What are the responsibilities and job description for the Philanthropy Coordinator position at Solari?
The Job/What You'll Do:
The Philanthropy Coordinator is a critical member of the philanthropy and fundraising team. The coordinator assists in the development and execution of fundraising strategies, donor outreach, campaign management, and gala planning. The Philanthropy Coordinator provides administrative and communications support to the philanthropy team and maintains the donor CRM platform.
Responsibilities:
- Provide support to Solari's Annual Philanthropy Plan To exceed budgeted revenue.
- Provide administrative support to the Philanthropy Team.
- Coordinate logistics for team meetings, donor engagements and other philanthropy related events.
- Provide gala support as needed including tracking auction items, following up on sponsor payments, and coordinating the logistic support for awards.
- Coordinate in-kind donations.
- Maintain the philanthropic database to ensure data is accurate and consistently cleaned.
- Facilitate quarterly audits, ensuring all accounts are cleaned up and duplicate accounts are merged.
- Manage donor lists for proper recognition.
- Enter and assign leads and new accounts as needed.
- Ensure touchpoints are logged as needed.
- Develop and pull reports and mailing lists for department activities.
- Coordinate and administer donor stewardship and acknowledgment activities to support portfolio managers.
- Draft and mail donor acknowledgment letters.
- Provide prompt, courteous, and professional internal and external customer service, including responding to internal and external communications promptly and attentively.
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
- Promotes open communication and contributes to an environment of trust and mutual respect.
- Fast learner who finds simple and creative solutions to complex problems.
- Strategic thinker with track record of data-driven decision-making.
- Finisher with keen attention to detail.
- Ability to thrive working independently and cross-functionally managing multiple viewpoints.
- Tech-savvy with proficiency in MS Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel) and donor CRMs
- Is open to being an active learner, participating in discussions with others, trying new approaches and ideas, and being self-aware and self-reflective for continual personal, professional, and leadership growth.
- Strategically plans for diversity initiatives as they relate to development, including donor acquisition, development, and retention.
- Recognizes, values, and affirms social diversity that contributes richness to the Solari community, ensuring cultural competency in the provision of services.
- Consistently demonstrates Compassion, meets people with compassion; Effort, every interaction deserves my best effort; and Ownership, owns the success of the company.
- Always acts in a professional manner and maintains appropriate boundaries with clients and staff.
- Reports to work, meetings, training, and job-related activities prepared and as scheduled.
Education & Experience:
- 1 year of experience in field, Required
- Bachelors Degree, Preferred
- (NOTE: A comparable combination of education/experience and/or training will be considered equivalent to the education listed above.)
Working Conditions:
While performing the job duties in the office or at a home office, the employee is frequently required to stand, walk, sit, and use hands; they must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. Exposure to noise typical with office operations. Ability to hear and speak.
Who We Are & What We Offer:
Solari is an award-winning nonprofit that operates a 24/7 crisis line serving statewide in Arizona and Oklahoma. Our mission is to Inspire Hope through our talented and compassionate staff.
Since 2007, Solari has been providing crisis contact center services and in that short time has helped thousands of individuals and families connect to the help they need. Additionally, in that short timeframe, Solari has grown to expand services to a peer-run Warm Line, Serious Mental Illness (SMI) determinations, mobile team dispatches, crisis transportation services, emergency room-based assessments, Department of Child Safety (DCS) rapid response and crisis stabilization services, telephone follow-up to those who need it, tragedy support lines and other in-kind services to the community.
- Friendly work environment
- 401(k) with company match
- Generous paid-time-off (PTO)
- Health benefits (M/D/V) that start the first of the month following hire date
- Competitive compensation
- Convenient Tempe location and Hybrid Schedule
- On-site fitness room free to all employees
- And many more great perks!
Solari is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and does not unlawfully discriminate against any employee or applicant for employee per applicable federal, state, and local laws. At Solari, a diverse mix of highly talented, innovative, and dedicated people come together to make a lifetime impact on each of our Client's lives. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment.
We are focused on equality and believe deeply in diversity of race, color, ancestry, age, veteran status, marital status, creed, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, ethnicity, national origin, and other legally protected group status.
