Development Coordinator

Minnesota Council of Nonprofits; BLOOMINGTON (MN); Hybrid; USD 34,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Children’s Cancer Research Fund in Bloomington, MN, seeks a Development Coordinator to support donor stewardship, communications, and development operations. You will provide administrative, operational, and project coordination support for donor engagements and fundraising campaigns, reporting to the Director of Development, Partnerships.

This is a hybrid, non-exempt role requiring some weekend and evening work, with a minimum of two days per week in the Bloomington office.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree preferred
• 2-3 years of administrative, project, or operations support in nonprofit/fundraising
• Experience with Salesforce or similar CRM system
• Experience with mailing coordination, events, donor communications

Responsibilities

• Donor welcome, stewardship & acknowledgement support; CRM reporting and data validation
• Coordinate digital stewardship activities: campaign scheduling, testing, recipient list extraction in Salesforce
• Grant submission coordination and donor communications support
• Vendor coordination for creative/print projects and events
• Support meeting calendars for Directors of Development and team executives

Skills

Project management

Attention to detail

Multitasking

Written & verbal communication

Microsoft Office proficiency

Education

Bachelor's degree preferred

Tools

Salesforce

Microsoft Office

Job description

About the job

Children’s Cancer Research Fund is a national nonprofit dedicated to ending childhood cancer. We fund transformational research with the greatest potential to bring better, safer treatments and cures to children with cancer. Our approach is unique – we fund research across the country, not just at one hospital or institution, and our funding priorities address health disparities, aggressive and relapsed cancers, and long-term health after cancer. We also help kids and families find community and amplify their stories as they navigate the difficult experience of cancer treatment and survivorship.

Position Summary

Join a collaborative and passionate development team dedicated to advancing our mission through meaningful donor relationships and strategic fundraising efforts. The Development Coordinator provides essential administrative, operational, and project management support for donor stewardship, constituent engagement, fundraising communications, and development operations.

Reporting to the Director of Development, Partnerships, this position will have dotted line reporting to Director of Development, Individual Giving and support the full development team.

This is a non-exempt role that will involve some weekend and evening work throughout the year.

This position is hybrid REQUIRING, minimally, 2 days a week in the Bloomington office.

Essential Responsibilities

Project Coordination (Approx. 90%)

• Donor welcome, stewardship & acknowledgement support to include: running reports from CRM, validating data, and assigning activities appropriately; ensuring stewardship actions are completed accurately and timely.
• Digital stewardship support to include: scheduling and deployment of campaigns, test sending, extracting and preparing recipient lists from Salesforce, periodic contact management
• Grant submission coordination
• Mailing & donor communication coordination for development team
• Salesforce campaign, data and event support to include: processing event RSVPs and attendee information, tracking event participation at attendance

General Administrative Support – General (Approx. 10%)

• Meeting and calendar support for Directors of Development and CDO
• Serve as main point of contact for Development Team creative/print projects, coordinating internally with marketing and communications and externally with vendors, as needed
• Provide support at donor engagement events
• Process vendor invoices and submit documentation
• Other duties and projects as assigned/needed.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Strong project management and organizational skills.
• Exceptional attention to detail and data accuracy.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines simultaneously.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite.

Education & Experience Requirements

• Bachelors degree preferred
• 2-3 years experience providing administrative, project, or operations support in a nonprofit, fundraising, communications, or relationship-management environment.
• Experience with Salesforce or comparable CRM/database systems and project management tools.
• Experience with mailing coordination, event support, or donor communications.

Pay Range: $25-$28.80/hour