Regional Development & Donor Operations Associate

Foundation Fighting Blindness; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 50,000 - 58,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Laptop provided

Monitor provided

Printer provided

Tech stipend

Job summary

Foundation Fighting Blindness is seeking a Regional Development Assistant to provide essential administrative and donor engagement support for our community programs. You will coordinate events, manage donor data in CRM, prepare briefing materials, and assist with chapter activities from a remote base in the Chicago/Minneapolis region.

You will liaise with the Central Regional Field Director, ensure data hygiene, support virtual meetings, and collaborate with Marketing on promotional materials.

Qualifications

• Two or more years in administrative, operations, coordinator, nonprofit, or related support roles.
• Nonprofit fundraising or community engagement experience preferred.
• Strong organizational and project coordination skills with multiple deadlines.
• Experience coordinating meetings, events, webinars, or community activities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and customer service.
• Experience using CRM or database systems (Salesforce, Raiser's Edge, Blackbaud CRM or similar).
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams).
• Ability to research, compile, and organize information for reports and presentations.
• Experience supporting vendor management, contracts, invoices, or operational processes is a plus.
• Highly organized, detail-oriented, independent and collaborative.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day administrative support for region groups and leadership.
• Support virtual meetings and national webinars with technology facilitation.
• Research and compile donor and chapter information; provide reporting and briefing materials.
• Coordinate multiple chapter activities and symposia.
• Assist in researching prospective locations for chapter initiatives.
• Act as donor database expert; maintain data hygiene and training.
• Pull lists for seminars and speaker series; prepare materials.
• Partner with Marketing on invitations and slide decks.
• Negotiate contracts with vendors and process invoices per procedures.
• Communicate with internal teams and partners to coordinate activities and resolve issues.
• Track key deadlines and keep team updated on timelines.
• Maintain excellent donor and volunteer support and relationships.

Skills

Organizational skills

Project coordination

Communication

Customer service

Nonprofit fundraising knowledge

Event coordination

CRM data management

Tools

Salesforce

Raiser's Edge

Blackbaud CRM

Microsoft Office

Teams

Job description

Foundation Fighting Blindness is seeking a Regional Development Assistant to provide essential administrative and donor engagement support for our community programs. You will coordinate events, manage donor data in CRM, prepare briefing materials, and assist with chapter activities from a remote base in the Chicago/Minneapolis region.

You will liaise with the Central Regional Field Director, ensure data hygiene, support virtual meetings, and collaborate with Marketing on promotional materials.