Development & Donor Relations Coordinator

Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center • Girdwood, AK

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center (AWCC) seeks an organized, detail-oriented, relationship-focused coordinator to support fundraising, donor stewardship, special events, and gift processing under the direction of the Development Director. This is a full-time, year-round position, primarily on-site in Portage, Alaska, with limited remote work as operations allow. The role requires flexible availability for occasional evenings, weekends, and holidays, as well as outdoor work in varying weather conditions.

The coordinator supports fundraising campaigns and donor communications, manages donor relationships and stewardship, processes gifts, and maintains donor database records. The position also assists with fundraising and donor events, sponsor fulfillment, records, calendars, and cross-departmental coordination. AWCC is a nonprofit wildlife sanctuary dedicated to conservation, education, research, and quality animal care.

Requirements

• At least 2 years of experience in nonprofit fundraising, donor relations, communications, events, administration, or a related field.
• Strong organization, accuracy, writing, communication, and customer service skills.
• Initiative and ability to manage competing deadlines.
• Comfort with databases, spreadsheets, financial records, and confidential information.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, including Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
• Valid driver’s license.
• Proof of current tetanus vaccination.

Nice To Haves

• Donor CRM experience; Bloomerang experience is a plus.
• Canva experience.
• Email marketing and online fundraising knowledge.
• Knowledge of nonprofit stewardship.

Responsibilities

• Support annual fundraising plans, direct mail and digital appeals, year-end campaigns, Giving Tuesday, and monthly giving initiatives.
• Coordinate fundraising mailings, donor lists, appeal materials, campaign communications, and response tracking.
• Assist with donor acquisition, renewals, retention, upgrades, re-engagement, and membership and animal adoption stewardship.
• Draft donor-focused letters, emails, appeals, and reports; collaborate with Marketing on digital content and gather animal stories and impact updates.
• Coordinate timely acknowledgments, donor recognition, and personalized stewardship for individuals, sponsors, corporate partners, members, and monthly donors.
• Respond to donor inquiries and support cultivation visits, tours, meetings, and special donor experiences.
• Identify opportunities to strengthen donor relationships and maintain accurate communication and recognition preferences.
• Process gifts, pledges, sponsorships, memberships, and animal adoptions; issue accurate acknowledgments and tax receipts.
• Maintain donor records, giving histories, recurring gifts, pledges, and data quality in the donor database.
• Prepare lists, reports, and queries; coordinate gift reconciliation with Finance and safeguard confidential information.
• Support planning and execution of fundraising and donor events, including sponsors, auction items, registration, volunteers, guest communications, and on-site logistics.
• Maintain event and contribution records; coordinate sponsor fulfillment, post-event thanks, follow-up, and results tracking.
• Maintain development calendars, supplies, records, and materials; collaborate across departments and represent AWCC professionally.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• 12 paid holidays, including birthday.
• Sick leave accrued at 1 hour per 30 hours worked, up to 56 hours per year.
• Up to two weeks of PTO in the first year, with tenure-based increases.
• Optional 403(b) enrollment with up to 5% employer match after one year of service.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance, with AWCC covering 100% of employee premiums.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed