Development Assistant

J Street

Development Assistant handling donation processing, donor-data entry, and supporting fundraising events for J Street. Collaborating with the development team to ensure effective donation-tracking systems are in place.

Posted 6/25/2026full-timeWashington • District of Columbia, Washington • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $56,000 - $58,500 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Manage and coordinate the data entry and tracking of all asks, pledges, and outstanding payments
Process all contributions to J Street in an accurate and timely manner
Manage and coordinate the gift-acknowledgment process
Provide administrative and database support to regional team members and regularly collaborate with the Finance team
Provide necessary reports and data on an ad-hoc basis to both central operations as well as regional team members

Requirements

What you’ll need

Highly organized with meticulous attention to detail
Ability to prioritize multiple tasks and meet numerous deadlines
Eager to work collaboratively in a fast-paced, team-oriented, and goal-driven environment
Flexibility adapting to a developing organizational structure
Excellent editing and proofreading skills
Experience with multiple database platforms
Some professional development-office experience, including database management, in a medium ($2 million) to large size ($20 million) non-profit is ideal.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Unlimited personal time off
Generous parental and family leave (up to 12 weeks)
Paid federal and Jewish holidays
Health, dental, and vision insurance (80% employer-paid for you and your family)
Company-paid life insurance
401k with employer match
Flexible Spending Accounts
Health Saving Account with employer contribution
Commuter benefits
Six Week Paid Sabbatical

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Hard Skills & Tools

data entrydatabase managementreport generation

Soft Skills

highly organizedattention to detailprioritizationcollaborationflexibilityediting skillsproofreading skills