Job Title:         Associate, Membership

Department:  Business Development and Membership

Reports To:     Director, Membership & Online Community

Employment Status: Full-time Exempt (Flexible work and Hybrid Schedule Available)

Location: 500 Montgomery St, Suite 400, Alexandria, VA 22314

About CADCA: 

Join a dynamic organization whose mission is to strengthen the capacity of community coalitions to create and maintain safe, healthy, and drug-free communities globally. This is accomplished by providing technical assistance and training, public policy advocacy, media strategies, and marketing programs, training, and special events.

We provide excellent medical, dental, and vision plans, generous time off, including holidays, and opportunities for growth and advancement.

We offer a diverse workplace where we recognize each employee’s contribution to the organization’s overall success. That success is rooted in our commitment to developing our people by giving them the tools and resources to grow in their roles and prepare them for opportunities within the organization.

Position Summary: The Associate position requires various skills in customer service strategies and administrative duties. This position will require excellent oral and written communication and technical and computer skills. This position requires a highly motivated and enthusiastic attitude.

Specific Duties:

• Work with the Director of Membership to develop and maintain a sales strategy to recruit new and retain current members.
• Make sales calls/emails and retention calls/emails to attract new members and retain the current.
• Mail invoices and input membership dues payments into the database.
• Monitor the CADCA Community, an online networking site. 
• Assist in the management and sales of the banner advertising program.
• Support Director of Membership in database management and maintaining the integrity of member data, including organization of member information, renewal invoicing, and new member processing.
• Provide primary accountability for efficient and accurate entry and upkeep of member data, including organizational rosters, cleaning duplicates, and new data entry.
• Work on building a pipeline for new members and strategize on conferences and events to attend in order to build a pipeline. 
• Report membership statistics to staff and the BDAM team periodically and as requested.
• Serve as a primary customer service representative for CADCA.
• Gather suggestions for member benefits and ways to implement those benefits.
• Manage online membership store.
• Demonstrate continuous effort to improve the business development and membership department, make modifications to strategies as needed, and modify operational policies and procedures as necessary. 
• Work closely with the Business Development & Membership team on a growth plan, overlapping projects, and revenue.
• Assist Vice President of Business Development and Membership as needed.
• Other responsibilities as assigned.

Required Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to average 50-100 calls per week to new, current, and prospective members.
• Ability to answer an average of 10-20 emails per week from new members, current members, and prospective.
• Ability to travel up to 15-20%.
• Competence in all MS Office tools and database management experience is preferred. 
• Knowledge of membership association management tools, particularly Avectra netForum, is strongly desired. 
• Ability to work in a team.
• Excellent verbal and written communication.
• Strong organizational and time management.
• Commitment to supporting a mission-driven membership base and helping build drug-free communities.

Minimum Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• 3 years of Customer Service
• 3 years of Sales Experience in a similar role

Travel: Less than 10%

About CADCA

Join a dynamic organization whose mission is to strengthen the capacity of community coalitions to create and maintain safe, healthy, and drug-free communities globally. This is accomplished by providing technical assistance and training, public policy advocacy, media strategies and marketing programs, training, and special events. We provide excellent medical, dental, and vision plans, generous time off, including holidays, and opportunities for growth and advancement. We offer a diverse workplace where we recognize each employee’s contribution to the organization’s overall success. That success is rooted in our commitment to developing our people by giving them the tools and resources to grow in their roles and prepare them for opportunities within the organization.

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