Development Intern

Mission-Driven Internship Opportunity

One of the leading affordable housing nonprofits in the area, Habitat Charlotte Region partners with hundreds of families each year through affordable homeownership, home preservation and financial literacy training. As a Development Intern, you’ll play an integral role in our vision of a world where everyone has a safe and affordable place to live.

Position Purpose: 

The Development Intern will provide general administrative and event support for the Development and Marketing Communications teams.   

Essential Functions: 

• Support donor recognition and stewardship activities in collaboration with the Development department’s key relationship managers. 

• Support the team's donor cultivation and stewardship meetings, tours, and events and donor records in Salesforce.   

• Help prepare donor acknowledgement letters for review as requested. 

• Draft letters to accompany mailings and impact reports. 

• Make thank you calls to donors as needed and as directed by our stewardship processes. 

• Occasional offsite errands on seasonal basis.  

• Other duties as assigned to support Development and affiliate-wide initiatives.  

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: 

• Communication skills and experience interacting with multiple constituencies.   

• Flexible and responsive to accommodate changes, while maintaining confidentiality of donor information  

• Maintains positivity and enthusiasm for teamwork, accuracy, initiative, and critical thinking  

• Ability & maturity to work on multiple tasks simultaneously and prioritize appropriately  

• Detail oriented with excellent organizational and time-management skills  

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, intermediate skills in Excel 

Environment  

This position requires working primarily indoors in an office setting, with occasional travel within service area.  

Physical Demands: 

• Ability work in office environment as needed which requires ability to speak, hear, with the visual and manual dexterity to manage papers, reports, and typing

• Must embody the capacity to maintain the following for several hours at a time: use of personal computer or similar technology, phone, sitting as required

• Ability to lift/pull up to 20 lbs.

• Ability to help set up for special events

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by individuals assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of the position. All employees may have other duties assigned at any time

Habitat for Humanity of the Charlotte Region is a drug-free workplace. A pre-employment drug screen and clean background check is required.