What are the responsibilities and job description for the Development Coordinator position at Desert Botanical Garden?
Description
What if your next role allowed you to build meaningful relationships while making a real impact? Can you see yourself bringing donor experiences to life through thoughtful engagement and stewardship, coordinating events, and sharing the story of impact with supporters? Do you thrive in a fast-paced, people-focused environment where attention to detail and connection matter? Are you ready to help turn generosity into meaningful outcomes while supporting a mission that truly makes a difference? If so, we’re looking for you to join the Development team at Desert Botanical Garden!
Position Purpose
Member of the Development team that helps drive the Garden fundraising programs through donor
engagement, stewardship, and fulfillment. This position will ensure donors are receiving appropriate
philanthropic benefits from their support, articulate impact to donors and utilize the Garden’s Customer
Relationship Management software to build and maintain donor relationships.
Position Information
Job Type: Full-Time
Schedule: M-F
Pay: $24.80 - $34.70/hr, Non-Exempt
Essential Duties
• Ensure fulfillment of corporate sponsorship benefits and in-kind benefits to include: fulfillment
of discount, ticket, recognition, and engagement benefits.
• Set-up and manage internal Corporate Days with processes to include internal and external
communications to ensure donor expectations are met.
• Field and manage inquiries from corporations for volunteer experiences.
• Generate Impact reports for donors that detail outcomes for select events, exhibits, and
programs. Reports will also detail information about the Garden’s audience, such as
demographics and marketing reach as needed.
• Respond to all donor inquiries in a timely and professional manner, ensuring all communications
align with the Garden’s stewardship standards.
• Coordinate with internal staff and donors on logistical details related to Dinner on the Desert
donor fulfillment to include coordination with board committee on donor lists and engagement
with donors to facilitate donation and table coordination.
• Assist with grant proposal preparation as needed.
Requirements
Competencies
• Bachelor’s degree preferred and minimum of three years related work experience in
fundraising, donor or customer relations, or non-profit administration or comparable
combination of education and experience.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, attention to detail, and editing and
proofreading skills.
• Ability to successfully coordinate meetings.
• Self-motivated with the ability to manage multiple priorities and work collaboratively in a fast-
paced team environment.
Job Description
• Proficiency with MS Office products (Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint) and CRM
(Salesforce).
• Talent for building relationships.
• Passion for non-profit work and commitment to the Garden’s mission. with a discretion of
confidential information and professional integrity.
• Availability to work flexible hours, including occasional evening and weekend commitments.
• Comfortable working in an open office environment.
• Database management experience, skills with data analysis and segmentation, and experience
working with executives and/or high net worth individuals preferred.
Salary : $25 - $35