Development Coordinator, Fuse, Seattle, WA

[Lauren Currin]

Fuse is Hiring a Development Coordinator

 

Do you think Washington should lead the nation with smart, progressive policies that build a just society and an economy that works for all of us? Do you want to help build a political climate that supports and demands bold progressive leadership?

 

So do we – and we’re looking for a talented and ambitious Development Coordinator to help us make it happen!

 

Job Description:

Fuse is hiring a Development Coordinator to help strengthen and grow our organization, and to support innovative election and issue campaigns aimed at engaging more people in our democracy and fueling progressive change in Washington.

 

The Development Coordinator is a critical position in our fundraising program that helps make our strategic organizing and communications campaigns possible. Applicants should be ambitious, innovative, and have passion for results. The goal of this position is to strengthen and grow our programs to build a more progressive political landscape in Washington state. 

 

Responsibilities:

·       Manage and grow a thriving monthly donor program

·       Develop and implement creative strategies for maintaining and growing small and mid-level donor base

·       Plan and execute fundraising and donor stewardship events

·       Maintain database, tracking, and acknowledgement systems

·       Work with other development staff to expand foundation/grant funding

·       Help research prospective funders and donors

·       Help organize donors as a persuasive lobbying force and source of support for targeted campaigns

·       Support organizational development strategies, including advancing Fuse’s racial equity goals

·       Provide administrative support for fundraising operations

 

Relevant skills and experience:

·       Excellent listening and people skills

·       Strong writing and editing skills

·       Strong telephone communications skills

·       Experience building long-term relationships with volunteers or donors

·       Experience managing a database or CRMs

·       Fundraising experience a plus

·       Experience working in nonprofits or on issue or electoral campaigns a plus

 

Attributes:

·       Highly organized and detail-oriented

·       Innovative

·       Hard-working

·       Collaborative

·       Proactive self-starter, motivated by goals and eager to produce excellent results

·       Thrives in a fast-paced campaign-style work environment, able to work gracefully under pressure, and successfully balance and meet deadlines

·       Personal passion for undoing institutional racism and advancing social, environmental, and economic justice

·       Ambitious about making positive change in the world, building a stronger progressive movement, and a more representative democracy

·       Good sense of humor

 

Salary and benefits:

Salary is $40,000-47,000 DOE. We provide excellent benefits including medical, dental, and vision coverage, 401k retirement savings, ORCA transit pass, generous vacation time, and a flexible work environment with opportunities for professional development. Fuse is a strong team environment with great coworkers and a vibrant organizational culture.

 

Application process:

If this sounds like the job for you, please email a cover letter, resume, and writing sample to jobs at fusewashington dot org as soon as possible. This position will be open until filled. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. However, applications submitted by June 15 will be given priority consideration. No phone calls or drop-ins please.

 

Fuse Washington is an equal opportunity employer – women, people of color, LGBTQIA persons, and people with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply.  We also highly encourage those who are willing to bring new ideas and perspectives to undoing institutional racism to apply.  

 

About Fuse:

Fuse Washington (www.fusewashington.org) is the state's largest progressive organization - people creating change online, on the ground, and on issues that matter. Our goal is to make sure progressives win more often. We want the kind of electoral and policy wins that build a just society, an economy that works for all of us, and a better world for the next generation. 

Our work makes it possible to win important campaigns on critical issues - like defeating an ultra-conservative, homophobic, anti-environmental State Supreme Court Justice, extending light rail to the Eastside, or closing a tax loophole for Wall Street Banks instead of cutting basic health care for children.

We focus on four basic strategies to achieve our goals: 1) adding more people to the most important progressive campaigns, 2) delivering the stories that move people, 3) increasing accountability and promoting leadership with elected officials, and 4) strategically targeting the obstacles to progress.