Coordinates with other departments at Yale to develop or enhance proposals and briefings summarizing Yale activities, and to plan events.

2. Develops and maintains a log of Yale academic and programming activities having development potential for prospects and donors.

3. Coordinates and staffs events. Helps secure hosts and locations for events. Works with Special Events team to secure campus locations.

Produces invitation and confirmation cards. Compiles and maintains invitation lists, extend invitations, confirms attendance, ensures attendance accuracy, prepares biography for guest speakers, prepares Event Flow documents, staffs selected events, and contacts vendors.

4. Conducts research on individuals, corporations, foundations, governments and institutions using office files, databases and internet search engines and resources, including sources in other languages when relevant for international development.

5. Drafts a wide variety of written materials including detailed biographical and business briefings, correspondence, proposals, endowed gift agreements and stewardship reports.

6. Designs, develops and produces ad hoc reports and analyses by report generation and manipulation of information systems, including our primary Alumni database.

7. Researches and investigates gift commitments using office files and databases. Ensures the accuracy of gift acknowledgments and all information relayed to prospects.

8. Builds strong relationships with staff and serves as a key contact on questions relating to various departmental needs.

9. Interacts with donors at the request of director and / or gift officers in response to inquiries. 10. Assists with the assignment of tasks to student workers.

11. May perform other duties as assigned. Required Skill / ability 1 : Exceptional communication skills with special emphasis on advanced writing ability and strong attention to detail.

Ability to communicate effectively with top-level donors and senior Yale administrators. Writing sample required at time of interview.

Cover letter is required for consideration. Required Skill / ability 2 : Demonstrated organizational and research abilities, including analyzing large volumes of information and / or quantitative data from disparate sources and synthesizing it in cogent and concise written form.

Required Skill / ability 3 : Demonstrated ability to prioritize work, manage multiple tasks, and meet deadlines in a time-constrained environment.

Ability to initiate and complete tasks with minimal supervision and to maintain strict confidentiality. Required Skill / ability 4 : Commitment to an inclusive workplace.

Ability to engage with diverse audiences (age, gender, nationality, race / ethnicity, profession, sexual orientation, etc.

Professionalism, maturity, and ability to demonstrate and promote a positive attitude via helpfulness, teamwork, and support for others.

Required Skill / ability 5 : Ability to understand and work with financial information and intermediate to advanced proficiency with standard office software including MS Word, Excel and related programs.

Preferred Education : Two years of administrative or professional writing experience. Proven experience in a university setting working with sensitive and confidential information;

familiarity with Yale University. Work Week : Standard (M-F equal number of hours per day) Posting Position Title : Development Coordinator 2 University Job Title : Development Coordinator 2 Preferred Education, Experience and Skills : Two years of administrative or professional writing experience.

Proven experience in a university setting working with sensitive and confidential information; familiarity with Yale University.

• Eight years of related experience, six of them in the same job family at the next lower level and a high school level education;
• or six years of related experience and an Associate's Degree; or two years of related work experience and a Bachelor's Degree;

or an equivalent combination of experience and education.