Individual Giving Coordinator

Hesperian Health Guides; Oakland (CA); Hybrid; USD 55,000 - 58,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Flexible spending accounts

403(b) plan

Paid vacation and personal days

Professional development opportunities

Generous family leave policy

Job summary

Hesperian Health Guides seeks an organized Individual Giving Coordinator to cultivate donor relationships and support a wide range of fundraising communications. This full-time hybrid role is based in Oakland, CA, with remote work up to 2 days/week.

The position reports to the Communications Director and Executive Director and requires 2+ years in fundraising or communications, strong organizational skills, and dedication to social justice. Salary $55,000–$58,000, plus benefits.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years of fundraising or communications experience.
• Excellent organizational skills and high attention to detail.
• English fluency and strong written/spoken communication.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate solicitation and stewardship campaigns for individual donors at all giving levels.
• Manage gift processing, acknowledgement, and reconciliation.
• Communicate with donors via phone, email, and mailings; support major donor cultivation.

Job description

Hesperian Health Guides seeks an organized and outgoing Individual Giving Coordinator to join our team. Working closely with and reporting to the Communications Director and the Executive Director, the Individual Giving Coordinator cultivates and builds relationships with Hesperian’s individual donors. Primary duties include: gift processing and tracking, database management, donor relations, and supporting a wide range of fundraising communications and outreach.

This is a full-time position at our Oakland, California office with the possibility of remote work up to 2 days a week. As a mission-driven organization, we look for candidates who share a commitment to promoting social justice and an understanding or familiarity with grassroots outreach and community organizing. The ideal candidate has fundraising experience, is self-motivated, a strong communicator, and has high attention to detail.

Essential Functions:

• Coordinates the development and implementation of solicitation and stewardship campaigns aimed at individual donors at all levels of giving.
• Manages the receipt, processing, acknowledgement, and reconciliation of gifts.
• Corresponds and communicates regularly with donors at multiple giving levels via phone, email, and personalized or mass mailings.
• Supports the Executive Director with the cultivation of major donors, including moves management, preparing information packets for tailored asks, and tracking follow-up
• Collaborates with the Communications Team on fundraising communications, donor playbooks,and impact storytelling
• Accurately maintains donor and campaign information in donor management software (Bloomerang) and updates campaign landing pages.
• Works with Communications Director to analyze and segment donor data, identify trends and opportunities, and report regularly to the Executive Director and the Board of Directors.

Additional responsibilities may include:

• Support planning and implementation of virtual or live events approximately 2-3 times a year, and may represent Hesperian at occasional community events or meetings.
• Support research into grant opportunities and development of funding requests as needed
• This position may be required to attend a once-per-quarter meeting with Hesperian’s Board of Directors occurring outside of regular business hours*

*Events or meetings held outside business hours receive comp time or flexible scheduling.

Requirements:

• A minimum of 2 years of relevant experience in fundraising and/or communications.
• Excellent organizational skills and high attention to detail
• English fluency and excellent communication skills (written and verbal) for relationship building, collaboration, and persuasion
• Resourceful self-starter who can take initiative and independently solve problems
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel) or Google Workspace (Docs, Sheets)
• Commitment to promoting social justice and the right to health

Helpful to have:

• Experience with Bloomerang or other CRM donor databases
• Experience living or working in underserved areas and/or interest in global health
• Bilingual in Spanish, French, Portuguese, or other languages
• Proficiency with social media content creation or Canva

Location:

Hybrid at Hesperian’s Oakland office; remote work up to 2 days a week.

This is a full-time position with a starting salary ranging from $55,000 to $58,000, commensurate with experience. Medical, dental, and vision insurance, flexible spending accounts, 403(b) plan, paid vacation and personal days, professional development opportunities, and generous family leave policy.

About Hesperian:

Hesperian Health Guides is a non-profit organization providing information and educational tools to help people around the world take greater control of their health and lives and works to eliminate the underlying causes of poor health. For over fifty years, Hesperian has joined with like-minded organizations and movements to promote health justice globally.

Hesperian is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions based on merit. Hesperian policy prohibits discrimination based on race, color, creed or religion, sex, marital status, age, national origin or ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression, veteran status, genetic characteristics or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state, or local laws.

All applicants must be legally authorized to work in the US. Hesperian is unable to provide visa sponsorship at this time.