitivity to meeting income goals.
• Compassion for basset hound welfare and passion for the basset hound breed and its community.

Hours – this position generally requires 4 to 8 hours a week.

Position Requirements – must be very detail-oriented, accurate, and become proficient with the donor management software – Donor Snap (DS). Must have excellent interpersonal and written communication skills. Must perform responsibilities with a high level of professionalism, maintain strict confidentiality in regard to donor data, and be attentive to individual donor preferences.

• The Giving Coordinator, in conjunction with the Treasurer, is responsible for the day-to-day donation-related operations of BHRSC.
• Completes donation-related tasks including, but not limited to:
• Reviewing all incoming donations including cash, check, Pay Pal, credit card, and in-kind.
• Monitoring donation activity, researching anomalies, and seeking clarification to ensure accurate recording and coding in DS.
• Entering all donations into DS in a timely manner.
• As appropriate, entering new contacts in DS, donor notes/preferences, affiliations, etc.
• Arranging for donor thank you calls/cards by BOD for donations of a certain size and note interactions in DS.
• Responding to donor inquiries and requests.
• Coordinating in-kind donation pick-ups and logistics as needed.
• Monitoring the “Pawtomatic” Donor Program and maintaining a spreadsheet for tracking.
• Printing, personalizing, and mailing “Gotcha Day” cards to adoptive families.
• Printing, personalizing, and mailing Tribute/Special Occasion cards.
• Assisting with preparation/mailing of holiday cards to top donors.
• Updating Amazon Wish List upon request.
• Participating in special projects such as updates to the website donor page, drafting special letters, etc.
• In conjunction with the Treasurer, researching, streamlining, problem-solving, and implementing changes to donor-related activities.
• Check and respond to emails at least once per day.
• Other miscellaneous duties as needed.

Hours – this position generally requires 5-7 hours a week.

Position Requirements – as part of a team:

• Help create/schedule posts for Facebook and Instagram.
• Check Instagram daily and engage with comments, tags, messages, and reshare when tagged.
• Schedule posts via Google Calendar for use on Facebook and/or Instagram daily, following BHRSC’s guidelines to keep our pages relevant.
• Posts relay information to BHRSC supporters regarding new hounds, all available hounds, hounds needing a foster home, fun stuff, events, info on donating, merchandise, and calls for volunteers.
• Watch for ads or unsuitable comments/posts and block as necessary. We don’t tolerate name-calling or negativity on our social media pages.
• Work with Social Media Coordinator on fluidity of all platforms.
• Knowledge of how social media works and what works best for the…