Development Coordinator

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Essential Duties

• Manage calendars for Development leadership and teams, prioritizing requests and aligning schedules with strategic goals.
• Maintain a long-term development calendar, collaborating across Development and Field leaders to improve efficiency and clarity of priorities.
• Prepare leaders for donor meetings by drafting, editing, and finalizing proposals, reports, presentations, and impact materials.
• Coordinate strategic communications across departments to ensure accurate information flow to donors and stakeholders.
• Arrange travel, itineraries, background materials, and logistics for leaders.
• Track and process expenses, submitting timely and accurate reports.
• Apply strong analytical skills in time-sensitive, high-pressure situations with leaders and donors.
• Exercise judgment and independent initiative to handle sensitive matters requiring confidentiality and problem-solving.
• Operate independently in the absence of supervisors, supporting correspondence, decision-making, and problem-solving.

Project Management & Team Coordination

• Develop and implement workflows, timelines, and office procedures to improve operational efficiency for the development team.
• Drive deadlines and deliverables for the team, providing guidance, support, and follow-up.
• Prepare strategic planning documents and support budget management.
• Schedule and facilitate team meetings, including preparing agendas, recording minutes, and tracking follow-up actions.
• Plan and execute annual in-person team gatherings, including booking venues, travel arrangements, and on-site logistics.
• Identify and recommend process improvements to strengthen systems, increase efficiency, and enhance team performance.
• Support special projects across assigned territories for development initiatives in partnership with Development leadership.
• Serve as a point of contact with professionalism, discretion, and problem-solving ability.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor's degree preferred or equivalent experience.
• Minimum of 2 years of administrative or project management experience.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with various audiences, including donors and executives.
• Advanced Microsoft Office skills: proficiency with Mac applications and Salesforce (or similar database) preferred.
• Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively across dispersed teams.
• High level of discretion and confidentiality in handling sensitive information.
• Flexible, adaptable, and teachable; able to thrive in remote work environments.
• Some travel required (1–2 times per quarter).

Skills and Personal Attributes

• Professional maturity with strong relational and communication abilities.
• Tech-savvy and eager to discover, build, and learn new systems.
• Team-oriented with a proven ability to support dispersed teams globally.
• Strong judgment, initiative, and problem-solving skills.
• Detail-oriented, accurate, and reliable with high organizational standards.
• Engage leaders and donors professionally and proactively.
• Excel in creating and implementing new processes for teams.
• Strong qualities aligned with Young Life Values.

Job Specific Working Conditions:

This role will work closely with the Senior Campaign Director in creative partnership to grow the development work for Africa and the Middle East through administrative and organizational leadership, team management, people cultivation and stewardship, strategic planning and implementation, internal communications planning, budget administration, with a willingness to work with the Campaign Director on additional day-to-day needs to ensure the success of the mission

The anticipated salary for this position can range from $ $25.28, depending on relevant education, experience, and location.