Development Coordinator

Recovery Café Description:

Our Mission: Recovery Café is a community of individuals who have experienced trauma and the results of trauma like homelessness, addiction, and other mental health challenges coming to know we are loved and that we have gifts to share.

Recovery Café was founded on the understanding that every human being is precious and beloved regardless of past trauma, mental and emotional anguish, or addictive behaviors. We provide a beautiful, safe, warm, drug and alcohol free space and loving community to anchor Members (our most closely-supported participants) in the sustained recovery needed to gain and maintain access to housing, social and health services, healthy relationships, education, and employment.

Position Description:

The Development Coordinator is a critical member of the resource development team that ensures Recovery Café generates the resources to sustain and further our mission. The Development Coordinator plays a key role in maintaining and managing the Raiser’s Edge/NXT donor database and supporting all fundraising activities, including our annual fundraising lunch. We seek an individual who demonstrates the ability to consistently uphold the mission, philosophy, and policies of Recovery Café. This is a 40-hour per week position and requires the Coordinator to be on site. The Coordinator exercises this responsibility under the direction of the Director of Resource Development.

The Development Coordinator’s Responsibilities:

• Process and track all financial and in-kind gifts in the Raiser’s Edge/NXT donor database.
• Prepare donor acknowledgement letters and other correspondence.
• Maintain and manage the Raiser’s Edge database and paper files
• Maintain confidentiality of donor information and confidentiality of Café Members.
• Provide donor relations support in person, through email, and by phone.
• Work with the Café’s finance team to reconcile gift accounting.
• Schedule donors, volunteers, and corporate partners for tours, events, and coffee meetings at Recovery Café.
• Provide support for events, including: designing event materials, tracking registrations, working with outside vendors, and coordinating event logistics.
• Assist with preparing grant applications, reports, and articles for the Café’s communications to supporters.
• Help maintain information shared on Recovery Café’s website, blog, and social media channels.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills and Qualifications:

Recovery Café believes in the value of diverse backgrounds and experiences. Research shows that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every listed qualification. Individuals from other marginalized communities may also feel discouraged from applying if they do not meet every qualification. We invite you to apply and explain how your background and experience would be beneficial in growing and supporting Recovery Café, even If you do not have all of the listed qualifications.

• A minimum of one year of experience with data responsibilities within Raiser’s Edge or similar CRM (fundraising database).
• Someone who others would describe as kind, curious, and a team player.
• Someone who likes helping others find solutions and answers and being responsive to needs.
• Someone who enjoys working both independently and collaboratively.
• Someone who has exceptional interpersonal skills that allow you to establish authentic connections, earn credibility, and cultivate meaningful relationships inside and outside the organization.
• Someone with a high level of accuracy and attention to detail and deadlines with excellent written, verbal, and organizational skills.
• Someone who is comfortable seeking guidance as needed.
• Someone who embraces an ethnically and socioeconomically diverse population and brings a genuine commitment to fostering a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace culture.
• A strong desire to support individuals in recovery from the trauma and effects of trauma such as addiction, mental illness, and/or homelessness.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office and/or Google Suite.

Why Should You Apply?

• Be part of our movement to support effective, compassionate communities of radical hospitality.
• You will be joining a Team of caring, strategic, collaborative, committed, and respectful people who enjoy working together and accomplishing extraordinary things.
• Recovery Café is invested in the personal and professional growth of everyone in our community.
• Recovery Café is committed to being a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace that values justice.

The Development Coordinator will be working with passionate, experienced, and fun people working to secure the necessary resources to provide life transformational programming to the people we serve. This role will provide the opportunity to further develop fundraising, communications, and administrative skills and experience.