POSITION SPECIFICATION

Project Interchange
Washington Chapter
Washington, D.C.

The Situation

Project Interchange, an institute of the American Jewish Committee, is the only national organization solely dedicated to providing travel seminars in Israel for America's political, civic, ethnic and religious leaders. Founded in 1982, Project Interchange educates American policy makers and opinion leaders through firsthand experience about Israel and the Middle East peace process. Project Interchange's specially-designed seminar programs strengthen relations between the U.S. and Israel, promote mutually beneficial ties between influential Americans and Israelis, and enhance intergroup relations in the United States.

The budget is about $1.1 million.

Attractions

Move from events fund raising to major and planned gift fund raising.

The executive director, Carole Freeman-Stern, has an excellent background in Jewish and international affairs. She has served as special assistant to the U.S. Ambassador to Israel, Martin Indyk, the administrative assistant for Congressman Howard Berman, and the special assistant to the Chairman at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. She also served at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy and the Center for Jewish Studies at UCLA.

Critical Issues

Special events have been the mainstay of the development program. The Chapter needs to build on its past success and move in to cultivating donors for major gifts. This approach will require some strategic planning and initiatives.

There is a need to develop more lay leaders who are willing to play a stronger role in the fundraising campaigns.

The AJC will celebrate its 100^th anniversary in 2006. An endowment campaign to coincide with the anniversary will be a minor responsibility of the next director of development.

Reports to: Jaime Kelstein, National Director of Development, New York, and David Bernstein, Washington Area Director.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Implements all phases of an annual development program and campaign Directs fund-raising activities. Works closely with AJC Board members. Organizes special events, large and small.

Major responsibilities:

• Creates, implements, and organizes annual campaign. Move annual campaign from $800,000 range to $1 million.

• Builds and maintains good relationship with Board, members, donors, and staff.

• Coordinates major gift solicitation.

• Plans and organizes special events, large and small.

• Identifies donors and develops cultivation and solicitation strategies, for example, incentive program for giving societies.

• Works with Board Development Committee.

• Supervise a development associate and shared administrative support staff.

 Qualifications

The ideal candidate should have:

• Minimum five years fundraising experience.

• Excellent interpersonal skills.

• Ability to manage multiple projects.

• Experience with planning and carrying out special events.

• Attention to detail.

• Excellent written and oral skills.

• Fully computer literate.

Candidates now working and living in Washington, D.C. preferred.

Candidates and sources, please communicate with:
Bob Sellery or Katie Wilson, Robert Sellery Associates, Ltd.
1050 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., 10th Floor
Washington, D.C. 20036.
Email: wilson@sellery.com, sellery@sellery.com
FAX 202.333.1167
Telephone: 202.331.0090
All inquiries will be kept in strict confidence.

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