Development & Donor Operations Coordinator

Sarah's Inn; Forest Park (IL); On-site; USD 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

Sarah’s Inn, a community-based nonprofit in Forest Park, IL, seeks a Development Assistant to provide essential administrative support to the Development Department. You will manage gift processing, donor records, private grant administration, and event logistics while ensuring accuracy and timely documentation.

Ideal candidate has a Bachelor's degree and 2+ years in nonprofit development, with proficiency in MS Office, Google Suite, donor databases, and Canva.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 2+ years of nonprofit development, fundraising, administration, and/or event administration.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and Google Suite programs.
• Experience working with donor databases or CRMs; nonprofit experience strongly preferred.
• Experience with gift processing, reconciliation, fundraising events, and/or development operations strongly preferred.
• Experience with design software, such as Canva, preferred.
• Availability to work some evening and weekend hours.

Responsibilities

• Provide administrative and operational support to the Development Department to ensure accurate gift processing, effective donor stewardship, organized fundraising systems, and successful execution of events and other development activities as assigned.
• Maintain the donor database with timely data entry, quality control, and records updates.
• Reconcile gifts monthly and support cross-department reconciliation between Development and Finance.
• Coordinate development events, including planning, logistics, and record-keeping.
• Support communications and donor stewardship activities, including materials for meetings and board events.
• Maintain inventory of Development supplies and outreach materials.

Skills

Attention to detail

Organizational skills

Communication

Time management

Problem solving

Stakeholder management

Diversity & inclusion

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Microsoft Office

Google Suite

CRM / donor databases

Canva

Job description

Sarah’s Inn, a community-based nonprofit in Forest Park, IL, seeks a Development Assistant to provide essential administrative support to the Development Department. You will manage gift processing, donor records, private grant administration, and event logistics while ensuring accuracy and timely documentation.

Ideal candidate has a Bachelor's degree and 2+ years in nonprofit development, with proficiency in MS Office, Google Suite, donor databases, and Canva.