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Development Coordinator

Optica is looking for a Development Coordinator.

Are you a motivated early-career professional ready to make a difference? The Optica Foundation seeks a dynamic individual to help us achieve our fundraising goals. As a critical team member, you'll work closely with the Deputy Senior Director of Development and Fundraising to coordinate essential cultivation activities and events, maintain donor data, and drive our fundraising campaigns to success.

Primary Responsibilities

1. Project Management: Collaborate with the development team to streamline project workflows and ensure the achievement of project milestones.
2. Fundraising Support: Play a crucial role in helping us reach and exceed fundraising goals by providing tactical and administrative support.
3. Donor Tracking: Maintain accurate reports on donors, both current and potential, across various fundraising campaigns.
4. Data Management: Compile data from multiple sources for mailings and analysis, ensuring accuracy and efficiency.
5. Pledge Management: Ensure correct invoicing and timely receipt of payments as per donor agreements.
6. Marketing Support: Assist in marketing efforts to promote foundation programs and fundraising through various channels, including print, email, and social media.
7. Cultivation Opportunities: Nurture donor relationships, schedule calls, meetings, and travel for Optica executives and foundation board members.
8. Representation Audit: Regularly update how donors, beneficiaries, and programs are represented in print and digital materials.
9. Meeting Support: Collect meeting notes and prospects for the Major Gifts Director and the foundation team.
10. Prospect Research: Identify prospective new donors and their interests to expand our donor base.
11. Event Coordination: Handle logistics for fundraising events and activities as directed.
12. Impact Data Collection: Collaborate with program managers to gather impact data, stories, quotes, and testimonials for marketing and annual reports.
13. Scholarship Support: Assist with 1-2 application cycles for scholarships, prizes, or events benefiting beneficiaries.
14. Administrative Duties: Provide general administrative support for the foundation team.

You Might Be the Perfect Fit If You…

• Value Diversity and Inclusion: Join our leading and diverse organization that genuinely values its people as its most valuable resource.
• Education and Non-profit Interest: Hold a Bachelor's degree (minimum) and have some exposure to non-profits/foundations through studies, internships, or prior roles.
• Administrative Skills: Can provide administrative and tactical support to help the team achieve its goals.
• Passion for Fundraising: Possess a strong interest in cultivation and fundraising for a non-profit professional society.
• Adaptability and Creativity: Approach new challenges with creativity and a willingness to learn.
• Organization: Are organized and adept at prioritizing tasks while adapting to changing directives and opportunities.
• Attention to Detail: Enjoy high-touch, detail-oriented tasks.
• Relationship Building: Thrive in building relationships with students, early-career professionals, and experienced volunteers/members.
• Communication Skills: Have strong verbal and written communication skills, enabling you to convey your message clearly and succinctly.
• Customer Service Focus: Possess a customer service orientation, a problem-solving mindset, and a positive attitude.
• Technical Proficiency: Have proficiency in Microsoft Office/Windows database applications.
• Team Player: Excel in interpersonal skills and effectively collaborate within a team to achieve results.

What Success Looks Like:

• Authentic Representation: Ensure that foundation stories, donors, and beneficiaries are thoughtfully and accurately portrayed in both print and digital materials.
• Data Integrity: Meticulously handle data to ensure seamless execution of mailings (both print and email), resulting in accurate reports.
• Trustworthy Relationships: Build trust among colleagues, donors, and volunteers through consistently delivering results and maintaining open communication.
• Fundraising Excellence: Enable the foundation to achieve its fundraising goals through your contributions and efforts.
• Professional Growth: Expand your portfolio, creating opportunities for career advancement within the organization.
• Innovative Approach: Bring a blend of high-level organization and creativity to the team, fostering an environment of innovation and efficiency.

Our Team Culture:

• Energetic: Thrive in a fast-paced environment, where we're constantly moving forward from one project to the next. Staying in sync with the organization's pace leads to abundant advancement and growth opportunities.
• Collaborative Spirit: Our team is tightly knit and collaborates regularly, connecting fundraising goals with program objectives. We embrace the mindset that sometimes, going beyond our usual roles is necessary for the team's collective success.
• Engaging and Connected: We're not just about email and routine meetings. We encourage team members to reach out through phone calls and chat, fostering genuine relationships, deepening their understanding of the organization, and collectively finding innovative solutions to challenges.
• Passion-Driven: Several of our team members have devoted more than a decade to Optica, and our donors, members, volunteers, leaders, and beneficiaries aren't just stakeholders; they're friends whose well-being we genuinely care about.

Join us in making a meaningful impact at the Optica Foundation. Apply now and become part of our energetic and passionate team!

 

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About Optica

Located in the Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington, DC, Optica offers a competitive salary and benefits. Please send your resume and cover letter with salary requirements to resumes@optica.org.

Optica is an equal employment opportunity employer and will not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of race, color, age, sex, national origin, disability, religion, maritial status, veteran's status, personal appearance, political affiliation, sexual orientation, family responsibilities, matriculation, or any other basis prohibited by law.

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