Development Coordinator, Donor Relations (Remote-friendly)

Fowler College of Business at San Diego State University; San Diego (CA); Hybrid; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

San Diego State University is seeking a Development Coordinator to provide essential administrative support, project management, and event coordination for URAD development teams. You will assist with donor communications, prospect research, fundraising reports, and special events while keeping operations organized and running smoothly.

If you are detail-oriented, enjoy coordinating multiple priorities, and collaborating across departments to support SDSU students, faculty, and programs, we’d

Qualifications

• Organized, detail-oriented professional who enjoys supporting a team, building relationships, and coordinating multiple projects and priorities.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate donor communications, acknowledgments, outreach, and stewardship activities.
• Maintain donor and prospect tracking systems to support fundraising and engagement efforts.
• Prepare briefing materials, agendas, and reports for donor meetings and development activities.
• Support college advisory boards through meeting coordination, communications, invoicing, and dues tracking.
• Provide administrative support to development staff, including scheduling, calendar management, travel arrangements, and correspondence.
• Prepare and distribute presentations, proposals, reports, invitations, and other development materials.
• Maintain organized records and documentation to support fundraising operations.
• Collaborate with development and marketing colleagues on donor communications and promotional materials.
• Conduct preliminary donor and prospect research and prepare profiles and contact lists.
• Maintain donor and prospect information in Ellucian and related advancement databases.
• Prepare gift reports, fund balance reports, and fundraising activity summaries.
• Coordinate donor record updates with Advancement Services and other university partners.
• Assist with planning and coordinating donor engagement events, including vendors, logistics, and event materials.
• Prepare purchasing documents, travel claims, reimbursements, and expense reports.
• Support financial tracking, reconciliations, and related administrative processes.

Skills

Organizational skills

Detail oriented

Team collaboration

Tools

Ellucian

Job description

San Diego State University is seeking a Development Coordinator to provide essential administrative support, project management, and event coordination for URAD development teams. You will assist with donor communications, prospect research, fundraising reports, and special events while keeping operations organized and running smoothly.

If you are detail-oriented, enjoy coordinating multiple priorities, and collaborating across departments to support SDSU students, faculty, and programs, we’d