Development Coordinator

Full-time, $47,000 - $52,000 depending on experience
Hybrid - remote with regular in-person time in Henderson and Polk counties for meetings, classroom visits, and community events.
Benefits: Medical insurance, paid holidays

Champions for Wildlife inspires children to care about wildlife and the natural world through art, education, and meaningful experiences. Our programs help children build curiosity, compassion, and connection to wildlife, empowering them to see animals and ecosystems as something worth protecting. Our work takes place in classrooms, through community programs, and through digital experiences such as the Kid’s Corner and the future Discovery Den. These tools also play an important role in how we engage and inspire donors. Parents and educators regularly share how deeply this work resonates. One parent wrote that after our program, her daughter began identifying habitats on walks, explaining food chains at the dinner table, and organizing short plays at recess where classmates brought animals to life on their forest stage. She shared, “You inspired not only knowledge, but compassion, curiosity, and a sense of stewardship for the world around us. That is the kind of learning that lasts a lifetime.”

If that makes your heart light up, keep reading.

A Moment That Shows Why This Role Matters

During a recent program, a student became especially excited about hellbenders. When it was time to create her artwork, she placed the hellbender at the center and surrounded it with every aquatic animal she could imagine. On the back of her art, she wrote, “I love nature.” She then told our educator, “I want to be like you, showing that all nature is important.” Moments like this happen because educators are in classrooms and donors are actively engaged in making that work possible. The Development Coordinator plays a direct role in cultivating those donor relationships.

Position Overview

The Development Coordinator is a frontline fundraising role responsible for cultivating and stewarding individual donors, with a primary focus on lower and mid-level giving, while partnering closely with the Executive Director on higher-level donor relationships. This position manages donor communications, executes donor journeys, oversees gift processing and tracking, coordinates and manages fundraising campaigns, and contributes to grant development and reporting. This role is ideal for someone with nonprofit development experience who enjoys relationship building, accountability, and connecting people meaningfully to the mission. 

Full description and instructions for applying on website https://championsforwildlife.org/about-us/job-openings.html