Description

Job Overview: The Stewardship Coordinator is responsible for providing stewardship touch points to recognize donors’ contributions and communicate the impact of their generosity. This role works closely with donor relationship managers to provide both standardized and customized stewardship to their portfolio of donors. This role is part time at 24 hours per week. 

Key Responsibilities 

• Ensure timely and effective delivery of all agreed-upon stewardship actions for GOA donors
• Create customized stewardship communications, including thank-you notes, recognition books and plaques, lifetime giving cards and grant stories/impact updates that demonstrate the outcomes of philanthropic investments.
• Serve as the primary source for grant stories and photos for stewardship and other GOA communications – matching grant stories with donor preferences for grant type, geography, age of children and other parameters; ensure stories are responsibly sourced and written with respect and integrity and visual assets are high quality and appropriate.
• Partner with fundraising staff to identify unique stewardship opportunities for major donors and ensure timely, meaningful engagement throughout the donor lifecycle. 
• Track stewardship activities and donor touchpoints within Donor Perfect and tracking spreadsheets, ensuring accurate records and adherence to organizational standards.
• Convene monthly stewardship touch base meetings with donor relationship managers to discuss and manage upcoming actions
• Use GOA’s AI assisted workflows and manage the story asset library in SharePoint 

Preferred Skills and Abilities 

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to convey gratitude, mission impact, and organizational information in high-quality fashion.
• Excellent organization, time management, and project management skills.
• Action-oriented work ethic with a drive to manage priority work and meet deadlines.
• Personal work character and style that aligns with GOA’s core values: honor, amplify and be scrappy. Tendency toward curiosity and continuous improvement and the use of AI or other tools to improve processes and deliverables. 

*Please note that this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice. *

Requirements

Qualifications 

• Bachelor's degree in a related field of study
• 2-5 years of related experience, with preference for experience in non-profit development and knowledge of CRM systems 

Compensation and Benefits

Gift of Adoption Fund offers a highly competitive compensation plan commensurate with the qualifications and experience of the individual selected. Our vacation, holiday, and leave of absence policies prioritize work-life balance for Gift of Adoption staff. 

The hourly pay for this position is estimated in the range of $21 - $23 per hour based on the candidate’s experience. It is preferred that candidate live in the Great Lakes Region.

Interested applicants should send a cover letter and resume via email to hr@giftofadoption.org.  

The charitable organization is an equal employment opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any person because of race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. This nondiscrimination policy extends to all terms, conditions, and privileges of employment as well as the use of all company facilities, participation in all company-sponsored activities, and all employment actions. The charitable organization will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities unless doing so would result in an undue hardship.