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The Communications and Development Coordinator is responsible for the following: 

Fundraising

• Support fundraising planning and strategy development, working in close partnership with the director of communications and strategic initiatives and other executive team members.
• Proactively identify new funding opportunities and match to the Institute's programs. 
• Assist with the cultivation and stewardship of donors – corporations, foundations, and individuals.
• Manage annual appeals and other impact reports.
• Coordinate fundraising events and donor cultivation activities.
• Support grant-writing, working in collaboration with program and policy staff.
• Track grant deadlines and reporting deadlines.
• Manage fundraising operations, including database functionality, record maintenance, data analysis, and gift administration.
• Track, analyze, and project fundraising revenue and costs on an ongoing basis.

Foundation Coordination

• Oversee the grant cycle, including research, proposal writing, reporting requirements, check-in meetings, and special requests.
• Write grant proposal narratives, letters of inquiry, reports, and supporting documents.
• Prepare grant budgets in collaboration with the director of finance and operations.
• Help identify, research, and cultivate new and lapsed foundation donors.
• Generate quarterly stakeholder updates, highlighting program successes and content insights.
• Work with communications and development associate to maximize prospect and donor engagement.

Media & Public Relations

• Coordinate all public and media relations activities. Liaise with external vendors to promote the Institute's brand and amplify the voices of young people, including securing quality news coverage and speaking engagements and managing relationships with journalists, partners, vendors, and other stakeholders.
• Write, edit and submit press releases.
• Contribute to articles, think-pieces, op-eds, scripts, and reports for publication, and provide ghostwriting support to the Institute leadership as needed.

Operations

• Contribute to the design, content, production, delivery, and organization of all communication collateral and branded materials, including presentations, e-newsletters, annual reports, flyers, logos, templates, infographics, fact sheets, presentations, etc.
• Manage the editorial calendar and production timelines for the editorial content and be accountable for all communications deliverables.
• Oversee communications platforms to ensure branding and messaging continuity. The organization's programs are represented accurately and effectively across all publications, websites, digital media, advertising and promotional materials, and events.