Development Coordinator
After School Matters
- Chicago, IL
- Permanent
- Full-time
Reporting to the Development Manager, this entry level role is perfect for someone interested in starting a career in fundraising. After School Matters (ASM) believes that historically excluded groups belong in fundraising, and we are creating pathways to join and grow in the field. In this role, we’ll offer on-the-job training and find avenues for formal training, too. We’ll build on the relationship skills you’ve gained in other settings, like sales, marketing, or customer service, to launch your career in cultivating relationships with prospective donors and soliciting funds for programs.The Development Coordinator is responsible for collaborating with the Development Manager and key development team members to cultivate, solicit, and steward individual donors and prospects. This individual plays a critical role by supporting and leading projects that help reach individual giving fundraising goals.This is a full-time position. ASM alumni, interns, volunteers, instructors, and other community partners are encouraged to apply.Major Duties and Responsibilities:
- Lead fundraising initiatives to help expand the individual donor base.
- Manage and develop peer-to-peer fundraising initiatives including managing TEAM ASM, JustGiving, and Facebook fundraising.
- Collaborate with the Development Manager on new prospect strategies for engaging the Chicago community and ASM family.
- Manage ASM’s quarterly multi-channel (direct mail, email, web etc.) appeal process including the Year-End Giving strategy.
- Be the first copywriter on all appeals creating compelling and concise stories to produce the final product.
- Coordinate and execute appeals by collaborating with the Marketing and Communications team.
- Ensure ASM’s brand and overall marketing and communications strategy is used consistently and effectively through all assigned fundraising appeals.
- Manage the stewardship matrix, including donor activities to steward donors at a variety of financial giving levels. Perform administrative tasks, such as:
- Create and save acknowledgement letters in Box (Microsoft cloud platform) and Raiser’s Edge (donor database).
- Manage shared ASM email inboxes.
- Manage and update marketing content for donor folders.
- Support ASM leadership, especially those who maintain a portfolio of individual donors, with donor cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship activities.
- Conduct thorough research on current and prospective individual donors to prepare CEO, Chief Development Officer, and ASM leadership as needed for donor visits.
- Process in-kind donations.
- Assist in preparing donor proposals and reports.
- Track and update Board and VIP donor information (such as birthdays and assistant names) with Executive Assistant to CEO on a quarterly basis.
- Support other members of the Development team as assigned:
- Support the Chief Development Officer as needed with meeting prep, board decks, etc.
- Assist on-site at fast-paced, high-profile fundraising events, and other events as needed.
- Invoice event donors for our Annual Gala and Sneaker Ball.
- Take on a variety of administrative projects and day-to-day tasks including mailings, assembly projects, and the creation and printing of name tags for events.
- Collect past event information including data and pictures and produce additional event reports as needed/requested.
- Support our Associate Board (attend meetings, cultivate relationships, etc.)
- Benchmark “best practices” to create standardized individual giving processes.
- Other duties as assigned.
- None
The physical demands here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Must be able to sit and work at a computer for long periods of time.
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Position requires in-person 2-3 days a week and remote the remaining days.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is not exposed to weather conditions.
- The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
- Strong written and oral communication skills.
- The successful candidate must be self-motivated, directed, and reliable, possessing excellent administrative skills and a proven ability to meet deadlines and analyze data.
- A strong team orientation, toward both internal and external constituencies is required.
- Bachelor's degree required and a minimum of 2 years fundraising experience preferred.
- Writing samples required (2-3, one of which must be a creative writing sample).
- Proficient in fundraising software (Raiser's Edge preferred), social media, Microsoft Office.
- Commitment to a mission-driven organization, ability to maintain donor confidentiality, and desire to advance the mission and vision of ASM is required.
Staff are required to provide proof of COVID-19 Vaccination or have an approved medical or sincerely held religious beliefs exemption prior to starting employment. If a medical or sincerely held religious belief exemption is approved, weekly Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) testing is required.How to Apply:EEO:
After School Matters is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, military discharge status, age, marital status, parental status, or source of income.Powered by JazzHR