Apply for the Vacancy for Principal Gifts Coordinator at Environmental Defense Fund in the USA. Reporting to the Director, Major Gifts and supporting two additional senior-level development offers in the New York office, the Coordinator will be responsible for supporting the Director’s efforts to cultivate, solicit, and steward a portfolio of EDF’s leadership and principal donors

Duties

• Work closely with Director, Major Gifts and senior-level development officers to engage top donors; develop deep familiarity with the portfolios and work plans to assist and learn from the officers
• Also, compose, edit, and proofread talking points for donor meetings, briefings, proposals, stewardship reports and other communications; coordinating with the Donor Communications team, ensuring that donor documents meet the highest standards of writing and that the content reflects EDF’s priorities.
• Additionally, assist in the timely and accurate preparation of donor and prospect visits.
• Produce individualized acknowledgments and other correspondence for donors, ensuring their accuracy and consistency with EDF’s style and messaging.
• Also, analyze and develop various fundraising reports tracking goals, giving, and fundraising activities.
• Conduct initial research on donors and prospects and create a portfolio of information for strategy and planning process.
• Furthermore, participate in donor strategy sessions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Also, a minimum of three years of relevant experience preferably in a fundraising, nonprofit, or academic setting is preferred.
• Furthermore, excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to compose, edit, and expertly proofread correspondence and other documents.
• Similarly, strong strategic and analytical skills and the ability to convey complex ideas in writing, with a level of clarity and sophistication expected by our highly integral donors and prospects.
• Also, excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to maintain tact, diplomacy, and confidentiality while representing the organization and interfacing with all levels of staff at the national and affiliate offices, as well as with volunteers, donors, and outside vendors.
• Likewise, a high ability to actively listen to colleagues, senior development manager, and donors to deftly navigate and manage relationships.
• Demonstrated initiative and creativity; the ability to work independently as well as within a team.
• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Internet research. Experience working with Salesforce, fundraising, or relational databases strongly preferred.
• Desire to learn major gifts fundraising.
• Commitment to the mission of the Environmental Defense Fund.

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