Development Coordinator - Tucson, United States - International Rescue Committee

International Rescue Committee

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Tucson, United States

2 weeks ago

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Mark Lane

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Description

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world's worst humanitarian crises, helping to restore health, safety, education, economic wellbeing, and power to people devastated by conflict and disaster.

Founded in 1933 at the call of Albert Einstein, the IRC is one of the world's largest international humanitarian non-governmental organizations (INGO), at work in more than 40 countries and more than 25 U.S.

cities helping people to survive, reclaim control of their future and strengthen their communities. A force for humanity, IRC employees delivers lasting impact by restoring safety, dignity and hope to millions.

If you're a solutions-driven, passionate change-maker, come join us in positively impacting the lives of millions of people world-wide for a better future.

Job Overview:

The Development Coordinator in Tucson plays a vital role in the Development Team in Arizona.

This role is responsible for expanding and strengthening engagement of local individuals, community groups, faith-based organizations, and businesses in the welcoming and integration of refugees, builds awareness of and support for forcibly displaced populations, and seeds the larger landscape for community engagement in Tucson.

The primary areas of responsibility are private fundraising, as well as coordination of the volunteer and in-kind donations programs for the Tucson office.

The Development Coordinator in Tucson works closely with the Development Director in Arizona to maintain fundraising goals and donor engagement, ensure programs have adequate volunteer and intern support, and increase clients' access to in-kind donation support.

Major Responsibilities:

Through an integrated fundraising model, in collaboration with the IRC headquarters' Development and External Relations team, maintain donor cultivation, also ensure proper recognition of and ongoing engagement with local donors.
Work closely with the Community Engagement and Advocacy team to expand community partnerships, in particular with faithbased and community groups.
This role is responsible for organizing all aspects of the volunteer and intern program, including recruiting, onboarding and training new volunteers/interns, and implementing a retention strategy to ensure that all volunteers are knowledgeable and feel valued.
Develop and maintain complete and accurate volunteer records including volunteer policies, procedures, position descriptions, standards of conduct and, where applicable, criminal background checks.
Ensure volunteer hours in all categories have been captured for reporting purposes.
Work closely with the Operations team and programs to create and execute an inkind acquisition strategy for soliciting in kind donations.
Work with program managers and staff to identify clients' inkind needs, coordinate donation drives to meet those needs, and work with the Operations team to ensure that donations are tracked, reported and acknowledged.
Coordinate the office's raising of Match support through a combination of inkind, volunteer time and cash donations.
Plan, coordinate and oversee donation events, working with Development Director for inkind and unrestricted funding, including yearly fundraising events.
Provide primary leadership at fairs, festivals, schools, corporations, etc. in promoting the agency.
Work with the Communications Coordinator to develop and maintain appropriate collateral materials for recruitment of volunteers, inkind donations and financial support.
Liaise with IRC headquarters Development staff on national level inkind and volunteer opportunities, including corporate engagement for Arizona.
Other duties as assigned.

Key Working Relationships:

Position Reports to:
Development Director, Arizona

Indirect Reporting:
Executive Director, Arizona; Director, Tucson office

Other Internal and/or external contacts:

Internal:
Development Supervisor in Phoenix; Tucson Leadership team members

External:
Community agencies, faith-based groups, corporate partners and universities/colleges, individuals

Job Requirements:

Combination of education and experience normally represented by a bachelor's degree in social work or human service field
Experience working with diverse clients in a nonprofit setting; previous experience working with refugees preferred
Experience in project or program management, including experience meeting deadlines, maintaining donor records, and completing timely reporting preferred
Comfort with establishing relationships and collaborating with local and national organizations and businesses, demonstrating strong follow through
Ability to work effectively in an environment that is multicultural and multilingual; experience using interpreters desired
Highly effective communication skills, demonstrating strong partnership skills, emotional intelligence, and situational awareness
Highly adaptable and flexible selfstarter with