Battleground & Candidate Fundraising Associate

Description

Reports To: National Battleground & Candidate Fundraising Director

Department: Candidate Fundraising

Work Location: Hybrid (WFH & DC Headquarters)

Job Type: Full-Time, Salary Exempt

Supervisory Responsibilities: No

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) is the official national Democratic campaign committee charged with electing Democrats to the U. S. House of Representatives. The DCCC recruits Democratic candidates and supports Democratic campaigns – both challengers and Democratic incumbent Members – with a variety of services including field operations, fundraising support, communications assistance, digital strategy, research support and management consulting. The DCCC is supported by the contributions of individuals and organizations, along with Democratic Members, from throughout the country. We look for talented and hard-working professionals who are committed to electing Democrats and winning the House majority.

Due to the cyclic nature of our organization, all positions are subject to separation at the end of the election cycle.

Position Summary: 

The Battleground & Candidate Fundraising Associate is responsible for working directly with the National Battleground & Candidate Fundraising Director to ensure optimal functioning of department operations. They will help manage collaboration between department verticals, as well as inter-departmental work. A successful candidate would be highly organized with a keen attention to detail, ability to triage and multi-task, work effectively within a team and across a large organization, and believe in the importance of the department’s mission to maximize fundraising outcomes for Democratic House Members and candidates.

This position is part of a collective bargaining unit.

Responsibilities Include:

• Work with National Battleground & Candidate Fundraising Director to: 
  • Manage day-to-day operations of the department including scheduling and staffing of internal and stakeholder meetings, translating meeting discussion to assignable action items;
  • Provide scheduling and staffing support during fly-ins and high volume event periods;
  • Support team coordination by tracking progress and deadlines for Battleground, Candidate Fundraising, and Digital Candidate Fundraising team verticals;
  • Gather information as needed from campaigns and donors to contribute to reporting materials;
  • Compiling and refining data from team verticals for weekly and quarterly reports to organization principals including fundraising, cash-on-hand, surrogate requests, travel and event planning, and other information as needed; 
• Organizing, filing and maintaining cross-vertical internal documents including contact sheets, campaign preferences, and fundraising tracking;
• Building programmatic tracking systems by assisting team verticals with compiling and analyzing quarterly fundraising data;
• Collaborate with team vertical leaders to develop and implement an ongoing donor acknowledgement program;
• Compile input from team vertical leaders to draft and distribute approved weekly team newsletter and monthly donor update; 
• Other duties as necessary to ensure the success of the Battleground & Candidate Fundraising team.

Requirements

• One cycle of experience on a political campaign or similar; 
• Experience working on Frontline and/or Red to Blue campaigns preferred; 
• Familiarity with NGP and ActBlue is a plus;
• Experience with Microsoft Office, especially Excel, is required, and experience with G Suite is strongly preferred; 
• Ability to multi-task and manage multiple projects at once;
• Desire to work in a fast-paced environment;
• Proactively fosters an inclusive atmosphere and commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion;
• Ability to demonstrate multicultural competence – the awareness, knowledge and skills needed to work with others who are culturally different from self in meaningful, relevant and productive ways;
• Personal and professional commitment to promoting and investing in cross-cultural skills and awareness related to individuals from broad backgrounds, races, ethnicities, religions, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and disability;
• Proven interpersonal, communication, and collaboration skills with the ability to build relationships with staff at all levels.

Why You Should Work Here:

• We recognize and reward hard work
• Learn, develop, and hone professional skills related to running and operating multi-dimensional political campaigns and the