Development & Partnerships Coordinator

The Practice Space is a San Francisco Bay Area non-profit organization that seeks to build confidence and community through communication skill development to advance equity, create inclusive environments, and elevate systemically marginalized voices. Through this mission, The Practice Space envisions a world where diverse communities of youth and adults feel capable, cared for, and free. Central to this work is an in-depth coaching and curriculum approach that helps people develop their capacity to speak in a clear, engaging way that represents who they are and strengthen their ability to listen to others. Over time, the goal is to diversify who feels capable of speaking and actively disrupt inequities in terms of who gets to express their viewpoints in the world. Please visit our website: www.practice-space.org.

Our values are as follows:

• Lead with Care: We put people first in all we do.
• Cultivate Joy: We sustain hope in our work through connection, kindness, and humor.
• Achieve Milestones: We meet meaningful goals through learning, reflection, and action.
• Center Equity: We practice anti-racism and universal design by removing barriers related to intersectional identities.
• Build on Strengths: We expand possibilities by challenging deficit thinking and elevating the strengths and voices of our community.

We are looking for a Development & Partnerships Coordinator to join our growing organization. This in-person position helps us build new relationships, designs compelling content and events, and coordinates administration related to our fundraising and partnership activities. The ideal candidate is a detail-oriented, organized, and energetic team member who is excited about working in an education nonprofit and building relationships with the community. This position reports directly to the CEO and involves a high degree of collaboration to achieve these outcomes:

• Help us build a strong donor base by conducting campaigns, events, and research
• Communicate the story of our impact by designing and distributing overview reports and materials, including our Annual Report
• Support us in submitting grants in a timely manner by assisting with grant administration
• Assist us in securing new partnerships and earned revenue by drafting materials, researching potential leads
• Support grant and partner administration, invoicing, and reporting

Core Responsibilities

• Development:
  • Coordinate our Annual Appeal campaign and process;
  • Collaborate on the design and language of our Annual Report;
  • Support donor prospecting process;
  • Collaborate with the team on fundraising campaigns and events to build community;
  • Assist the CEO with grant submissions, writing, and administration;
• Partnerships:
  • Create compelling overview documents and decks to illustrate our impact to potential partners and funders;
  • Support community relations, including helping work with our volunteers on development-related efforts;
  • Participate in select tabling opportunities to do partner outreach;
  • Collaborate with the CEO to build a strong partner pipeline by helping design and submit clear and compelling proposals;
  • Research partnership leads and track partner follow up;
• Administration:
  • Participate in team community-building, meetings, and discussions;
  • Maintain partnership tracking updates through project management software;
  • Collaborate with bookkeeper on invoice and donation updates;
  • Send and follow up on invoices;
  • Support donor record-keeping and acknowledgement;
  • Track grant proposals and report timelines.

Skills and Dispositions:

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills;
• Excellent interpersonal, project management, and collaboration skills;
• Highly creative and able to translate concepts into clear and compelling visuals;
• Ultra-organized and reliable with hyper-attention to detail and accuracy;
• Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to prioritize and meet deadlines;
• Energetic, curious, resourceful, and eager to learn and grow;
• Empathy for the struggle with public speaking, especially as an underrepresented voice;
• Passion for working in non-profit organizations, especially in underserved communities;
• Understands that cultivating partnerships and working in development is deeply relational work and is excited about engaging with community;
• Deep commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and anti-racism; and
• Professional, friendly, calm, and trustworthy teammate with humility and integrity.

Experience and Interests:

• 1-2 years experience in communications, graphic design, or related fields;
• 1-2 years of experience in administrative assistance;
• 1-2 years of experience in development or grant and fundraising support;
• Evidence of strong writing, editing, and oral communication skills;
• Preferred but not required: Spanish language fluency
• Preferred but not required: Proficiency with Canva
• Preferred but not required: Proficiency with Salesforce