Development Coordinator

Local Progress and Local Progress Impact Lab are seeking a Development Coordinator

About Local Progress and Local Progress Impact Lab:

Local Progress and the Local Progress Impact Lab work collectively to advance a racial, gender and economic justice agenda through all levels of government. Local Progress (LP) is a movement of more than 1,500 local elected officials advancing a racial and economic justice agenda through all levels of local government. The Local Progress Impact Lab (the Impact Lab) brings together local leaders, partners, and experts to build the knowledge, skills, and leadership needed to advance racial and economic justice at the local level.

About the position:

Local Progress and the Impact Lab are seeking a Development Coordinator who is responsible for maintaining the organization’s fundraising systems, including holding primary responsibility for managing grant proposals and reports, implementing systems for donor identification, cultivation and management, and managing fundraising events. This position requires high attention to detail and strong project management skills across a national remote team. The combined budget of Local Progress and the Impact Lab for 2025 is $8.9M.

The Development Coordinator will report to the Associate Development Director.

Location: This is a remote, U.S.-based position with no in-office requirement.

Travel requirement: This position is required to travel to in-person events up to six days a month.

Primary Responsibilities:

Grants Management and Administration (65%)

• Oversee grants management: Ensuring timely submissions, compliance, and accurate record-keeping.
• Maintain tracking systems: Manage a grants calendar and file management system, keep funder records updated in our CRM.
• Manage internal fundraising systems: Monitor funder tracking, revenue reporting, and data management.
• Prospect research: Identify new funding opportunities and maintain update to date information on current and potential funders.

Grant Writing (10%)

• Manage proposal and report development: Working closely with our grantwriting consultant, review and refine grant proposals and reports, develop budgets, and coordinate submissions.
• Fundraising materials: Develop program specific one-pagers, concept papers, and other fundraising materials.

Fundraising Strategy (15%)

• Project Management: Facilitate collaboration across teams to ensure alignment on fundraising efforts. Track key fundraising metrics and implement processes to improve efficiency and data accuracy
• New initiatives: Support internal fundraising processes and contribute to the implementation of new fundraising strategies and initiatives as needed.

Fundraising Events (10%)

• Event Support: Assist with fundraising events, including logistical support for in-person events and funder briefings.

Required Qualifications:

• 3-5+ years of experience, with at least 3 years in development, fundraising, or grants management.
• Strong writing and editing skills, including experience reviewing grant proposals, reports, and fundraising materials.
• Experience managing grant processes and fundraising systems, ensuring grants and reporting are submitted on time. Experience with maintaining donor databases, reporting workflows, and compliance tracking.
• Strong project management skills, with the ability to coordinate multiple fundraising initiatives, track deadlines, and keep stakeholders aligned.
• Exceptional attention to detail, ensuring accuracy in grant submissions, financial tracking, and fundraising records.
• Familiarity with budgets and financial documents, including grant budgets and expense tracking.
• Familiarity with donor databases and CRM systems
• Strong collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to work across teams and coordinate with fundraisers, contractors, and program staff.
• Commitment to social, racial, gender, and economic justice, and an interest in local policy, politics, and government.

The Ideal Candidate Will Have:

• Experience with individual and major gift giving, including tracking donor engagement, supporting stewardship efforts, and maintaining fundraising data.
• Familiarity with EveryAction.

Salary and Benefits:

This position is expected to start at step 11 of our salary scale and other factors such as years of experience and advanced degrees will be taken into account, with an expected range of $76,200 - $88,200.

This position is included in a union-represented collective bargaining unit, and specific terms and conditions of employment are subject to the Collective Bargaining Agreement. With a collectively bargained salary scale, we are not able to negotiate once a salary offer is calculated based on the factors that determine placement on the scale.

We operate on a four day workweek with a default schedule of Monday through Thursday. We have a generous benefits package, including health insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, five weeks of vacation per year, 20 sick days per year, paid holidays, and contributions to individuals’ 403(b) plans. The Local Progress office is closed between December 24 and January 1 annually.

Timeline:

Applicants will be screened on a rolling basis and we encourage applicants to apply by the priority deadline of Feb 10. If you have any time constraints, please indicate as much in your application.

How to apply:

Please submit your cover letter and resume through the JazzHR portal.

Local Progress Values:

• Respect: We value people and treat each other with dignity. We strive to understand each other as full human beings, and give each other grace and room to grow.
• Honesty: We communicate directly with each other, are honest about our strengths and our shortcomings, and are transparent about who has what level of information and authority and why.
• Groundedness: We are authentic, and have high humility and low ego. We ground our work in the day-to-day reality and needs of our members.
• Mutual accountability: We do what we say we're going to do, follow through on our commitments to each other and to our members, and we hold each other to a high bar. We self-reflect and develop each other’s skills as leaders.
• Nuance: We understand that our work is complex and hold space for multiple viewpoints, contradictions, and tensions. We can hold many things as true while making decisions that advance our mission.
• Impact: We empower our team to make decisions to drive their work. We are focused on results, persistent in overcoming obstacles, and adapt to changing external conditions. We take pride in our work.
• Collaboration: We come together across different levels of power to advance shared interests. We center what’s best for the organization and are team players.
• Joy: We value playfulness, humor, and joy as ways to create community, connection, and goodwill that sustains us through the challenges inherent in our work.

Local Progress is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and actively recruits people of color, womxn, individuals with disabilities, and members of the LGBTIQAA+ community.