Development Specialist, IAALS

Our Organization

IAALS, the Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System, is a national, independent research organization that innovates and advances solutions that make our civil justice system more just.

We believe justice for all must be a reality for everyone. Every day, IAALS reexamines how the American civil justice system can better serve the needs of us all. Through purposeful collaboration, listening, and research, we jumpstart the groundbreaking and achievable solutions that will clear a path to justice for everyone. Because justice for all will never be a reality if those seeking justice cannot access the system designed to deliver it.

Our Work

IAALS’ unique approach depends on purposeful research, deep collaboration, followed by evidence-based recommendations that take hold in courts and legal institutions across the country. IAALS works on solving problems with a broad view of the legal ecosystem, targeting changes in the courts and in the delivery of legal services. We conduct comprehensive analysis and work with stakeholders to design solutions, empower decision-makers, and measure outcomes and impacts to advance an accessible and trusted legal system.

In order to innovate our civil justice system to meet today’s challenges and opportunities, we need to better understand the problems people face.

• Nearly half of Americans experience legal problems for which they can’t find a solution.
• More than 70% of civil and family disputes in the United States include at least one side that doesn’t have an attorney.
• Incomprehensive legalese, limited legal support, and convoluted processes make fair legal resolutions increasingly unattainable.
• Businesses routinely choose arbitration rather than using the courts, jury trials are disappearing, and public confidence in our legal system is low.

Our modern society, with modern people and problems, demands the evolution of systems created hundreds of years ago. The status quo is rigid, inaccessible, slow, and costly—and doesn’t account for the people moving through it, rather than only those working within it. That is the work of IAALS.

Position Summary

The Development Specialist position provides administrative assistance and support for the Development team, and broader Operations team, including gift and records management support. The position is primarily responsible for managing and maintaining IAALS’ database for development and communication efforts. This position also provides additional development support across IAALS numerous revenue streams, including research and analysis and support for the full cycle of donor engagement. This benefited full-time position will report to the Director of Development.

Essential Functions

• Largely responsible for all aspects of managing and maintaining IAALS’ internal contact management database (CRM), the accuracy and integrity of the data, and its efficiency/functionality. This includes gift and records management, adding new information and updating existing records, list creation and management for mailings and events, running reports, and tracking moves management.
• Provides administrative assistance to the Development team, including: systems management of constituent records in IAALS’ contact management database, prospect research software, and the University of Denver advancement database; and assisting with grant proposals, tracking, reporting, and correspondence. This includes data research and analysis and compilation of information from multiple systems. Additional administrative duties include scheduling team meetings, notetaking and dissemination of same, overseeing donations received and acknowledgement process, correspondence, general mailings, and providing reports on development related matters.
• Provides assistance to the Development team with general technology needs including digital signage as necessary, meetings in conference rooms, Zooms and webinars, as well as notetaking, dissemination of action items and team-wide follow up reminders.
• Provides assistance with donor relations, including meeting preparation, drafting of emails, and support across the full cycle of donor engagement. Includes assistance with campaigns and donor membership groups.
• Perform other related duties as assigned related to the development and business operations of IAALS.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Ability to work with CRM databases at an intermediate level or above, such as ETapestry, Bloomerang, Salesforce, etc. Experience in specific CRMs is not a requirement.
• Must be competent at the intermediate level, or above, with Microsoft Office Suite, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher and Outlook, as well as working with tech