Operations and Development Specialist

Job Type: Part Time, Term Limited with potential to extend

Location: Remote

Working Hours: 10 hrs/week mostly flexible, though specific monthly evening hours are required

Experience Level: Mid-level

Compensation: $30/hr

Reports to: Board President

Cause Areas: Children & Youth, Arts & Music, Community Development

Description

Do you believe in the magic of stories? At The Bureau of Fearless Ideas, we know that words can open worlds, and we’re looking for a part-time, term limited Operations and Development Specialist to help us build strong organizational structures and processes. The role is expected to last from late October 2026 - late February 2027 at 10 hours a week, with a possibility of extension.

The Bureau of Fearless Ideas creates communities of belonging for young people to discover their voices, share their stories, and imagine new possibilities through writing and storytelling.

Position Details

The ideal candidate is an organized and efficient professional with development and administrative experience, who enjoys working collaboratively with board members and a small staff team in a kind and supportive environment.

Major Functions

• Project coordination of the Board’s fundraising efforts, including data entry, running reports in the CRM, and communicating with Board and staff about prospects
• Grant tracking across a small team drafting applications
• Collaborating on and coordinating timely and accurate submissions for grant reporting, including financial documents
• Maintaining compliance as it pertains to policies and procedures, in alignment to grantor and organizational guidelines.
• Monitoring program budget spend with programs team
• Managing supply orders above $150
• Ensuring coordination of purchase and maintenance for organizational-issued technology
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Experience coordinating small nonprofit operations
• Preference for experience in an arts and/or education context
• Effective communication skills with strong integrity and the ability to maintain confidentiality
• Organizational and time management abilities, with attention to detail and collaborative problem-solving approaches
• Strong project management skills with the ability to balance multiple priorities and timelines effectively
• Proficiency with fundraising CRM, preferably Bloomerang
• Consistently embodying our community agreements: Creativity / Kindness / Fearlessness
• A background check is required, and child abuse prevention training will be required upon hire.

Additional Information:

• This job may require occasional travel to our program locations in Seattle.
• Required synchronous attendance at virtual monthly Board meetings and virtual monthly Fundraising Committee meetings, each hosted on a weekday evening

No benefits are included for this part-time position.

Written and verbal proficiency in English required