Development Coordinator

Ohio University; Athens (OH); On-site; USD 52,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Ohio University is seeking a Development Coordinator to provide high-level administrative, project, and prospect management support to the frontline development team. Reporting to the Executive Director of Development, you will help coordinate donor engagements, manage prospect information, and prepare teams for donor meetings with executives and university leaders.

You will track activity, generate reports, coordinate calendars and travel, and assist with stewardship activities, ensuring

Qualifications

• Experience supporting major gift teams and donor engagement.
• Proficient in managing donor information and tracking next steps.
• Ability to prepare materials for meetings with university leaders.
• Strong organizational and multitasking skills.
• Collaborative, proactive, and detail-oriented.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate donor engagements, including scheduling and briefing materials.
• Maintain accurate donor and prospect information in the CRM.
• Prepare officers for donor meetings with agendas and notes.
• Schedule calendars, travel, and meetings for frontline team.
• Support internal meetings and track decisions and actions.

Skills

Prospect management

Administrative support

Project coordination

Donor relations

Meeting preparation

Reports & analytics

Job description

The Development Coordinator provides high-level administrative, project, and prospect management support to Ohio University’s frontline development team. Reporting to the Executive Director of Development, the position supports the major gift team by coordinating donor engagement and fundraising activity, managing prospect information and follow-up, preparing development officers and university leaders for donor meetings, and helping ensure priorities and next steps move forward effectively.

The Development Coordinator plays an active role in prospect and portfolio management by preparing reports, tracking activity and next steps, maintaining accurate information in the University’s donor CRM, and identifying gaps and opportunities for donor engagement and stewardship. The position coordinates donor and prospect meetings, including scheduling, background research, agendas, briefing materials, meeting preparation, and follow-up, and prepares materials for engagements involving deans, academic leaders, the President, Provost, Vice President for Advancement, and other university leaders.

The position also coordinates calendars, meetings, travel, itineraries, donor communications, acknowledgments, stewardship activities, select development events, and other administrative and project needs of the frontline fundraising team. The Development Coordinator participates in internal meetings, documents decisions and action items, and helps coordinate follow-through on team priorities and projects.

Working collaboratively with development officers, academic and university leaders, central Advancement colleagues, alumni, donors, and other constituents, the Development Coordinator serves as an important liaison across teams and proactively identifies opportunities to improve workflows, communication, and processes that strengthen the efficiency and effectiveness of frontline fundraising. The successful candidate is highly organized, proactive, detail-oriented, and able to manage competing priorities while anticipating needs and adapting to changing departmental priorities.