Fundraising & Donor Relations Coordinator

The University of Chicago; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Job summary

The University of Chicago Medicine's Development team is seeking a Development Coordinator to support MBSD fundraising activities, manage donor communications, and help coordinate events and reporting.

You will work under supervision to execute campaigns, maintain Phoenix donor data, prepare reports, and assist in developing materials for volunteers and leadership. Strong writing, organization, and teamwork are essential in this role.

Qualifications

• Education: Minimum requirements include a college or university degree in related field.
• Work Experience: Minimum requirements include knowledge and skills developed through 2-5 years of work experience in a related job discipline.
• Certifications:---
• Experience with nonprofit management, development, alumni relations, marketing, public relations, or similar work.
• Experience with fundraising, contact management or other database software.
• Experience working with volunteers.
• Experience planning and executing events.

Responsibilities

• The Development Coordinator performs complex and diverse responsibilities in support of Medicine & Biological Sciences Development (MBSD) fundraising teams.
• Facilitates, organizes, and executes fundraising activities to ensure annual fundraising goals are met and future campaigns are successful.
• Collaborates with colleagues to execute projects with a focus on increasing participation, revenue, and engagement from prospects, donors, volunteers, faculty, and other key constituents.
• Coordinates logistics of meetings, events, and staff meetings as needed.
• Supports team on event planning and execution including working with vendors, collaborating with campus colleagues and volunteers.
• Works with fundraisers to advance giving strategies.
• Composes and edits correspondence and other documents for delivery internally (e.g., MBSD, UCM) and externally (e.g., donor acknowledgements, correspondence for leaders and volunteers within the primary strategic constituencies).
• Utilizes the fundraising database Phoenix to look up and maintain up to date and accurate information and to research information. They fulfill requests for queries/reports from Phoenix.
• Prepares gift allocation forms for gifts received by MBSD, and forwards the gifts and completed forms to Central Development's gift processing office.
• Collects/researches data to support or answer specific questions/topics related to development and volunteer management activity; drafts, proofreads, and creates reports and presentations for the team and the volunteers that they support; develops and implements team procedures and policies.
• Plans somewhat complex activities of volunteer and support groups. Recruits members and provides guidance and support to leadership activities.
• Has a moderate/high level of authority in drafting informational and marketing materials for review for assigned programs.
• Assists in developing support materials for specific fundraising activities.
• Performs other related work as needed.

Skills

Verbal communication

Writing skills

Attention to detail

Organizational skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Phoenix CRM

Gift processing software

Job description

The University of Chicago Medicine's Development team is seeking a Development Coordinator to support MBSD fundraising activities, manage donor communications, and help coordinate events and reporting.

You will work under supervision to execute campaigns, maintain Phoenix donor data, prepare reports, and assist in developing materials for volunteers and leadership. Strong writing, organization, and teamwork are essential in this role.