Development & Communications Coordinator Job

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Development & Communications Coordinator Job
Development & Communications Coordinator
ABOUT COLLEGESPRING
CollegeSpring is a nonprofit that mobilizes experienced educators and near-peer mentors to
help high school students from low-income backgrounds achieve the SAT scores, college
acceptances, and futures they deserve. Since 2008, more than 8,000 students from 40 high
schools in Northern and Southern California have completed our program, and we recently
launched programs in New York, expanding our annual reach to 3,500. Our students improve
their SAT scores an average of nearly 200 points and we have raised over $5 million, to date,
from a wide variety of institutional and individual donors. CollegeSpring is an entrepreneurial
organization in an exciting stage of growth: we have been recognized by the White House as a
promising program to address the college achievement gap, and expect to reach 10,000
additional students over the next three years through the next phase of our strategic growth
which launches this fall.
ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY
The Development & Communications Coordinator will provide support across many areas of
development and communications including donor research and qualification, basic grant
writing, event logistics, and donor correspondence in service of CollegeSpring’s organizationwide fundraising goals. They will also provide critical back-office support to the communications
and development team while helping to improve business process and efficiencies. This
position reports to the Director of Development and works closely with the development and
communications team and senior management, including the CEO. This individual will have the
opportunity to help chart the course of a dynamic and quickly scaling non-profit organization.
The role will add much needed capacity to a high-performing and successful development and
communications team that has recently secured significant investments from institutional
funders such as the Michael and Susan Dell Foundation (multi-year capacity building grant in
excess of $900,000) and Kresge Foundation (multi-year capacity building grant for $750,000), as
well as the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, Brin Wojcicki Foundation, and the Heckscher
Foundation for Children. A strong base of support from individuals is additionally present in the
CollegeSpring portfolio.
The Development & Communications Coordinator has broad interaction and responsibility
across the team and organization as a whole, and will contribute valuable capacity, input, and
execution to the existing team. Given CollegeSpring’s size and the unique stage in its evolution,
this is an ideal role in which to contribute and learn more about the full range of development
activities and strategy, from research, donor stewardship, writing, and systems, to contributing
to the creation of a capital campaign from the ground up.
RESPONSIBILITIES
 Support CollegeSpring’s fundraising activities across sites and portfolios in service of
reaching overall organization-wide fundraising goals. Contribute to and learn about the full
range of development activities from research through closing gifts.
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Research and identify individual, corporate, and foundation prospects that are aligned with
CollegeSpring’s mission. Determine which are appropriate to approach for region-specific
programmatic support and which are likely to support headquarters and/or capacity
building initiatives. In consultation with the Director of Development and team, determine
outreach and engagement for each donor.
Participate in weekly development meetings with national team, regional executive
directors, and CEO to contribute to regional pipeline development and knowledge sharing.
Work in partnership with the Director of Development and team to advance institutional
donor portfolio through research and assisting in the grant writing process.
Receive all gifts and work with finance/operations team to ensure proper recording and
deposit of funds. Ensure proper allocation of gifts to respective region/project such that
finance is able to accurately report on expenditures.
Develop and strengthen knowledge management practices across the organization by
leveraging Salesforce to capture knowledge, track fundraising progress, and ensure regular
and meaningful donor engagement in partnership with the full national development team.
Comprehensively track and record all gifts/opportunities through Salesforce to ensure
Director of Development and CEO have clear insight into revenue pipeline at all times.
Work across regions to ensure regional staff are doing similar capture.
Assist Communications Manager with copy writing for newsletters and other CollegeSpring
communications collateral.
Work with Communications Manager to assess and improve messaging and storytelling as
needed for CollegeSpring communications.
Manage social media outreach and updates.
Work with Communications Manager to research and identify PR and speaking
opportunities for CEO.
Assist with external event logistics and planning as appropriate.
Keep abreast of current trends in the nonprofit fundraising community and of the priorities
and initiatives of potential funders who are likely to support CollegeSpring’s mission, values
and goals.
Ensure compliance with all applicable legal and ethical standards and guidelines.
Other administrative and office duties as needed.
QUALIFICATIONS
 Passion for the mission of CollegeSpring and belief that a focused intervention (SAT score
improvement and near-peer mentoring) at a critical point in a student’s life can change that
student’s trajectory.
 Strong written communication and interpersonal skills, innovative and creative thinking and
the ability to prioritize multiple projects and deadlines simultaneously. The position
demands attention to detail and an ability to engage with stakeholders across the
organization at all levels.
 Strong research skills to identify and qualify prospective individual and institutional donors
and communications opportunities. Knowledge of the funding landscape in college access
and education reform is ideal but not necessary.
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Ability to self-direct at times and creatively problem solve where and when a new course
must be charted.
Prior fundraising/development, communications, marketing, sales, or account management
work experience preferred.
Entrepreneurial spirit with a desire to work with an ambitious team in a rapidly changing
environment.
COMPENSATION
Salary commensurate with experience. Generous benefits package including health, dental,
vision, retirement plan, and vacation/sick leave.
APPLICATION
Submit resume and thoughtful cover letter to Kathryn Leung, Director of Development, through
the CollegeSpring website at http://collegespring.org/join-our-team/. Applications will be
reviewed on a rolling basis. Applications will only be considered if received through the
CollegeSpring website. Please, no phone inquiries.
CollegeSpring is committed to equal employment opportunity, including decisions regarding
employment, for all qualified individuals without regard to race, creed, color, religion, sex, age,
national origin, sexual orientation, disability, special disabled veteran or Vietnam Era Veteran
status or other protected status. CollegeSpring is also committed to creating a diverse, open
workplace, and we encourage applicants who are members of one or more protected
categories.
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