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Development Coordinator - Foundation

UNC Health
Smithfield, NC Full Time
POSTED ON 9/1/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 9/30/2026
Description

Your passion belongs at UNC Health. Join more than 56,000 teammates working together to improve the health and well-being of the communities we serve across North Carolina.

Summary

The Development Coordinator is responsible for coordinating all office activities (including processing of donations, correspondence, gift acknowledgements and management of the donor database), special events and annual fundraising efforts for the Foundation. The Development Coordinator is accountable for ensuring that mission values are translated and integrated into daily work performance and relationships. Works in collaboration with the Foundation leadership, Foundation Board, committee members and volunteers.

This position requires onsite presence and supports UNC Health Johnston's foundation department.

Responsibilities

  • Assist the Executive Director with coordination of foundation activities.
  • Coordinate Foundation Board and Committee meetings by providing assistance and ongoing education to Board and Executive Director. Assist with development of agenda and packets, complete minutes, and provide all other necessary supportive documents.
  • Organize and maintain department records, office files and supplies.
  • Develop and implement a comprehensive annual giving plan including strategies for effective donor identification (including physician giving, grateful patients and their families, and hospital staff), cultivation, solicitation and stewardship
  • Follow all processes, policies and procedures for proper stewardship of gifts, including gift accounting, donor database management, recognition and reporting.
  • Process donations and prepare acknowledgement letters and other correspondence in a timely manner.Identify potential donors as well as cultivate relationships with donors and friends in a way that encourages annual giving. Coordinate, implement, and promote fundraising events. Provide direction, oversight and support to fundraising volunteers. Provide support to special initiatives.
  • Coordinate direct mail process for acquiring and renewing annual donors. Develop and oversee the implementation of the marketing strategy for the annual gift campaign including all printed materials, e-communications, social media, and the website
  • Coordinate with teammates to plan and implement cultivation and stewardship events for annual donors. Develop comprehensive strategy to educate donors, the community, board members and volunteers about planned giving strategies to build long term support.

Other Information

Other information:

Education Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree from an accredited four-year college or university, or equivalent

Licensure/Certification Requirements

Professional Experience Requirements:

  • Bachelor's degree and two (2) years of related non-profit volunteer, fundraising and leadership experience.
  • Associates degree and six (6) years of related non-profit volunteer, fundraising and leadership experience.
  • High school diploma and ten (10) years of related non-profit volunteer, fundraising and leadership experience.

Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements

  • Internet savvy, and proficient in the use of Microsoft office software (specifically Word and Excel).
  • Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.
  • Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
  • Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.
  • Position requires strong oral and written communication skills.
  • The ability to interact with the public and staff at all levels is essential.
  • Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume.
  • Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
  • Analytical skills are necessary for problem solving and decision making.

Job Details

Legal Employer: NCHEALTH

Entity: Johnston Health

Organization Unit: Foundation

Work Type: Full Time

Standard Hours Per Week: 40.00

Salary Range: $23.24 - $33.41 per hour (Hiring Range)

Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity

Work Assignment Type: Onsite

Work Schedule: Day Job

Location of Job: US:NC:Smithfield

Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: Yes

This position is employed by NC Health (Rex Healthcare, Inc., d/b/a NC Health), a private, fully-owned subsidiary of UNC Heath Care System. This is not a State employed position.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran or political affiliation.

UNC Health makes reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as applicants and employees with disabilities. All interested applicants are invited to apply for career opportunities. Please email applicant.accommodations@unchealth.unc.edu if you need a reasonable accommodation to search and/or to apply for a career opportunity.

Salary : $23 - $33

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