Development Coordinator

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 52,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Cedars-Sinai Development Department seeks a Development Coordinator to support a mission-driven fundraising team, partnering with development officers and internal stakeholders. The role focuses on strong donor engagement, portfolio coordination, and operational excellence to advance patient care, research, education, and community health.

The position emphasizes coordinating complex calendars, preparing briefing materials, and ensuring follow-through from meetings to stewardship, with attention

Qualifications

• Requires a high school diploma or GED; higher education preferred.
• Minimum two years of office and administrative experience.
• CRM software experience preferred.
• Scheduling and calendar management experience preferred.
• Client relations/management experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day operational and administrative support to assigned fundraisers and leaders.
• Coordinate complex calendars and meetings; prepare agendas and briefing materials.
• Support portfolio reviews, track action items and proposals.
• Maintain donor and prospect materials; assist with stewardship and donor strategy activities.
• Demonstrate organization, proactivity, collaboration, and discretion handling multiple priorities.

Skills

Office administration

Calendar management

CRM software experience

Client relations

Education

High School Diploma / GED

Associate's or Bachelor's Degree preferred

Tools

CRM software

Job description

Job Description

Grow your career at Cedars-Sinai!

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center has been named to the Honor Roll in U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Hospitals 2025-2026” rankings. When you join our team, you’ll gain access to our groundbreaking biomedical research facilities and sophisticated medical education programs. We offer learning programs, tuition reimbursement and performance-improvement projects so you can achieve certifications and degrees while gaining the knowledge and experience needed to advance your career.

Join the Cedars-Sinai Development Department as a Development Coordinator supporting a collaborative, mission-driven fundraising team. This role offers the opportunity to contribute to philanthropy that advances patient care, research, education, and community health while partnering closely with development officers, leaders, and internal stakeholders.

What will you be doing in this role?

Development Coordinators support a distinct fundraising portfolio, while Development Coordinators work together to strengthen coverage across major gifts, planned giving, annual giving, corporate and foundation relations, principal gifts, board engagement, and special giving. These roles are part of an effort to create clearer portfolio ownership, stronger fundraiser-coordinator partnerships, more consistent donor support, and better follow-through from meetings and proposals through stewardship.

Development Coordinators will provide day-to-day operational and administrative support to assigned fundraisers and leaders. Key responsibilities include coordinating complex calendars and meetings, preparing agendas and briefing materials, supporting portfolio reviews, tracking action items and proposals, maintaining accurate information in fundraising and portfolio management systems, organizing donor and prospect materials, and assisting with stewardship and donor strategy activities. Successful candidates will be organized, proactive, collaborative, and comfortable managing multiple priorities with discretion and attention to detail. This is an opportunity to join a team that values thoughtful donor engagement, continuous improvement, and operational excellence—and to see how strong coordination helps advance the mission of Cedars-Sinai.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma/GED required. Associate's or Bachelor's Degree preferred.
• Two (2) years of office and administrative experience required.
• CRM software utilization experience preferred.
• Scheduling and calendar management preferred.
• Client relations/management preferred.