Development Coordinator (CLPP)

Civil Liberties and Public Policy; Amherst (MA); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Civil Liberties and Public Policy seeks a Development Coordinator to manage CLPP’s individual and institutional fundraising activities at Hampshire College in Amherst, MA. The role focuses on stewardship, gift processing, donor reports, and producing fundraising appeals and proposals.

The successful candidate will have nonprofit development experience, strong writing and editing skills, and proficiency with Word, Excel, and Google Docs; ability to work with diverse communities; and a willingness

Qualifications

• Associate degree with at least three years of nonprofit fundraising experience.
• Experience in fundraising operations, grants management, donor reporting and stewardship.
• Strong writing and editing skills; highly organized and detail oriented; proficient with MS Office and Google Docs.

Responsibilities

• Manage CLPP’s individual and institutional fundraising calendars and activities.
• Produce fundraising appeals, proposals, and donor reports; record gifts and send thank-yous.
• Support stewardship for major donors under the major gifts officer.
• Run the conference sponsorship campaign in collaboration with the deputy director.

Skills

Fundraising operations

Grants management

Prospect research

Donor reports

Donor stewardship

Written communication

Editing

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Google Docs

Email marketing

Social media marketing

Data analysis

Education

Associate degree

Tools

Relational databases

Data migration tools

Video editing

Photoshop

InDesign

Job description

Civil Liberties and Public Policy , a national reproductive justice organization based at Hampshire College in Amherst, MA, seeks a Development Coordinator to manage CLPP’s individual and institutional stewardship activities, including: tracking activities in individual and institutional fundraising calendars; managing the production of fundraising appeals, institutional and individual funding proposals, and donor reports; recording gifts; thanking donors; and supporting stewardship activities for major donors under the direction of CLPP's major gifts officer. The DC also runs CLPP's annual conference sponsorship campaign, working closely with CLPP's deputy director of systems and sustainability.

The position requires someone with a demonstrated ability to interact effectively and work successfully with persons of diverse backgrounds, including racial and ethnic, socio-economic, international, LGBQ, and trans identities. Commitment to CLPP's mission is essential. An associate degree with a minimum of three years job-related experience is required. In addition, the successful candidate will have experience in nonprofit development, including fundraising operations and support services, grants management, prospect research, stewardship, gift acknowledgement procedures, donation tracking, and reports. Knowledge of fundraising best practices including online fundraising experience, and familiarity with email and social media marketing preferred. The DC must possess strong writing and editing skills; be highly organized and extremely detail oriented, with demonstrated planning and time management skills; have advanced word processing and data entry skills using Microsoft programs (especially Word and Excel) and Google documents; and ability to assess and implement new software. Graphic design skills and familiarity with design programs including video editing, Photoshop, InDesign preferred. This position requires strong hands-on knowledge and skills of data manipulation, analysis, and reporting, and other relevant technology tools. Expertise with relational databases, and data migration tools is necessary.

This a full time, benefited position. Occasional staffing of CLPP events in evenings and on weekends may be required. We offer a competitive salary and excellent benefits program. This position is based in CLPP's offices on the Hampshire College campus. Hampshire College, founded in 1970, is a home for bold, influential, and radical ideas in higher-education. Beyond Hampshire's own substantial academic resources, students draw on those of Amherst, Mount Holyoke, and Smith Colleges and the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, which together form the Five College consortium. Hampshire College is located in Amherst, MA, a thirty-minute drive from Springfield. Hampshire College and CLPP are equal opportunity institutions, committed to diversity and inclusion in education and employment. People of color, trans/non-binary people, LGBQIA people, disabled people, immigrants, religious minorities in the US, fat people, and people from other communities that are currently and historically oppressed are strongly encouraged to apply.