Development Coordinator

Scripps Research • San Diego, CA

7d • Hybrid

About The Position

Scripps Research is a nonprofit biomedical institute conducting foundational and translational research across areas including immunology, infectious diseases, neuroscience, heart disease, and cancer. The Development Coordinator supports a team of frontline fundraisers and reports to the Associate Vice President for Development Services. The role manages daily and long-term administrative projects, coordinates work across the team, and provides project-management and administrative support while delivering accurate, high-quality work on time.

This is an on-campus position based at the La Jolla campus, requiring at least four days per week onsite, with flexibility to work one day per week remotely. The expected hiring range is $26.00 to $30.25, commensurate with experience.

Requirements

• At least three years of experience in administrative support, preferably in a fundraising setting.
• Exemplary attention to detail and process.
• Demonstrated experience managing highly sensitive information, overlapping priorities, independent project work, and communication among numerous internal and external parties.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, including experience preparing comprehensive reports and executive summaries incorporating complex, highly technical information.
• Highly developed organizational and leadership skills.
• Demonstrated computer competency; knowledge of Microsoft Office professional systems and other development systems is preferred.
• Project management skills involving complex variables and project deadlines.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience preferred.
• Experience in a fundraising setting.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office professional systems and other development systems.

Responsibilities

• Manage development projects and perform data entry and key updates in the development database, including entering contact reports and proposals and updating or monitoring next steps and strategy.
• Manage calendars and schedule internal and external meetings.
• Coordinate meeting logistics and resolve complex problems as they arise.
• Book travel, create itineraries, prepare materials, and communicate professionally with key stakeholders.
• Prepare confidential and non-confidential correspondence, briefings, presentation materials, agendas, reports, event materials, and other communications for internal and external audiences.
• Manage budgets and expenditures.
• Process reimbursements and code development team expenses in accordance with travel and expenditure policies.
• Act as a liaison among philanthropy teams to request and provide information for briefings and meetings, including Events, Donor Relations, Prospect Management & Research, Data & Analytics, and Gifts & Records.

Benefits

• Employer-contributed retirement plan, depending on eligibility, with no employee contribution required.
• Option to contribute to a 403(b) plan.
• Health and welfare plans, including three medical plan options, one with an HSA option.
• Dental insurance.
• Vision insurance.
• Life insurance.
• Disability coverage.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Flexible Spending Accounts for medical and dependent care.
• Competitive vacation and sick leave policies.
• Free on-site parking.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level