Philanthropy Operations Coordinator

Astera Cancer Care; Baton Rouge (LA); On-site; USD 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center is seeking a Philanthropy Operations Coordinator to support the donor operations team. You will handle gift processing, acknowledgments, pledge reporting, and data management to ensure accurate donor records and program integrity.

The role involves supporting CRM/database activities and coordinating staff trainings, contributing to efficient operations for our philanthropic initiatives in Louisiana.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree preferred, or equivalent experience.
• 1–3 years of administrative, development operations, event coordination, or nonprofit support experience.
• CRM or database experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Process donor gifts and issue receipts/acknowledgments per IRS standards.
• Maintain donor/prospect data in the donor database and support data health.
• Provide admin support for the philanthropy operations team, including training coordination.

Skills

Administrative experience

Donor database management

CRM experience

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

CRM systems

Job description

Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center is Louisiana’s leading cancer care organization, caring for more patients each year than any other facility in the region. And with strategic hospital and physician partnerships, we are delivering on our mission to improve survivorship and lessen the burden of cancer. Mary Bird Perkins and its partners work together to provide state-of-the-art treatments and unparalleled collaborative, comprehensive cancer services. This culture of innovation helps attract the best cancer minds in the country, from expert physicians and highly specialized scientists to forward-thinking leaders in supportive care and other disciplines. Together, with our hospital and physician partners, we are one-hundred percent focused on cancer care.

Why Join Us?

We are looking for talented and highly-motivated individuals who demonstrate a natural desire to support the meaningful work of community oncologists and the patients we serve.

Job Description:

SCOPE:

As an integral contributor to the success and growth of Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Foundation this role provides essential support to the Philanthropy Operations Team. Working under the Director of Philanthropy Operations and alongside the Associate Directors of Philanthropy Operations, this role supports operational processes, including, but not limited to; donor gift processing, acknowledgments, and pledge reporting. Additionally, the Philanthropy Operations Coordinator supports data management and training activities for the donor database and operations systems.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Conducts all gift processing functions and procedures including timely entry of donations, review of gift documentation and issuance of gift receipts and acknowledgments according to IRS standards.
• Supports Database and Prospect Management Administrator and data health by maintaining and updating donor/prospect information and inputting new donors/prospects and information into donor database. Supports research efforts for department and prospect management.
• Provides administrative support for the Philanthropy Operations team including team and office communications, meetings and coordinates staff trainings.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree preferred, or equivalent experience.
• One to three years of administrative, development operations, event coordination, or nonprofit support experience.
• CRM or database experience preferred.

For more than 50 years, the staff at Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center has provided the highest quality care to our patients. We strive to hire the best qualified applicants to join our growing team.