Summer Hire (Assistant 1) – Charitable Giving Strategy & Organizational Development

About CRS:

Catholic Relief Services is the official international humanitarian agency of the Catholic community in the United States. CRS works to save, protect, and transform lives in need in more than 100 countries, without regard to race, religion or nationality. CRS’ relief and development work is accomplished through programs of emergency response, HIV, health, agriculture, education, microfinance and peacebuilding.

As an organization that celebrates and promotes diversity and inclusion, and which is committed to the ongoing work of racial equity and anti-racism, we welcome applicants of all backgrounds. CRS strongly encourages students from HSIs (Hispanic-Serving Institutions) and HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) as well as all students who identify as Latinx and/or BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) to apply.

Lastly, we welcome as a part of our staff and as partners people of all faiths and secular traditions who share our values and our commitment to serving those in need.

Divisional Background:

The Charitable Giving (CG) division engages Catholics in the United States and others of goodwill who share in the Church’s “service of charity” to people around the world. The division serves approximately 300,000 active donors who have given within the past 12 months, over 90% of whom are Catholic, as they live their faith in solidarity with more than 100 million of their most vulnerable sisters and brothers in more than 100 countries throughout the world.

In alignment with the agency strategy and resource mobilization efforts, Charitable Giving has three key objectives in its work with private donors:

• Achieve operational excellence.
• Deepen donor relationships.
• Cultivate future generations of donors.

Charitable Giving is composed of four departments working together to accomplish these objectives: Donor Services, Hispanic Development, Individual Giving, and Leadership Giving.​​​​​​​

The Strategy & Organizational Development Senior Advisor plays a leadership role within the Charitable Giving division, which aims to expand and diversify resource mobilization through increasing private revenue while developing strategic, systematic, and personal relationships with donors and U.S. constituents.

Purpose:

Working within the Strategy & Organizational Development Senior Advisor, the Summer Hire will support Strategy & Organizational Development work that enables Charitable Giving and CRS to achieve its strategic outcomes. Specifically, the Summer Hire will assist with a variety of tasks to expand and diversify resource mobilization for CRS and advance Charitable Giving’s work on advancing Charitable Giving’s strategic action plan. Through this fulltime all-remote position, the Summer Hire will have an opportunity to get to know the agency, explore various responsibilities, and assist in enhancing a culture of continuous improvement and learning.

Key Job Responsibilities:

Strategy & Organizational Development

• Assist with two communities of practice in Resource Mobilization for CRS and Respect, Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion (REDI) for the Charitable Giving division
  • Support the kick-off phase of the Resource Mobilization Community of Practice by coordinating the knowledge management and learning (KML) activities
  • Assist with market research conducted by the REDI Community of Practice in Charitable Giving on diversifying our donor database
• Assist with implementing the Charitable Giving strategic Action Plan, to include planning and reporting activities
• Curate the Charitable Giving Strategy & Organizational Development internal communications page on SharePoint (MyCRS)
• Participate in regular staff and strategic planning meetings that can include cross-divisional planning, collaboration, and learning opportunities with Marketing & Communications, Mission & Mobilization, and other divisions across CRS

Other duties as assigned. ​​​​​​​

Internal

External

Qualifications

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree program enrollment, preferred
• Ability to work remotely 35 hours per week
• Demonstrated interest in non-profit management, business, organizational development, international development, or another related field.
• Desire to learn strategic planning and strategy development as well as capacity strengthening, partnership and organizational development.
• Strong interpersonal and communications skills
• Motivated self-starter
• Excellent research and writing skills
• Proven Microsoft Office skills and expert use of various web-based applications, and an eagerness to learn new software applications
• Commitment to the mission of Catholic Relief Services.

Agency-wide Competencies (for all CRS Staff):
These are rooted in the mission, values, and guiding principles of CRS and used by each staff member to fulfill his or her responsibilities and achieve the desired results.)

• Integrity

• Continuous Improvement & Innovation

• Builds Relationships

• Develops Talent

• Strategic Mindset

• Accountability & Stewardship

NOTE: All interested applicants must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. at the time of application.
CRS’ talent acquisition procedures reflect our commitment to protecting children and vulnerable adults from abuse and exploitation.
EOE/M/F/D/V – CRS is an Equal Opportunity Employer.