Mary’s Pence
St. Joseph Worker Description - Development and Communications Support
August 2016 – June 2017
About Mary’s Pence
Mary's Pence is a faith based feminist organization inspired by Catholic Social Teachings. Believing we
are each called to make the world a better place, we support women in the Americas through both social
and economic development. Our annual budget is approximately $400,000. Approximately 80% of our
funds come from individual donors. Mary’s Pence has a staff of 5, two full time and one part time person
locally, and two staff members in Latin America. The St. Joseph Worker will work closely with the
Development and Communications Liaison and with the Executive Director, other staff and volunteers.
Learn more about Mary’s Pence at www.maryspence.org.
Job Responsibilities
 Outreach and Communications
• Assist Development Liaison in managing donor mailings throughout calendar cycle.
• Create and support creation of written materials, including direct mail, emails, and newsletters,
including interviewing and writing articles about grantees and/or writing blogs.
• Reviewing and tracking photo and video content received, identifying items for use, possible
editing project.
• Periodically assist in planning and overseeing donor or outreach events, such as open house
during art crawl, and public workshops/events.
• Create and support creation of content for social media efforts on our blog, Twitter, Facebook,
and Instagram
 Mary’s Pence Grants Selection Committee
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• Serve as a committee member that reviews grants applications and selects grantees.
• Help with administration of process – creating summary documents for committee,
preparing communications, tracking reporting, etc.
Assist with website administration and content creation.
• Track news relevant to Mary’s Pence in the local area in order to identify reporters and news
outlets Mary’s Pence can connect to for Public Relations
• Create and support creation of Press packets and press releases
 Grant Writing
• Research Grant Prospects for Mary’s Pence funding
• Assist the Development Liaison in managing the grant writing process. Provide drafts of grant,
track grants progress, and reporting results.
 Donor Database Management
• Assist the Development Liaison in administering donor management system to maintain accurate
and complete records with the assistance of the bookkeeper.
• Analyze donor data results to understand and improve impact of campaigns and development
efforts.
Mary’s Pence is a small but very active, creative office. There will be many opportunities to participate or
manage special projects as they arise. Examples of projects that our current SJW is involved in include
design input to our annual report/calendar, completing our annual archiving of records, and helping to
write a history of our ESPERA community lending pool program. We want to make this experience
engaging for the SJW and will involve them in projects based on their interests and desired areas(s) of
growth
Knowledge and Experience
 Excellent communication skills, including written, face to face interaction, and public speaking.
 Computer proficiency, including desktop, and donor database tools (Donor Perfect). Experience
with Constant Contact (group email) and Contribute (web update interface) helpful. Experience
with QuickBooks is a plus.
 Bi-lingual in English / Spanish is a plus, but not required.
 Bachelors Degree or commensurate life experience.
Values and Work Style
 Creative and self motivated, enjoys bringing new ideas to the organization.
 Passion for social justice, particularly women’s issues in the U.S., Latin America and the
Caribbean.
 Comfortable with diversity – age, political views, faiths, etc.
 Highly organized, self-motivated and able to manage multiple and complex projects. Organized
and diligent about record-keeping and administration while setting and meeting deadlines.
 Ability to work independently and collaboratively with Development and Outreach Liaison,
Executive Director, and volunteers.
 Flexible working style, willing to give and take, willing to flex to the tasks needed, including
administrative tasks. Comfortable in a low budget, “everyone pitches in” environment.
Hours/Days Preferred
Hours are between 9am-5pm Monday through Friday, exact times are flexible. Periodically we participate
in evening events, or do outreach at conference in other parts of the country, and the St. Joseph Worker
may have some opportunity to participate.