Jobs at UJA-Federation of NY

The Major Gift Officer will manage and grow a portfolio of major donors, cultivating, soliciting, stewarding, and renewing philanthropic gifts. The role advances Brooklyn Hub and other capital initiatives by identifying prospects, developing cases for support, coordinating donor experiences and site visits, and partnering with internal departments, community organizations, and international partners. The officer will also provide strategic guidance, communicate project progress, and support fundraising and stewardship across UJA-Federation.

Provides administrative, donor-support, event, research, and analytical assistance to the Philanthropic Leadership Group. Responsibilities include maintaining donor databases, generating gift reports, preparing fundraising materials, coordinating meetings and site visits, tracking event attendance and prospects, responding to donor inquiries, documenting interactions, and supporting calendars and general office operations.

Leads strategic planning and grantmaking for Jewish Life initiatives, managing grant portfolios, funding opportunities, proposal reviews, due diligence, evaluation, and grantee relationships. Partners with volunteer planning committees, facilitates strategic and community engagement processes, develops recommendations, and represents the organization with donors, community leaders, and partner organizations. Collaborates across departments while managing communications, records, and Salesforce workflows.

Build and manage donor and prospect relationships through face-to-face solicitations, fundraising events, educational programs, volunteer projects, and missions. Develop strategies to increase annual campaign revenue, oversee a major annual event, support leadership committees, maintain donor records, and research prospective individuals and companies. The role requires strong interpersonal, analytical, organizational, and event-coordination skills, plus commitment to UJA-Federation’s mission.

Provides administrative, fundraising, donor-relations, and event support for UJA-Federation’s Long Island Division. Responsibilities include scheduling, meeting coordination, event logistics, donor database maintenance, reporting, gift and payment processing, communications, and on-site event assistance. The role requires strong organization, attention to detail, Microsoft Office proficiency, communication skills, initiative, and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a hybrid, event-driven environment.

Build and maintain scalable ETL/ELT pipelines and data workflows using Python, PySpark, and SQL. Improve data quality, reliability, architecture, and governance while supporting analytics, reporting, and machine learning initiatives. Collaborate with data scientists, analysts, and business stakeholders, use Azure DevOps for CI/CD and release management, and mentor junior engineers. The role also involves API integration, cloud data platforms, testing, version control, and contributing to engineering best practices.

Build and manage Power BI dashboards and reports for fundraising performance, analyze large datasets and KPIs, identify trends, improve data workflows, and translate findings into clear recommendations. Partner with fundraising, marketing, analytics, and leadership teams to support data-driven decisions. The role requires advanced SQL, strong data visualization, fundraising or financial analytics experience, and a relevant bachelor’s degree.

Creates print and digital graphics for advertising, fundraising, marketing, communications, editorial, web, email, and social media. Collaborates with marketing, communications, fundraising, purchasing, and project management teams to deliver brand-aligned work on schedule and within budget. Maintains project records, prepares print-ready files, manages pre-press specifications, supports high-volume assignments, and provides progress updates to creative leadership.