Development and Communications Coordinator

Job Title:
Development and Communications Coordinator

Location: San Jose, CA

Schedule: FT, 40hr/week onsite

Reports to: Director of Development

Salary: $34.00 To $35.60 Hourly

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Our mission is to end domestic violence in the moment and for all time.

In 1971, our founder Bea Robinson Mendez, concerned about the lack of services and options for domestic survivors, gathered a small group of her friends to figure out a solution. They set up a shelter in a garage and established a hotline number to provide information and support to survivors. Unbeknownst to them, it would become the second domestic violence agency in California and the first bilingual domestic violence shelter in the nation.

So began the story of Next Door Solutions to Domestic Violence (NDS). Domestic violence is the most prevalent form of gender-based violence, often the most frequently reported crime and arguably the one with the greatest damaging effect on our families, youth, and communities. We are the only stand-alone, domestic violence agency in Santa Clara County, answering approximately 15,000 crisis calls and serving an average of 3,000 survivors of domestic violence annually.

Our comprehensive, compassionate, bilingual and multicultural services are available free of charge to all individuals across the gender spectrum and of varying abilities.

NDS has developed a supportive workplace culture where personal and professional connections are valued and facilitated. Our guiding values are:

• Oneness & Connectedness
• Survivor & Community Centered
• Compassionate Accountability
• Equity & Justice
• Inclusion for Liberation

Next Door Solutions to Domestic Violence (NDS) seeks a highly organized, personable, and collaborative professional to support fundraising, communications, and community engagement. The coordinator manages day-to-day campaigns, events, donor stewardship, and communications projects, ensuring NDS’s mission and brand are represented consistently and effectively. In-person at our San Jose Community Office.

• Support annual fundraising goals; assist with donor cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship
• Coordinate in-kind donations and drives: needs lists, receipt, inventory, acknowledgments
• Assist with sponsor cultivation and follow-up; log outreach and next steps
• Coordinate direct mail and email campaigns: timelines, writing/design, vendors, quality control
• Maintain accurate donor data and documentation in Bloomerang (fundraising CRM)

• Lead e-newsletter work using Canva and Mailchimp; coordinate digital/print materials (with occasional outside design help and with the Development Associate)
• Maintain the communications calendar aligned to organizational priorities
• Share responsibility for social media planning, writing, scheduling, and monitoring
• Prepare development/communications slide decks
• Help plan and execute digital campaigns (DVAM, Giving Tuesday, Girls Got the Blues, and Winter Open House)
• Coordinate website content needs and serve on the website revision team

• Coordinate fundraising events from start to finish with the development team; lead timelines and vendors; share work on sponsor ships and donations; coordinate development participation in Winter Open House event
• Conduct outreach to corporations, associations, and civic groups for sponsor ships, drives, and presentations
• Help coordinate opportunities for on-site sponsor/donor engagement with the volunteer and outreach coordinator
• Represent NDS at community events and presentations; provide tours for supporters

• Minimum two-three years in fundraising, fundraising communications, events work in a nonprofit setting
• Demonstrably strong writing, editing, presentation, and communication skills (samples required)
• Proficiency with Canva, Google Workspace, Mailchimp, and major social platforms (similar tools acceptable); familiarity with Bloomerang or similar fundraising CRM
• Ability to build rapport and maintain professional relationships with diverse stakeholders
• Experience…