Senior Development Coordinator

Senior Development Coordinator

Besa is on a mission to transform the volunteer experience by bringing the community together in meaningful, impactful ways. Besa is an Albanian term that means "to keep the promise," and more than a decade into its work, Besa is keeping its promise to Central Ohio. Since launching in 2012, our team has rallied 98,000 volunteers, giving 245,000 hours through 15,000 service projects, and has facilitated $97M in community impact.

Besa sits at the center of Central Ohio's volunteer ecosystem - connecting individuals and businesses with 205+ nonprofit partners, designing and delivering volunteer programs that meet real community needs, strengthening nonprofit capacity, and making community-wide service possible at scale.

Besa is seeking a Senior Development Coordinator to keep our advancement team connected, informed, and ready to move our work forward. You'll own the department's administration and core systems, ensuring our information is accurate, our reporting is timely, and our team has what it needs to build strong relationships and grow Besa's impact.

This role calls for someone who brings both precision and perspective: an organized systems thinker, a strong writer, and a collaborative teammate who sees how the details connect to the larger mission. If you enjoy creating order, finding stories in data, and helping a team do its best work, we'd love to hear from you.

Primary Responsibilities

• Own the day-to-day administration of the Advancement Department, coordinating information, records, deadlines, and follow-through across philanthropy and earned revenue activities.
• Manage Besa's advancement CRMs, Bloomerang and Hub Spot, including system administration, data integrity, reporting, and ongoing improvements that help the team work effectively.
• Maintain secure, organized, and accessible departmental documents and records, ensuring colleagues can find and use the information they need.
• Maintain and evolve dashboards and reports that help the team understand donor and business partner engagement, track revenue activity, and identify opportunities for follow-up.
• Manage grant reporting timelines and submissions, gathering information from colleagues and translating program data and outcomes into clear, compelling reports.
• Identify and improve administrative processes that strengthen coordination, reduce duplication, and support timely follow-through.

Relationship Support & Communications

• Coordinate donation processing, gift entry, and donor acknowledgments, ensuring accurate records and timely communications.
• Support prospect research and prepare information and materials for leadership's meetings with donors, funders, and business partners.
• Support fundraising events and related communications, tracking participation and coordinating follow-up.
• Respond promptly and thoughtfully to questions from donors, partners, and colleagues.
• Undertake additional duties as assigned, contributing flexibly to the dynamic needs of the organization and furthering the overall mission of Besa.

Our Ideal Candidate

• Three years of experience in advancement operations, donor relations, fundraising support, or a related role.
• Experience managing departmental administration, including organizing records, coordinating deadlines, and supporting timely follow-through across a team.
• Experience administering CRMs, including system configuration, donor and partner records, data integrity, reporting, and dashboards.
• Strong writing and editing skills, with the ability to turn data and program results into clear, compelling reports and communications.
• Experience coordinating grant reporting, including tracking requirements and deadlines, gathering information, preparing reports, and submitting them on…