Communications & Development Coordinator

Bloomington, IN (On-site)

$28K/yr – $36K/yrMid Level2+ years expFull time

Posted 2 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own the school front desk, events, donor communications, and program support, driving hospitality, administration, and fundraising across multiple campaigns.

  • Oversee hospitality, daily logistics, and student support as core operations.
  • Drive campaign and event management for five major fundraising events and related activities.
  • Maintain donor database records and coordinate communications and acknowledgments.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Hospitality & Reception: Serve as the welcoming face of the school. Direct inbound phone calls, manage the visitor sign-in/out and security badge protocols, and handle incoming mail and packages.
  • Daily Logistics: Update staff duty calendars. Record student attendance, process physical late slips in student folders, and maintain student records within the ALMA database.
  • Student Support & Care: Provide administrative student support, administer basic first aid and medications (meticulously logging details), and offer emotional comfort to students as needed.
  • Safety Compliance: Lead logistical aspects of emergency drills, taking immediate attendance checklists, using the megaphone, and securing the office building at closing.
  • Brand & Creative Assets: Utilize graphic design skills to create logos, merchandise, and promotional print and digital materials (flyers, brochures, event programs, and banners).
  • Digital & Social Media: Manage the school’s active social media presence (Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube). Construct and send routine email blasts and newsletters (In Harmony) via BigMailer.
  • Website & Event PR: Maintain and update content on the school website (Meet Our Staff, Admissions, calendars). Write and distribute press releases to local media outlets.
  • Outreach Events: Coordinate community display booths, prep interactive activities, organize logistics, attend events, and recruit teacher/parent volunteers.
  • Salesforce Administration: Maintain accurate donor database records, log incoming funds, organize physical processing folders, and draft/issue formal donor thank-you letters.
  • Campaign & Event Management: Serve as a driving operational force for five major fundraising events: Annual Golf Outing (August): Handle course coordination, sponsorships, collateral design, and rosters.; Extravaganza (Sept/Oct): Manage committee planning, silent auction items, and bid materials.; Giving Tuesday & Giving Day: Organize major digital campaigns utilizing social media, GiveLively, and BigMailer with real-time goal updates.; Holiday Follies (December): Collect sponsorships, process program ads, and design event collateral.; General Fundraising: Support all fundraising opportunities and coordinate 3rd party fundraising efforts.; Grants & Reporting: Assist with grant writing, copy editing, proposal packaging, and reportingcompliance as needed to support supplementary funding avenues.

Requirements

  • Demonstrated successful marketing, fundraising and/or special events experience.
  • Understanding of basic principles of fundraising, strong organizational and interpersonal skills, and excellent oral and written communication skills required.
  • Experience with Microsoft Office, Google Suite, Adobe CS Suite, Canva, Salesforce, WordPress, email marketing, social media management.

Preferred

  • Bachelor’s Degree in a related field preferred.
  • Two years work experience in nonprofit and fundraising preferred.
  • First Aid & CPR certified.

Benefits

  • Dental insurance
  • Employee discount
  • Flexible schedule
  • Health insurance
  • Life insurance
  • Paid time off
  • Vision insurance
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Harmony School

Harmony School is an independent K-12 school in Bloomington, Indiana. Since its founding in 1974, Harmony School has been dedicated to the historic purpose of schooling: preparing young people to participate thoughtfully and actively in our democratic society.Harmony School is one branch of Harmony Education Center. The other branch is the National School Reform Faculty (NSRF) which works to increase student achievement through professional learning communities called Critical Friends Groups, or CFGs.The Harmony Education Center partners with the Deborah Meier Archive at Lilly Library and the IU School of Education Living-Learning Center as the Harmony-Meier Institute for Democracy and Equity in Education.

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