Development and Communications Coordinator
Full-time Position
ABOUT US
Unite Life is a fast-growing 501(c)3 non-profit organization that is focused on giving every person an opportunity to connect to a healthy Christian community. Our technology platform allows trusted partners to reach seekers online in both open and closed countries, giving new believers the ability to connect to a church on the ground in their region of the world. The organization is experiencing tremendous growth and is seeking a Development and Communications Coordinator who is a team player, detail-oriented, and willing to take on a variety of tasks depending on the needs of the organization. The Development and Communications Coordinator will be the driving force to keep the team’s fund development, communication pipeline, and marketing projects on point and track.
THE OPPORTUNITY
As the Development and Communications Coordinator, you will oversee organizing all key touchpoints, internal and external communication, executing development strategies, and building and enhancing structural support and processes for the Development Department.
The Development and Communications Coordinator role combine operation, project and process management, and execution skill sets in a highly challenging and high-performing work environment. The ideal candidate has a fund development background and is resourceful, relational, collaborative, and outcome-oriented with strong emotional intelligence and communication skills. This position will work with and dual report to the President and VP of Development and collaborate closely with the Senior Leadership Team.
JOB SCOPE
Administration
- Create processes and procedures to maximize department efficiencies
- Coordinate tasks and special projects within the donor management CRM system
- Lead the implementation and ongoing management of Virtuous CRM database, including reporting
- Collaborate with the Director of Operations for financial reconciliation
- Enter donations in CRM, creating, and sending gift acknowledgments
- Creating and sending year-end tax statements
- Organizing development office administrative tasks including receipts, office records, budgets, event and expense reports, and other duties as assigned
- Assisting the President and VP of Development in preparation and follow-up of resource and ministry partner meetings
- Staff point person for event support and logistics
Communication
- Research and write testimonies and stories from clients and ministry partners to utilize for development efforts
- Work directly with the President and VP of Development to develop, execute, and manage monthly communication strategies for all audiences. ie. Social media, email, direct mail. (Design experience preferred.)
- Create email campaigns and donor messaging in Virtuous CRM
- Assist in the creation and updating of collateral pieces used for marketing and development purposes
QUALIFICATIONS
- A passion for Jesus and fulfilling the Great Commission
- A committed Christian regularly attending a Christian congregation with a compatible theology to Unite Life
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field and/or equivalent combination of education and experience
- Preferred two years of work experience in Development/Fundraising or Marketing preferred
- Ability to maintain confidentiality in all circumstances utilizing ironclad discretion
-
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, changing environment
- Excellent interpersonal, communication, negotiation, and social skills
- High level of attention to detail and extremely well-organized
- Proficient in Google Suite with the ability to learn new technology quickly
- CRM and donor database experience and proficiency, including reporting
- Energized by thoroughness in work and maintaining detailed records
- Excellence in executing an assigned task with thorough follow-through
- Strong research, writing, and editing skills
-
- Social media management experience preferred
- Adept at working behind the scenes in a supporting role
- Self-starter who takes initiative
WHY UNITE LIFE
Today we have more than 8 billion mobile subscribers, this is more mobile devices than we have people on the earth. Not every person has a mobile device yet, but the access we have to provide a clear message of salvation and access to a Bible is unprecedented and growing every day. With the opportunity to reach the ends of the earth in a way that is both scalable and cost-effective, the challenge now is how to facilitate and track that discipleship is taking place. This is the question that Unite Life life set out to answer in 2013. This question has turned into our quest to create a bridge that would provide every person access to a healthy Christian community.
- 20 days of PTO
- 100% coverage of premiums for employee health insurance
CORE VALUES
- Vision | Deep and wide to the last person
- Blue Ocean Thinking | Disruptive technology accelerates mission
- Adaptability | Empowered to Look. Learn. Leap.
- Process | Process drives technology
APPLICATION PROCESS
Email a cover letter, statement of faith, and current resume to jobs@unitelife.com with the subject line “Development Coordinator ”
EEO STATEMENT
Unite Life is an equal opportunity employer and makes recruitment, employment, promotional, and all other human resource decisions without regard to race, color, national origin, age, sex, or marital, disability, or veteran status. Because our primary mission is religious, Unite Life does lawfully require assent and adherence to our core doctrinal beliefs.
