The Senior Principal Gifts Coordinator will be part of an highly productive and growing Development team. The Senior Principal Gifts Coordinator will be responsible for supporting the efforts of senior fundraisers to cultivate, solicit, and steward a portfolio of EDF’s leadership and principal donors.  The Coordinator will be expected to employ the highest standards of a donor-centered approach to fundraising playing a key role in the solicitation and stewardship of EDF’s donors.  This position is a growth opportunity for someone interested in gaining the skills to become a frontline fundraiser at a top organization.  EDF is committed to the success and growth of departmental talent and this position provides a stellar opportunity to learn the trade from top fundraisers.

Key Responsibilities

• Work closely with senior development officers to engage top donors; develop deep familiarity with their portfolios and work plans to assist and learn from the officers.
• Compose, edit, and proofread documents for senior officers’ donor meetings, briefings, proposals, stewardship reports, acknowledgements and other communications; coordinating with the Donor Communications team, ensuring documents meet the highest standards of writing and content reflects EDF’s priorities.
• Assist in the timely and accurate preparation of donor and prospect visits.  Participate in strategy sessions.
• Enter data into Salesforce; analyze and develop various fundraising reports tracking goals, giving and fundraising activities.
• Coordinate and lead internal strategy calls with program, finance and development communications staff to facilitate appropriate and timely donor reports and proposals.
• Create a portfolio of information for strategy and planning process.
• Track EDF and other relevant environmental news. Make recommendations for outreach to senior development officer’s portfolio and draft correspondence designed to deepen donor engagement.
• Design and implement overall engagement and fundraising strategy for a portfolio of prospects with a capacity to make five-figure gifts.
• Coordinate program staff in the cultivation and solicitation of donors in assigned portfolio.  Staff meetings and appropriately brief program colleagues.
• Oversee the drafting and editing of proposals and reports for assigned portfolio working closely with donor communications to ensure compelling, visionary ideas are presented.
• Engage donors in assigned portfolio to create cultivation events to deepen their engagement with EDF and help identify new prospects from their networks.
• Participate in advancing EDF DEI goals in which people from all backgrounds and experiences feel connected, included, and empowered to address the environmental and organizational challenges in alignment with EDF values.
• Take the lead in onboarding and training of newly hired development coordinators.
• Actively manage and oversee administrative needs as necessary.
• Respond to donor and staff inquires and other special projects, as assigned.